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no epoxy for exhaust. epoxy will soften with heat. standard fiberglass and boat yard resin will withstand 500 plus degrees before ignition or melting.

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Here are some hard facts. The materials that are utilized to build boat hulls are based on petroleum, Petroleum prices are sky high. Transportation costs of these raw materials are sky high. Engine package's are near double of what they were in 2020.( same as petroleum prices.) these manufacturer's now have a lot of mouths to feed just to keep up with the technology. the amount of personnel that is currently being utilized to get a boat out the manufacturers back door is grossly bloated. As is the facility's that are producing them. in with the bloat the boats are really not structurally designed well as compared to 5 years ago. the Leggo style of boat building vs a monolithic style leaves a lot to be desired in linear strength and durability...I digress.... Sadly for us the sub 21' ski boat market, the manufacturers have figured out and rightly so that the big weight component boat has far more advantages of profitability then that of the mid mount ski boat. Why take up the manufacturing floor space for a far lower profit margin product? Crazy laws for manufacturing as well as epa compliant regulations have increased and continue to impact end user prices. increased taxes and the increased taxation of raw materials have impacted also. Crazy unrealistic laws have been put in place to start to limit production of the internal combustion platforms that have come into motion for the real near future. I see tough time's for the inboard industry as we know it. like it or not elections have consequences. this subject matter is a testament to that. not going down that road but it must emphasized and made clear and this year is another election year. in this election year the cost to borrow money is astronomical. speculation of what the next 4 years will bring has deep impact on how boat manufacturers will proceed. we have one inboard based company on the verge of chapter 11 protection (just one's opinion). manufacturers are going to get it while they can, however don't be suprised about hearing more industry lay offs. my thoughts are if you want to continue skiing at a reasonably economical level, stop with the ideology of new boat technology being needed to increase your buoy count and concentrate on keeping the current ski tractor in top condition. it wont be long before the top tier affluent in the sport will start second guessing the idea of a $200,000.00 ski tractor... Blame the covid all you want I have other knowledge

must be a compound mount set up?

@Horton(* The word of a PR guy is as valuable as the word of a politician.) A little fringe there, gotta keep politics out this!!

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yes the Scarpa Deal. was not so much Scarpa wanted to go to another company , he did not have the same equipment that was being utilized in competition. The "V"-Drive Barefoot boat was a dog all the way around, it stayed on the trailer more then it was being utilized in competition. CC dropped the model around the time the perfect pocket skiboat was introduced (176). CC kept Ron on for quite a few years but being Ron had by then acquired a relationship with malibu he asked permission to not renew and signed on with malibu. Ron did keep the 176 for his ski school though, one of the few GT-40/11A combinations..

put the system in rec mode and run the boat. check and see if rpm drops out any time. if that is the case it is loosing canbus circuit..

i have dual exhaust on a 08 196. Skied with the boat friday...32mph i thought i was at 36... where does one get those cool down tips? are they 4" exhaust or 3.5"?

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what makes you think it is a joke? do you know the boat? it could be an extremely low hour hermetically sealed trailer queen...?? what's it worth to you?? what would you pay for it??

here's another one, an x7 basically the same as a 197. if you know the bottom dollar. then money talks BS walks and loose change rides the bus. these are all nice boats under $60k. perfectly capable of delivering tournament quality ski rides...aint that what all this whining is about?

starting to see a number of real nice ski boats at what I would say is quite a bit lower prices wise as what one would think.

anal people care about grammer and spelling. I learned the three "R's". Readdin, rittin and rithimitic!! like Jethro Bodeene, also dyslexia is real! if memory serves me Malibu has been the title sponsor boat for the Aussi nats for many years now.. outside of the Moomba there really is not a big fan or customer base for the CC/MC in the three event world down under. we had a pretty good start in getting Nautiques main stream in the three event but with Malibu being built in Australia as well as Aussies are notorious for supporting home country built boats it has been a hard sell. not to mention the shipping and duty to get a boat into the country. There! I used spell check!