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@UWSkier thanks for the feedback.

@UWSkier please report back in a few months re: how hot the material gets under the direct AZ summer sun. It should be a good test. I really like the Deckadence type deck coverings, but some say these get very hot under foot so I’ve been reluctant to try any since we’re in FL.

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I need one too. Our boat is kept under roof but in open air. All I do is clean off pollen these days. But it gets better — soon the love bugs will arrive! I just want something light and quick to put over the boat. Doesn’t have to be waterproof or be able to withstand wind or towing.

Spraymakers is such a great educational podcast series and I'm so glad the new season has started. I can't help but think there is a profitable opportunity out there for the likes of Trent and Rossi to produce a DVD training set covering slalom technique A-Z, employing slo-mo video, telestrater, stop action etc. of both high caliber skiers like themselves as well as examples of technical errors of recreational level skiers. Such visual support would help clarify many of the subtleties of slalom skiing that are so hard to envision when relying solely on oftentimes abstract verbal descriptions no matter how articulately delivered. There are numerous clinicians in the equestrian world who have done very well with training DVDs for their specialty.

DUI (Diving Unlimited International) make the best divers’ dry suits in the world. They also repair all makes of drysuit.

@Boo do Brenda's In Tow radial handles float?

Thanks @dvskier. I can't take credit for the design, only the good sense to buy it.

Allowing for the fact that I am highly biased, I have to put our Prostar in the running. Nothing trendy, just simple, clean design and classically beautiful. Honorable mention at the very least!

It only turns from the lower unit. The powerhead doesn't move. And twin counter rotating props. Very interesting motor. Reportedly $77K. You could get a basic Prostar for the price of that outboard!

Fantastic photography!

Big day today! The water warmed to 66˚and both my wife and I graduated from our O'Neill Fluid Neo drysuits, which kept us in the water these past couple of months, to our Camaros. Spring is in the air! But our Fluid Neos were the best money we ever spent, as neither one of us has even the slightest tolerance to cold. These suits made the difference between skiing -- in absolute comfort no less -- or sitting at home staring at our Prostar wishing we were skiing. I think O'Neill's marketing department missed the boat with the name, however. They should have called them the Endless Summer suits, as we stayed just as warm in them as we would be in skiing in summer.

We had our coldest night of the season last Thursday, dropping to 26° in many surrounding communities. Mild winter temps for many, but we’re in Central FL where everyone thought the world was ending with all molecular motion coming to a stop. Friday morning the air was still, water conditions were glassy perfection and the air had warmed into the low 50s by 10am. Properly armed with our drysuits, my wife and I enjoyed yet another winter ski day in total cozy comfort and our public lake all to ourselves. We’re hooked on winter skiing.

@Ali we need to move south! Our lake water in Central Florida this morning was 61.5˚, up from 58.5˚ just a few days ago. But 70 sounds really good right now!

Maybe the covenants also need to include wording stating that no boats may carry more passengers or total weight of people and equipment that exceeds the manufacturer's maximum capacity sticker for that boat.

We’ve been averaging between 2 and 3 days a week since the first of the year. Today the water had risen from a season low of 57° last Friday to a hair over 58° this morning. Looking at the 10 day forecast I think we may have bottomed out and the lake should start slowly warming from here on. Saw a post today from a FB friend down in Clermont, about an hour south and home to some of the best skiers in the world. It was 30° at his place at 7:00am. He said it was the 12th night of freezing or near freezing weather this winter, the most he’s seen in his 14 years there. I think I was happier when the world was about incinerate from global warming! ?. But we’ve come to love winter skiing on our public lake. The water may be cold, but once again we were the only boat out there.

Medium. My wife and I both wear mediums. I’m 5’7” 135#. She is 5’4” 120#. The mediums fit us both pretty well, perhaps me a bit better.

Our lake hit a season low this morning of 57°, with air temps in the low 50s but rising under sunny skies. A little breezier than we’d wish but the lee shore offered plenty decent water and our Fluid Neos kept us absolutely warm.

Fourth day skiing today since the first of the year. Gorgeous, sunny day and light winds. Water has dropped about 3° to 59°, but hardly a soul on the public lake. That’s one advantage of winter skiing!

People vary so much in their tolerance to cold it is difficult to advise someone accurately as to what they should wear at a given time of year or at a particular water temp. As pointed out above, skiing the course vs. free skiing can make a big difference, as does a bright sunny day vs. an overcast day and obviously the air temp is a big factor as well. Our water temp in central FL were we are right now is about 62º give or take. Cold water absolutely paralyzes me mentally and physically. (But then, I tolerate high heat and humidity better than most having lived in Hawaii for 25 years and spent my entire career working in the equatorial tropics. It's just the way my body's thermostat is set.) My wife, a wimp like me, and I are both presently skiing in O'Neill Fluid Neo drysuits and we're so comfortable in those we're more than happy to float around in the water to rest and catch our breath after a long free ski run with nary a goosebump on a cool, cloudy day. Without them we wouldn't be skiing at all, even in our Camaro Blacktecs, so they are a winter game changer for us. We were skiing a few days ago with a couple of other FL friends. One was wearing a baggy style dry suit plus a hood, and the other just a heater top. The 3 of us in drysuits were warm as toast. The guy in the heater top was game, but admitted to being too cold and was going to call Perfomance about a Fluid Neo after he saw how streamlined ours were. Make no mistake, I very much envy everyone who can take the cold, but my scrawny body can't and there's nothing I can do about it.

Also depends on your tolerance to cold, which can vary radically person to person.

@DavidN just now saw your heartfelt post. What a beautiful tribute to Tim. We know how much you both miss him and our hearts go out to you on this day. Please know that Melanie and I are thinking of you.

Two recent below freezing nights dropped our lake water to 58˚ this morning. But conditions were great and my wife and I were in O'Neal Fluid Neo drysuits keeping us so warm and cozy it was fun just floating around in the water to rest and relax between passes with nary a goosebump to show for it. Tomorrow will be windy so looks like that's it for us until next year!

Very clever! Merry Christmas to you too!

@Wish Zook is a Prostar guy now. @boarditup Romney has/had a gorgeous lakefront estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. Makes sense he might have been a waterskier.