Frank_MA

I would say that is a clear indication 18x and very interesting insights on top of that, thanks a lot. Dammed looks like we will not be around the new ECI puck and that will be expensive again.

Is that really true that we have installed the Garmin 18x 15 Hz pucks and not the old 18 15Hz. It is written on the website of Garmin: The GPS 18x 5Hz is a highly sensitive GPS sensor that replaces the GPS 18 5Hz. On the ZO website however: The Zero Off GPS 18 5Hz is a small, highly accurate GPS Receiver.... That would explain why the updates do not work. I cant find ay picture or info about the old 18 5Hz pucks from Garmin.

I was worried that the situation would be so, actually we wanted to buy a new boat for our club next year and not invest that much for our old boat, quite apart from the effort to install the new ECI puck when no connector is to be found between antennas and display.

Yep, we disconnected the Battery for 1 day, no change

Regular (about twice a week) our ZO (2 Garmin puck Rev. R) 2011 SN 200 fails. Usually we received 5-9 satellites but sometimes we suddenly have only 3 satellites and the system accelerate or decelerate uncoordinated and is useless for driving. With other GPS devices checked we have always more than 8 Satellites, so it must be an issue of our ZO. On the Diagnostic screen we just get the error message “Bad GPS Position” nothing else Striking too that the clock time is right, but the date shows the year 1999 (GPS week rollover bug?) After 20 Minutes or the next day it works again properly (5-9 satellites) Is someone here who has the same problems or even a solution, it's hard to test out something because our 2011 SN apparently has a special wiring and we cannot find a plug for the pucks. Our boat is located in Germany.

Last year I demo’ d a Senate Alloy and Senate Graphite. I have the same weight as you, 95 kg. I really liked them both but bought the 69" Syndicate Omni over the 69" Senate because it was more effortless and a little bit more stable. With your weight up to a 32 mph speed you need defently the 69" .If you start skiing with 34mph you can switch to 67” but the 69” also works well up to 22 off" for me. Today i would by the Carbon Omni because i think it works as good as the Syndicate at this level of sking.

In April I tested the Senate Alloy for 3 days, then changed to the Syndicate Omni and bought it at least. Now i had 6 sets again on a friends Senate C and and I could recall the difference between both Skis. Omni is more stable and better to control at the start and trough the pre turns. Turns are smoth if you turn passive and verry crisp if you are more active on the ski. Horten described the ski very well in his review. I also noticed less effort sking on the Omni than on the Senate at 30-32 mph. The Senate has a perfect carving turn wich does not get to aggressive when you ski more actively, maybe a bit better for slalom course beginners. Both skis are great skis for their purpose and the turn behavior may also dependend on the flex (construction) of the skis but my favorit is the Omni because of the more stable pre turn and less effort to ski on it. I skied on 69" , 205 lbs with 30-34mph ,15-28 off and stock settings.

Invest in coaching at a watersking school so that you do not get used to the wrong technique right at the beginning and ride a ski adapted to your speed and line length. These are the best two investment for learning the course you can do.

@wettek69 I see you have replaced the stock fin with an adjustable (Syndicate) fin block on your Carbon Omni. Was that easy to replace or do you have to drill extra holes?

I would choose the Syndicate since the Carbon Omni has no adjustable fin (only rough back and forth) which would be a no go for me. I miss the adjustable fin on my TX which is my on-off ski. At 30-32 mph it is still ok but from 34 mph and shorter lines you may miss the fine tuning possibilities.