jordanh

Hopefully that will be covered in the next video. When is that predicted to be posted?

I came across a site called wheretospray.com. I don't know how update to date it is or anything, but might provide you with some ideas.

I think a blind test is in order. Have a competent individual set your ski up that you trust. He gets to pick one of the two settings. Ski your set. Write down where the fin setting is. Then verify the setting to see if you could truly tell. How long until skiers are tightening their BOAs with torque wrenches and lacing up with tension gauges ?

I'm just a free skier and only have the skills to be a set it and forget it type of person. Also never skied a course so feel free to tell me to see myself out... But given these tolerances listed it truly makes me question certain things. What's being used to measure these adjustments? If you are truly saying .004" is going to make or break your set then I would assume you are using a depth micrometer, or some sort of precision height gauge vs a typical 6" caliper. Please tell you are not using your caliper as a height gauge to set a fin at .004" . Standard practice in manufacturing is to require a finer measuring tool than a caliper on tolerances finer than +/-.005". How often are these setups being checked. Are tournament skiers checking their setups before every set? What if their ski falls over on the dock, etc? Only other sport that I can think of that would require such tolerances in equipment setup would be precision shooting. More or less trying to educate myself as I didn't realize slalom had gotten to this lever of fin setup that two hairs is what it takes(I have thin hair, thank my mom).

Not a fan of carpet myself but I can drool over a teak platform all day .

I don't replace my impeller every year as I put a very low number of hours on my boat unfortunately. I do however pull the impeller every winter and place in a zip lock bag and put it in my glove box. This gives me a chance to inspect my impeller and doesnt sit over the winter with the fins stressed in the housing.

Right? I have a 95 GT40 and can't help but stare at that ole girl everytime I start it up !

That's awesome! Do you have a guess at about what they weigh in that picture? My little guy is 2 months old and 10.5 lbs. I tried just that in the car seat and his vest was pushing up into his face pretty bad. I think he just needs a few more weeks to get a little bigger.

If you want to talk about overdoing it on the seadek let's change the discussion to the ski nautique. I'm a huge nautique fan but the latest gen ski nautique has just way to much going on. This new prostar is a beautifully simple(in today's era) boat. Imo the areas where they did use seadek are simply wear points that are using it as protection. They focused on the details and didn't over do it with frills and edgy lines. The cockpit is unbelievably sleek looking. Even tho touch screens scare me 20 years down the line.

So glad MC sticks with a teak platform. It looks however that the red and white boat posted has a fiberglass platform. IS this now an option, has it always been one?

I would do a very serious test drive of that boat. Even if he had it in climate controlled storage mechanical equipment just is not designed to sit not in use for those periods of time.

Sounds like most are on private lakes. Anyone on a public lake? I have come across a patrol once in the 10 years my family has been on this lake but the better half shut it right down at the legality stand point.

For a bit more info we are on a small 990 acre lake. If we ski after dinner time the lake is essentially a ghost town. If the car seat is strapped to the observer seat and my boy strapped into the car seat I honestly agree and dont see what good a PFD would be at that point. Like what has been mentioned I think flotation on the car seat would be more important at that point. In the event something drastic happened the quick release could be pulled to seperate the seat from the base and the seat could float. Thanks for all the feedback!

@Horton I assume Reagan was in the car seat with a PFD on? My little guy is only 11 lbs right now. I have a <30LB PFD for him. It is a bit big but I feel safe with him in it. I just dont think him wearing it while being in a car seat will be comfortable for him. Im going to try it out up at the camper and see if he goes for it but I may just need to wait until he is a bit bigger.

Thank you for that link. I will need to work on my search abilities in the future. I will have to revisit how the little one fits in the car seat with his vest on. That seems to be the common scenario out of that discussion.