ReallyGottaSki

Yes, surge brakes, distance , total weight all terribly important to the discussion

 

are we talking CC mustang here?

 

But, consider an Edge is more competent and larger brakes vs an outback , up to 3500# vs 2700#

 

Just because i have witnessed a guy tow a 32' Baja twin bravo on a triaxle 200 miles with a Pontiac 6000..

doesn't mean I should. just sayin. (yeah it was quite the spectacle you can imagine)

 

 

@DangerBoy , firstly thank you

heh, I'll talk you off the edge, that was two or three seasons ago, so she was 18-19

Always artsy and, and this contagion aside, is about to graduate with a BS in architecture then go get her masters

It must have struck her also because I was more amazed she was awake enough to think about taking a picture

 

I'll let her know people like it!

Indeed @drew well said, piece of the puzzle that complements core strengthening.

I use one for typical lower back pain that is aggravated by compression

seems the trick is to use it even on good days and not wait for it to flair then say oh, i should use my inversion table then start over

 

Show up at a new job with that and expect to go home with an atomic wedgie

That's two prime early 2000 Malibu Responses

@MDB1056, yeah I can add only because I used to work for a dealer then and they went composite stringers and floor in 85. Visually, these boats have the lighter, often white deck color repeated below the waterline. There may be a few odd ducks out there but by and large 85+ is the breakover. I concur the 190 would be superior.

Not that's its the better pick, but to clarify the 86 supreme is also a composite stringer and floor boat

Barefoot warrior or warrior comp?

Either way, those boats can do a lot of things well, but unfortunately they also go turtle unpredictably and with four boys likely at the helm I would be most concerned because things can go from normal to upside down without trying too hard.

me I'd rather build a snocat than an eboat in retirement but i'm not going to rain on your parade

 

btw those motors just stack with a coupler, easy peasy

Huh, really, one one week turnaround on apolstery? Unheardof

 

Did she yell 'hey azz monkey' when you dropped it off?

they like it too

 

 

Cool boat!

 

After running, If the bilge water is noticeably warmer than the lake, then it is coming from the exhaust system. If not, likely rudder or shaft packing.

 

IF the carb and spacer come off , use nice thick fel-pro 1901 when replacing, the ones in the carb kit are notoriously thin, and leak.

Check the throttle plate for flatness, if has been overtorqued, it will easily warp then always leak air.

 

See if the idle mix screws are effective. Should find then about 1.5 turned out to start.

 

At idle, remove the spark arrestor and describe what you see going on.

If the boosters are dripping, causing bumbling idle, its a leaking needle or more commonly, if you can also rotate open the secondaries about 1/8" before they hit the stops, then the idle has been increased to make it run because the idle fuel orifices are clogged. It won't run right again until the metering block is unclogged, because its now idling on the transition slots, getting its idle fuel from the mains and main air bleeds instead, and thus peculating fuel up into the boosters. It will run, but not as it should

 

 

I concur, lowering the rope on the pylon will help, as well the trim

 

 

the boat, looks like a great little bay boat.

 

However, it has a lot of deadrise at the stern, and very little reverse chine in the water, its going to heel over with very little force.

 

 

@Jetsetr yes exhilarating and glad you take condtioning serious, it's good knowing one can stretch a bottle farther than planned and get your team out. It can be quite a privilege to the that part of Americana.

Likely others here serve/d as well. did that 10 yrs, Lt, fire instructor 1, fast, etc

Would have done longer but loosing family and 80% of my shit to cheating narcs the service seems to attract and justify their poor behavior with their service, not pleasant topic just watch your back man, it's everywhere.

Daughter took this, when i wasn't looking..

 

 

@MuskokaKy Glad you found that as impressive as well! almost put just one picture up but then reconsidered, seems both show the intensity even better

Yeas, an 120# American lab from upper midwest is quite a different dog than an English lab

Anna Fenninger

Knee stuffed into armpit to get angle and head is11 inches from getting rapped but it is clear she is fixed on the next ball, er, gate

 

 

 

 

Date nights in the boat go infinitely better with a heater, just sayin..

Reminds me of what my sensei would remark, practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

 

 

One most exhilarating session was 114 consecutive cuts on morning glass with no pause or turns on a lake in maine for 3.5 miles straight , just cuz we could. vs usually 30 cuts at a time between turnarounds on our usual ski spot. It was a finale run, so having blown up was just an inconsequential but satisfying good burn driving home.

Though elusive, long session uninterrupted freeskiing gives one plenty of time to fine tune all the elements, as well as experiment with biasing, intensity and angles , as well as breed connection with the water, ski, wind and experience. Not to mention endurance.

I suspect anything electric that puts down 200+hp continuous for a towboat's duty-cycle will still require water cooling.

I can add the only time I've had to open my carb in 24 years was when the mechanical pump shredded it's gaskets on it's one-way valves

 

I think the typical cartridge filter system on carbed boats did everyone a disservice and is responsible for much of the chronic headaches, as well as lack of any filtration between pump and carb

 

Long ago I threw out the cartridge cannister and put in a mercruiser style spin-on filter system, I feel it's responsible for the better results.

 

If carbed boats had smarter filtration that rivaled the FI boats, I suspect the fustration levels would not have gotten so out of hand for so many

 

 

 

If the gizmos go dead and the zombies come out, an LS aluminum square flange intake and standalone spark box is what, 700 bucks?

We'll always be able to ski these things somehow

6.5 power valve is the shizzy, not the the 2.5 in the box,