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@wawaskr no. But the OffCourse on my windshield is a decent enough approximation to train with.

@DW they keep this lake 95% full or better. No bodies. ?

@FSSPCat yep! @wawaskr @bishop8950 Sag

Two classic Malibus. Five slalom skiers. Completely unplanned encounter in the middle of the week. 25 minutes outside of the 5th largest city in the country. The only other towboat was pulling wakeboarders. Not a surfer in sight. Great morning!

She's been posting some gorgeous scenes from Portugal lately. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjCxlo9ojnd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

No hull change. We're a few years overdue for a new TXi based on previous update intervals but I don't imagine it's high on the list of priorities for them.

Are they using old TXis or does TWBC need to update their graphic? Malibu hasn't sold a TXi with the 6.0L for at least 3 years now.

Some of the photos and videos coming out are just nuts. I didn't realize there was anywhere in Ft Meyers high enough to avoid the surge, but I guess our friends' place missed the flooding. They did lose the screen over their pool, but compared to what some have lost, they're counting themselves extremely lucky.

Regularly ski into 28 off, occasionally run it. I get on the course about once a month on average so my issue isn't weight/size as much as it is course reps. 6'5" 252lb as of this morning. I don't get real sore from skiing when I'm skiing regularly enough. It's when I take a few weeks off between sets that I get sore. My biggest size-related physical issue is with my skin on my hands coming apart if I don't tape up. I may be the biggest guy on the dock, but my skin is the same strength as everyone else's.

@Spencer_Shultz slight thread hijack, but have you played with the KX setting on that PP boat? If I put my KX to ++ I find it's too reactive. I leave mine on + all the time and like the feel, but I'm not at 38 off and I aged out of 36 MPH a few years ago.

@Maxsend what version of PerfectPass is on that MC? A V9.x Stargazer with ZBox is WAAY cheaper than a repower and does a nice job of emulating ZO. This spring I skied a ZO 196 and a PP Zbox 196 back to back about an hour apart and couldn't really discern a difference at 34 MPH, 22 and 28 off, and I'm a big dude, so I feel ZO more than most. Might be worth a try. If you don't like it, sell it on SIA. People are always looking for those things.

What's your use case? If towing, yes, Evolution can't be beat (I have one too and it's awesome). But it's a lousy cover for keeping UV off of your colored gelcoat. Covers that cover your boat down to the chines are great at keeping the boat looking new but are awful on the trailer.

How they ever marketed that against the VTX as a crossover is beyond me. Are you sure they remembered to empty the ballast before that photo was taken? Yikes! For comparison, here's a current-gen VTX wake at 30 MPH, which is really before the wake really starts getting good (32+).

@Stefan Nate has a lisfranc injury and is in a walking boot for several weeks.

Holy Pay-it-forward! We just used our OffCourse again this morning since we have some tournaments coming up. Love that thing.

Get to the end and feel like you barely did any work. Rare for me when there are buoys involved, but it's happened a couple times.

When I bought my boat, it was in Portland. I was in Arizona. I used airline miles to fly up, test drive, and buy it with cash on the spot. I even rented a pickup and brought my draw bar with me in my carry-on luggage (was interesting explaining that one to TSA). Boat got stored at a friend's place until the shipper could pick it up. Only issue I ran into was getting the guy to locate and send me the trailer title. I wrote up a sales contract for the transaction for the outstanding items such as the trailer title so I wasn't terribly worried that it was delayed a bit. I highly recommend asking for very detailed photos, then flying/driving to see it in person yourself or having someone you know well check it out for you.

I have a ski buddy with the 19 Skier. Great wake. Have only skied it on open water but it skis well and will rip your freaking arms off on holeshots.

What @Mastercrafter said. I did that on my dad's Malibu a couple years ago and it turned out great.

@MDB1056 Rope changeover error in 110' of water. Handle pulled the whole works down to the depths of Davey Jones' locker. :(

I have spares but they're brands and styles I no longer use and are a bit worn out. If I can avoid losing this new combination, it will be my spare someday. :)

Unfortunately I lost my rope and handle on Monday. S-Lines and In-Tow were able to get me set up with new gear in just a few days time and get me back on the water quickly. Happy customer for life!

@ScottScott will the dash unit/gauge not accept an input from a normal float sensor? I'd expect that the current sender measures capacitance, then converts that to a common signal that can be deciphered by a standard dash, no?

Can you replace the sender with a float style? One of the benefits of my boat rebuild last year was an opportunity to index my fuel gauge against tank levels. I went to the gas station and started filling the boat in 5 gallon increments, then turning on the key to get a read. The logic on this gauge is that it will read the level on key-up but then it goes into averaging mode so sloshing doesn't effect the gauge. It's a 35 gallon tank in my Response. These are my gauge references. Somewhere between 10 and 15 gallons was where my needle moved off E. I keep them in a google photos album called "FUEL LEVELS" so it's always easy to find.