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@jjackkrash yes there have been a few 2020 out and from what I can tell everyone prefers it and also thinks that as a platform it will be more bomb proof over the years. I'm sure some others will chime in with seat time experience.

I would be concerned also with the strength of the frame. As you increase weight the frames get heavier typically. Also the top load if when the lift is fully extended when the hydraulic arm is not doing the work. With the lift I will be getting the weight total dropped a lot due to adding extensions due to water depth so little changes can affect things. This is something that you are going to forget about and I would hate to have anything happen years down the road due being above tolerances.

Not ideal ski water: My other boat of sorts, it is amphibious I make ice and skating rinks each year:

I will add this book and research that I found interesting when I was looking for a better way to eat. The interesting point I found was this "Select ingredients among those discussed in this book that your ancestors would have eaten." so one diet is not ideal for all people. The clinically tested diet program, based on decades of research, to fight disease, maintain an ideal weight, and live a longer and healthier life. https://valterlongo.com/the-longevity-diet/ Coles Notes: Longevity Diet for Adults Eat mostly vegan, plus a little fish, limiting meals with fish to a maximum of two or three per week. Choose fish, crustaceans, and mollusks with a high omega-3, omega-6, and vitamin B12 content (salmon, anchovies, sardines, cod, sea bream, trout, clams, shrimp. Pay attention to the quality of the fish, choosing those with low levels of mercury. If you are below the age of 65, keep protein intake low (0.31 to 0.36 grams per pound of body weight). That comes to 40 to 47 grams of proteins per day for a person weighing 130 pounds, and 60 to 70 grams of protein per day for someone weighing 200 to 220 pounds. Over age 65, you should slightly increase protein intake but also increase consumption of fish, eggs, white meat, and products derived from goats and sheep to preserve muscle mass. Consume beans, chickpeas, green peas, and other legumes as your main source of protein. Minimize saturated fats from animal and vegetable sources (meat, cheese) and sugar, and maximize good fats and complex carbs. Eat whole grains and high quantities of vegetables (tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, legumes, etc.) with generous amounts of olive oil (3 tablespoons per day) and nuts (1 ounce per day). Follow a diet with high vitamin and mineral content, supplemented with a multivitamin buffer every three days. Select ingredients among those discussed in this book that your ancestors would have eaten. Based on your weight, age, and abdominal circumference, decide whether to have two or three meals per day. If you are overweight or tend to gain weight easily, consume two meals a day: breakfast and either lunch or dinner, plus two low-sugar (less than 5 grams) snacks with fewer than 100 calories each. If you are already at a normal weight, or if you tend to lose weight easily or are over 65 and of normal weight, eat three meals a day and one low-sugar (less than 3 to 5 grams) snack with fewer than 100 calories. Confine all eating to within a twelve-hour period; for example, start after 8 a.m. and end before 8 p.m. Don’t eat anything within three to four hours of bedtime.

Boat looks amazing clean and well maintained. GLWS

Another option that would be to look at the heater jackets that they have for people that work outside. Probably much easier to just try and heat the person rather than the air around them. Here is one from Amazon - ORORO Men's Soft Shell Heated Jacket with Detachable Hood and Battery Pack for $150

In my research most people pointed to the ProStar and this was the main reason we got one. They changed the Hull in 2014 and I believe aside from engine the wakes should be the same from 2014 thru 2020. For 2020 MC did up the warranty to 1000hrs on the engine and 5 years bow to stern on the boat.

I know some people have used a Whizzy Wheel: https://www.amazon.ca/Car-Decal-Removal-Tool-Whizzy/dp/B00FJF0O2K But that was for decals and not paint.

Not sure if @Russell reads this but this page might need to be updated if it was missed. https://www.masterlineusa.com/pages/polypromax

My condolences, and very wise words.

@Horton Maybe this article will help the cause: We bought a pink waterski boat. Seriously, it was almost ridiculous - who buys a pink waterski boat? Well we did, because, in what seemed like one day, my husband went from being a normal patriarch of a boating family, to a man crazily obsessed with waterskiing. None of us could have imagined what the pink ski boat and the sport of waterskiing would come to mean to our family. https://www.boatingmag.com/pink-boat/

It really depends on the color and accents. When we were looking for a boat we found one we called Hulk, 2013 PS with tower and ballast. The ugliest green, bright and no contrast inside at all. Just green on green for days. Terrible. We then found a 2014 PS that was green and looked amazing, nice color and contrast. Since you keep a boat for such a short time it does not really matter, selling might be a little harder but if done well I think it would be fine.

45 and dropping more each day....

Great video, the perspectives and quality was fun to watch

Enjoy the moment. Take the time to savor what we do and what we sometimes take for granted.So easy keeping being busy as years fly by Sorry to hear about your friend.

A better test would have been to take the metal samples and placed them in a freezer. @A_B Had not thought about that and would make it even more realistic. Perhaps there was an issue with the boss about having tons of rust samples in the freezer for 7 months :-)

@Dacon62 Yes that is what they did, they showed me this when I was looking at the boat on a test drive. The worst part about waiting is the boat is not even near me, it is at a dealer in storage.

This thread is killing me, we bought a ProStar but it went into storage right away and have a long (VERY LONG) winter before spring to enjoy it.....heck the snow is not even on the ground :-) It was at a ski school and was setup to pull to the right, in the couple of test drives it did make it easier to go straight. They also did a rudder pin adjustment to make the handling better than stock, that is their words for handling as I would not know as I have not driven another late model PS.

@Rob Sorry I made a typo the 8 is supposed to be better in many areas based on reviews that I have read.

I have a 7 and with ios it works well. The HyperSmooth stabilization (in camera) is very good and supposed to be even better on the 8. [edited as the 8 should be better]

@LOTW Thanks for the feedback. Yes the video looks crazy made me nervous just looking at it. I have a HydroHoist setup priced out but now also looking at a Floe setup that I would move and at Tornado boat lift as it has a 6.5' lift capacity (http://www.goldenboatlifts.com/tornado-boat-lifts/) The Floe stuff just looks so well thought out and the VSD seems like a great idea and love that it does not make much noise. Tornado lifts seem well built. I think that I will wait till the Jan local boat show as I will be able to look all the options in person.

@harddock Thanks for the information. I had started down this path to start and found the BLH but then thought that moving a system would be a huge pita mid season as I would have to make it be level. I then would have to remove each year etc, starts to become a lot of work to manage the lift. A HH setup can be done once and always have the same parking spot etc. I have reached out to few vertical lifts and they say they will not work well with our setup, could just be a typical response. I will give this path some thought as it would be better as I would not need to build a new dock slip. I do have to say that the Floe systems both lifts and docks seem top notch and very well thought out. Shoremaster and HH have just done a merger this past summer. https://www.shoremaster.com/about-shoremaster/news-events/articles/shoremaster-and-hydrohoist-announce-merger/

@harddock The water drops about 6-7 feet over the season. This is why I love the internet and forums. I have been searching and never heard about a Floe boat lift. The easy level system looks like a game changer. Thanks for sharing. Here is a video that was sent to me to show how well a HH can deal with rough water. It is from 9 years ago. I was like "I would be building a bigger dock..."

@UWSkier In the other thread the propylene glycol did provide corrosion protection over a dry block. But your point is well taken that it is happening during the summer so you are only slowing it down not preventing it from happening at all. Also this was just a test with metal in plastic containers (over 7 months).

If you want some real life tests this is a very good read: https://teamtalk.mastercraft.com/showthread.php?t=70342 If you want to jump to some results go here: https://teamtalk.mastercraft.com/showpost.php?p=1253235&postcount=43 Short answer is storing the block full of propylene glycol is a solid choice.