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  1. Wondering if anyone would be able to supply me with some pics of the removable rear seat  hardware mounted in a 2020 Prostar. Bought the boat without seats, took a while to get the seats, will be installing myself this winter. Seems quite straight forward but a pic of the finished product would be helpful. Dealer supplied stainless screws, wondering if a through-bolt and backing plate is necessary. Any experience or advice is welcome!  Thanks

  2. We use our tin boat to deploy and retrieve.  Concerned about damage to the ski boat, some stuff with edges involved. Also depending on how long it’s in, our is quite covered in algae so it makes a mess in the boat upon retrieving. We deploy and retrieve in reverse as mentioned above, use the gunwales as a bench of sorts.  Have a system that works for us and we can now do it in an hour or so depending on the wind. Enjoy!

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  3. Had a few runs in the boat last few days. This morning the engine icon was back. The analog gauge did not ever show over 170* in the last 3 uses since the initial warning. Am now thinking that I was not successful in clearing the error completely from the system. Also idled the boat  to look for air bubbles and saw none in the elbow or screening canister. Located the crossover tube in case that is the culprit.
    So I guess to begin, am I able to clear the error message completely and if so how do I accomplish this?

  4. Thank you for the replies. I did look at the check valve, it has new looking Teflon tape and is brass so I expect it was changed recently. I did also look at the clear plastic elbow during idle but I will do that again and look more closely. Also will pull the impeller just in case. Failing any positive diagnosis I will try the cross over tube issue as @Cnewbert suggested. If I find the culprit I will post it 

  5. I think this may be a one off, spent a few hours at 10mph on a warm ish day wake foiling and noticed the warning the next day. 
    engine did not shut down 

    I cleared the error then did the usual and obvious things, cleaned the strainer(minor debris), checked intake through hull, looked for hose cracks leaks, checked impeller , see attached. Is this what they normally look like? Rubber felt supple as it should, impeller is 4 months 30hrs old. 
    will watch Temp gauge closely for the next bit.
    Skied the boat and was fine. 

    Anyone else have this happen ?  Have heard these engines run warm but it lives in Ontario not Texas

    thanks for any  insight

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  6. The headaches of maintaining a course are likely increased if you can’t see the course from your place. We install our floater early season and late season only to avoid the busiest months. it’s across the lake from our dock so can see if there’s anything potentially happening to it. If there was a good site within an hours drive I probably wouldn’t bother with my own. Between maintenance, weather and boat wakes it’s a challenge to get great conditions. I guess worth the trouble is a relative issue so I’d agree with the post above to give it a try and see.

  7. 100% go see it yourself and drive it. As mentioned above be prepared to walk or better yet don’t offer while you’re there, a days drive there and back is a relatively small % of 5he cost. Seems to be a cooler used market but prices will likely remain high ish given the cost of new. Being in Florida should help a lot. Good luck. Fwiw we invested 30 hrs of driving to find the boat we wanted. Time well spent.

  8. FWIW my ski progression went f1x(2007, prophecy (2011)and then when we moved to the lake 2020 Vapour Lithium. Have skied/owned a few other modern skis and love the Vapour both in course and free. My next ride will be a vapour pro.
  9. 2022 HO syndicate pro 67”

    Used maybe 10-15 sets

    Bought new August 6,2022

    Doesn’t work for me in basically new condition $5vg2iir3mu9e.jpeg

    1200

    Will also sell 2022 radar vapour boot size 10 left foot with ski if wanted, price negotiable

    Ontario

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