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JD, any encounters with snakes?

Yeah about 150 ft would put it atop a small hill for the gravity part. I agree about having a tank shutoff. Maybe that would keep some from always sitting in the line if it was piped from a distance. I guess the gravity part wouldnt matter if a pump was involved but in my case I couldnt really get it close to the dock and have it accessible to deliveries too.

The bulk tank does sound like a good idea especially if I could get it put in about 150' from the dock that way the deliveries would be easy. Maybe I could pipe it underground to a junction where the flexible hose and spigot would start. We do log all our sets. Driver, observer, and skier. I think at the end of the year if your sets driven divided by your sets skied isn't greater than .5, I will charge the additional 10 %. Shane does your boat use 2 gall a set? I make them pay in $0.50 a pass and we have accumulated a fairly large excess in the gas kitty. I think my 196 must uses close to a gallon for a six pass set.

The Warp was expensive but, for the record, I have never paid full retail for a ski. I sidelined the Warp last fall in favor of the S1 which is a solid ski but I had just pb'ed on it in two consecutive tournaments. Guess I should have never put it in the closet to begin with, huh? There's something to the "air core"...it's real quick. Also I think the toe side is comparable to the Strada.

I just got through demo'ing a 66 strada. I am definitely not good at describing the technical aspects of skis so all I can say is that it was too hard for me to be consistant on it. The toeside could be really, really good and the heelside could rock pretty good too but for some reason the repeatability was low. Heck, it could have been operator error. It could be because I'm one of the few people that likes S1's(read: oddball). Who cares...I'm gonna pull the Warp out of the closet!

Skiing makes him buzz?

Thanks. This discussion helped me see that the little guy's set is just as important as everyone else's. Even though in his case I am pretty sure he is just as happy swimming and throwing mud pies at his little brother as he is skiing.

Considering that I know how you feel about yingalings, the odds of that are pretty high. Maybe the iguana will start eating the mussels.

Horton, To be clear though, I don't want to try whayever you may have been selling on the night of the bumblebee costume... Hehehe

I'm not saying it's rigjt but other companies do it with equip. far more expensive than boats...Beta testing that is

Yeah they are just on the beach at my lake. Have seen goldeneye there, no bluebills though. Was it you that told me that about the little snail shells in the water strainer?

Boarditup, those are good ideas. Let us know how the kids' tournament goes.

For the lakes where it's too late, how do get them gone?

Drago, If you are implying that I want to rush people when they ski one of my tourneys you are greatly mistaken. I want my tourney attendees to have their best ski experience ever. When people ski good at my place it really makes me happy. It's like LeonL just said, moving things along is in the best interest of all at a tournament too.

LeonL, When you finish your ski day you put your gas money in the piggy bank. It's there waiting for whoever that makes the next gas run.  I have thought about the bulk thing, but I don't know all the issues of safety, getting deliveries, storing it close enough to the lake to reach the boat, water accumulating in the tank, etc. We mostly ski as a big group about every afternoon instead of in pairs. Thanks.

bxroads, It sounds like we are on the same page as to how to handle the problem. Thanks for the input. BTW, I am in Alabama...far north. If you're in the area look me up. Where do you ski?

Horton, you could have been a crack dealer...I always want to try what you're pushin'

ditto that

Here's the background: I am the sole owner of a ski lake that has just about every amenity you could ever want. Enclosed boathouse, new or nearly new 196 for the last 8 yrs, boat on a lift(no trailers needed), areas for storing ski gear, ideal lake depth, totally accurate course, bathouse with indoor plumbing and frig, etc., etc. The way I run the club is by selling for a flat fee memberships that give you unlimited access to the boat and lake. There are 8 members including myself. Basically the only rules are that you pay $0.50 per pass for gas, you try your best to take care of my boat, you pick up after yourself, you contribute to the functionality of the club by driving for others and by taking the 5 gallon jugs to the store 3 miles away to get boat gas. My members are all good people and the same core group has been with me for several years. We have had a lot of good times together and having the lake has been a rewarding experience. Some of the guys work their tail off at the place and some of them don't because they don't have time or whatever. Some of them instinctively know what needs to be done and they do it and some of them have to be reminded. The only part that bothers me is that some of them aren't very generous when it comes to driving for others and going to the store to get the boat gas. Some people end up driving way more sets than they ski and some people never go to get the gas. To make it fair for everyone, I am considering charging a 10% higher fee to the ones who don't drive at least 1 set for every 2 they ski and the higher fee would also apply to the ones who don't make at least one gas run for every 20 sets they ski. Do you'll think this is fair? How have you handled things like this? Thanks

Drago, I don't understand the meaning of your post. Please explain. Thanks.

I got you. I may hold off until '12 anyway since I have a 196 that rocks!

Boody, is your 200 spec'd out like Ed mentioned with a 409? OB or CB? I have been a longtime 196 guy but I have been pretty slow to warm up to the 200. But now maybe a closed bow with the 409 would be the ticket.

Karl, Scarlet, Shane, those sentiments were in the back of my mind when I made the original post. I was mainly just curious as to how others were handling this. I will continue to set him down at each end. Thanks for the feedback.

LeonL, I'm looking at it from a tournament director's point of view. There is a kid we pull that starts at 15.5 mph longline and he usually skis 6 passes. It really slows a tournament down.

I have heard that several years back if you started at less than your max speed you had to spin until you completed a pass at max speed. Only then would the boat set you down at the end of the lake. My questions are is this still legal, and if so does anybody Actually still do it? Just wondering because it takes so long for somebody to run six passes at those really low speeds. The skiers I'm talking about are at longline.