Andre

Is there still a TWBC webcast ? Great event for those of us who like to watch the entire event and beautiful site with great conditions!

Beautiful boat! Congrats!  Is the boat at Dube's pond ?

Obviously not a tricker but watching,is it new that the boat speed change in the middle of hand pass ?

1 hour ago, Horton said:

... until he does something about the dreads 🙂

Dreads are way cooler then men bun IMO. Bob Marley had dreads!

Good stuff and great video to help understand the why! 

Thanks @MarcusBrown !  Always good stuff coming from you!

...and VERY early in the season too! Great skiing!

Did i miss how much it cost ?  Good work John!

Personnally,after missing out on 2 200 6 liters  CB last fall,i've decided to keep my 2k hours 94.New vinyls and carpet this year and engine rebuilt next. At 60 y.o. decided to keep my money for retirement. Taking June,July and August off work!

That's a lot of missing gelcoat for a 390 hrs boat but easily fix.Hope the rest has been well maintained!  You've  seen Ottawa ski club 200 for sale ?  It has the 5.7 wich is a no for me but maybe ok with you...

\\\ Me in 93 when MC came up with the LT-1 Corvette 310 hp engine and the Powerslot transmission.

''Who really needs more then 300 hp in a ski boat ?''

Guess i was wrong!

Maybe the Correct Craft exclusivity of all IWWF is not such a good thing too...Other 2 should get more exposure IMO.

I also removed the combing pads definitively and fabricated some aluminum ski racks.Pix of the racks but be aware that the boat was really  dirty under the combing pads and it's still too cold here to do fiberglass and gelcoat works to patch holes of the studs that were holding pads to the fiberglass. The 94 Prostar is a small boat compare to today's standards and clearing the floor of the skis when we're 3-4 skiers will help.

Here's some live pics of the racks. Bended manually some 1/4 × 2" flat bar for the main part and the holders are 1/8 flat bar. Front top part will be bolt trough where you see the stud andbottom will be SS screws where the pads were screws. Back part will be in the floor screws only. It's tight in there for 2 skis and you have to be careful how you place your ski...but it fits! Had to get the old Nomad RC for testing purpose.

35 minutes ago, Mastercrafter said:

There aren’t any staples into fiberglass. There’s a plastic strip riveted around the motor box that covers the top edge of the carpet, then the vinyl is stapled into that strip and the edge is covered with the folded vinyl “hidem” strip. 

Aaaah,thanks! She told me the old one was tacked.Gonna have to be creative here i think.

Combing pad before and will finish the rough fiberglass edge with the rubber U edge trim.

I'm having the boat vinyls change by a good and experience lady but she's having problems tacking the vinyls in 30 years old fiberglass.Old skins were also tacked in but not sure how much fiberglass was cured when they were doing it at the factory Anyone with tricks or experience on that ?

Thanks for any help! Pix of before and part of the passenger seat and driver seat that i got yesterday.

Beautiful ski machine and super friendly wake.

Congrats Marcus!  But i hope you keep doing Flow Point TV videos...

3 minutes ago, thager said:

@Andre ...If you're a twister the rubber wears and tears pretty fast...

Happened to my dad 60 years ago! That's why i'm here! 😉

🥺  Don't understand.

I'm using ''soft'' MSN gloves now and still, the rubber will go way before the rope on all the handles that i have ever use...even when i was using ML kevlar gloves.

Good post John!

Soooooooooooo, TGas and Asher are gonna ski 34 ?

Can't help but congrats on your lake!  How long and wide is it  ?

Dog leash here too when walking them on the ice in winter time .My 3  Labs are very friendly and have a tendancy to go to every kids and neighbors they see.Also use the white 15 off section as dock ropes for visiting boats.

You're getting better and better at this @RobHazelwood  and the paycheck is not big! Thanks for doing those vids!

Congrats on the new to you boat! RTP was 310 HP multiport if i rememer right...

As for all water in Canada,federal laws apply. But the law will change soon to give the power to provincial and towns to regulate lakes and rivers to facilitate new lakes\boating rules according to each case. Lake is not natural,they built a dam longtime ago for a papermill hydro,not in use anymore. So no springs or underground water source.Most of the water is coming from 2 small rivers that run along LOT of farmland.That' s the biggest cause of phosphorus in the lake.

It's not done yet but we have to organize cause this guy is a retired pharmacist,very bright and with a lot of free time.He hate PWC with a passion and started a petition to ban them in 2016 with no success.

The news of his project has cause quite a commotion here.

In the far-west, he would be hanging from the highest tree at the town limits...

Edit:Lawn fertilizer have been banned for more then 10 years around the lake.

Thanks to all!

And the fight begin!  Tree huggers neighbors want to get rid of motor boat on my lake and we have to get organize. Our lake is shallow and the course is in 9 to 13' of water.They claim we are stirring up the mud and putting back sediment and phosporous  bla bla bla...

Anyone knows of any studies on skiboat and how deep the prop wash can go ?