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Interesting comments on the elbows. At least two skiers here have stopped using the rope due to elbow issues...

@6balls - that was taken care of mid year 2014 with a transmission change. 5.7 plenty of power for this hull.

I am a tournament driver and have driven the Prostar every year since it came out (as well as skied tournaments behind them). The 14's I drove were a little loose tracking wise especially on the 1,3,5 side. 15 was better and 16 was good enough that after 4 Nautiques, I bought one. They have gotten just a bit better each year IMO. The ergonomics are fantastic (I really like being able to set the driver seat back angle). The ZO screen was the easiest to use, probably still is, but the MB and SN screens are close enough to be a non issues now. The walk-around space is 2nd to none which I really like. Comes with a great trailer and if you opt for the Ramp-N-Clamp option, super easy to recover as you simply drive onto the trailer until the system clicks the bow eye in. If you're looking at a Prostar, I don't think you will be disappointed at either end of the line. If you decide to go with the 200, I don't think you will be disappointed with that choice either. I was about to buy a 200 when I tried the 16 Prostar and bought it instead. No love lost for Nautique, the Prostar just fit what I needed better (at a lower price).

I put 8 sets on a 2020 over the last couple of weeks (in mostly windy conditions). I skied a 4 pass set on my 2016, moved the boots to the 2020 and skied another 4 pass set. I was able to run a couple of 28s right off the dock, a 32 and a couple at 35. I'm not usually able to ski well when I swap skis without a couple of sets, so that was promising. I'd say it's very similar to my 2016 though the fin settings differ. I used the stock settings on the 2020 and my 2016 is set up stock except for 5 thousands short on length. It's a ski I can move to if my 16 breaks down, but didn't provide any PBs or anything that would cause me to drop 1800.00...

The covers Skip sells are awesome in both materials and construction (and fit). I bought one from him when I had to store my boat outside for a while. The only drawback (if you have a Mastercraft 14-20) is it will not handle the ramp-n-clamp system without modification (or putting the boat partially on the trailer, then cover, then winch boat the rest of the way on. If you have the standard roller setup, no issues. I was going to modify my cover to split for the device, but found a covered place for my boat and sold the cover. Skip is terrific to deal with!

@Cooper_Trelawney - I was at the 89 Worlds held at Okeeheelee. It was the largest crowd I've ever seen in that park...

Several individual letters, not all.

They are covered under the warranty. Had several replaced on my 16.

@dnewton / @BlueSki - I hope my post didn't imply the 17,18 or 19 skies were bad skies, only that "I" ski better on the 16. Different skiers gel with different skies. I tried various D3 skis and struggle to run 28 while friends are running 38 on them. Ed Hickey set the Men 7 record (1@41) on an 18 Pro-Build last year, so the ski obviously works for him. He changed to a 19 and suggested I skip the 18 and buy the 19 when I was looking to move from my 16. Not surprised at all that you guys and others love a different year/ski than I do.

Well, I read this thread last week where some liked (and stayed on) the 2016 ski vs. the 17,18 or 19. Also, I pulled 5 practice sessions last week at Nationals and spoke with 4 guys still on the 2016 who all said pretty much the same thing. I currently have a 19 that I bought mid last year and skied the last two tournaments of the year and all of them this year on. I will try a 2020 version soon, but since I still have my 2016, I decided to put my boots on it today and give it a go (hadn't been on it since my Achilles injury last year. I skied better immediately. The ski turns better on both sides (for me) and is totally stable in the glide for the gates while the 2019 version will hunt unless I bend both knees. I can stand anyway I want on the 2016 with no hunting. When I demoed the 2019 last year, I was still coming back from my injury, so was not skiing beyond 32 off. My best tournament score has been 3@35 and I have run only one 35 in practice (while when I was injured, I was running 35 about 40% of the time and ran a handful of 2@38 tournament scores). Today I skied 3 28s and a 32 only since I had not skied in a week, skied six 28s the first set (on the 19) and was running out of steam. I will take some shots at 35 and see how it goes. Even if I decide the 2016 is better than the 2019, I'm still going to give the 2020 a shot as a few have said it skis more like the 2016.

I believe that if we could gather stats on this, you would find several thousand releases/year and a small handful of injuries. I have released 4 times since moving to Reflex last year without issue. 3 where just too deep in offside and front flip over the tip, the other was a buoy strike and I went straight out the front. I'm 5'10" around 185lbs and use 5.5 setting.

I had several letters replaced under warranty in the first year I had the boat. I don't think they were applied correctly at the factory as I have not had a problem since (bought new in 2016).

Okeeheelee today: 90.0

Tournament PB: 2@38, Practice PB: 4@38

@Horton - Does this engine idle instantly like the other two boats (MB and CC)? The one thing that sometimes annoys me with my ProStar is waiting for the engine to idle down on initial start-up. Still love my (16) ProStar! Edited to add: Okay, watched the video, idles down faster than my current boat at least...

I go every 6 months (yesterday in fact). Yesterday's visit required one freeze only, so great checkup overall. I ski 2 sets, 4 times a week plus tournaments where I'm a skier, judge and driver. I wear sun screen on my face and the backs of my hands and a hooded long sleeve shirt to help prevent issues. Great thread, we spend a lot of time in the sun and we've all seen what the sun does to everything else, why should our skin be any different :o

Tournament PB and Practice PB.

Since the scores seem to be about the same, I'm thinking I'll stay with the less expensive standard Masterline rope I have and ski the new rope in tournaments. That way, I don't have to worry about getting an old or different brand rope in a tournament while practicing with the newer rope...

Contact @bkreis on here, he can give you the information you need.

Horton already blew his cover for this thread, but I was about to say he only seems to be able to do this at his home site...

@BlueSki - actually, the computers used to navigate to the moon and land there used metric internally, but converted to (and from) English units for the astronauts... "With respect to units, the LGC was eclectic. Inside the computer we used metric units, at least in the case of powered-flight navigation and guidance. At the operational level NASA, and especially the astronauts, preferred English units. This meant that before being displayed, altitude and altitude-rate (for example) were calculated from the metric state vector maintained by navigation, and then were converted to feet and ft/sec." The US has tried to convert to metric since I was a kid. Still not there, but some progress has been made (for example, my Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chevy Corvette and Cadillac SRX all use metric fasteners these days. Americans are a stubborn lot B)

@jimski - I can tell you it works fine on a 5.7 in a 200. @scoke has done this conversion and skis it all the time (and I drive it all the time).

Looks like I better pick up the pace, I only have 8 in 1,528 posts...

@Eljaybee - Mine was one of the problem boats that got a new sensor. My gauge has been perfect since then (> 2 years).

@Jody_Seal will know.