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  1. 6balls
    complicated answers to a simple problem, owned boats for 30 years @Bruce_Butterfield :smile: and never had any problem with fuel stabilizer. Usually put it before running it to the launch for the last time so it runs thru the motor. Othewise have paid no attention to full tank vs not--regardless of whether stored in the MN cold or in the heated arrangement I eventually had.
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    Keep it up, dude, but also find and groom your replacement and make sure to have repeatable instructions/processes/procedures in place to pass down. I've seen teams flourish during great leadership like yours but then fall afterwards when the dynamic leader is no longer running the show (businesses too). Great work and @ToddL thanks for sharing
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    @Keith_Menard when and by what matters to most, but not all, that I see in clinic. I prefer Landshark for what it's worth--good stuff.
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    I don't remember who shipped my first Benz the dealer arranged it, same for my Porsche. The latest Benz was by Maverick shipping. They communicated well and were on time, rates were reasonable Texas to Minnesota was $800. Went with someone I found on U-ship, too, for my daughters car but I can't just remember who. Looks like some cool options above as well.
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    Congrats and enjoy the opportunity!
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    Or if you are not looking for best of best tourney scores--run your PP w/out an expensive engine replacement and be happy. I trained PP, but in one season ran 38 off on 5 different lakes and all 3 speed control systems (PP, SG, ZO) including 2.5@39 at a tourney on ZO. In my heart of hearts do I think had I trained ZO all of the time my tourney best may be a little better--yeah--but probably only a little--I'm no pro skier. Depends on your goals (and your finances) as to whether ZO is worth it to you. It's fun to ski buoys behind any of them.
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    Geez nicely stacked.
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    @horton couldn't agree more, both auto and boats.
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    @AJNORD1 thanks for the clarifications, and sorry for your loss, but happy for you as well to have such a tremendous person in your lives as Paul. Sounds like a life well-lived!
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    @AJNORD1 thanks for the clarifications, and sorry for your loss, but happy for you as well to have such a tremendous person in your lives as Paul. Sounds like a life well-lived!
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    Nice, I could really feel what you mean by your description of the ski as it relates to your line tension out toward the ball. I've had some skis over the years that really shut down if not staying focused on keeping the line. Those one's always hurt me a bit because late line tension was always a fight for me.
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    Nice, I could really feel what you mean by your description of the ski as it relates to your line tension out toward the ball. I've had some skis over the years that really shut down if not staying focused on keeping the line. Those one's always hurt me a bit because late line tension was always a fight for me.
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    @lpskier yes! At the time me and my crew were amateurs. '82 MC got donated to the ski team as it's first boat with 2000 hrs, I had grown up in outboards free skiing as had another guy in the boat--at the time my recollection would be we were 15 off skiers at best (freshman year for me--wow a slalom course!). We were hungry to get that course up and ski it--very motivated. No surprise that we ended up after some time the best course skiers on the team and far improved inboard boat captains--learned a lesson that day--many more followed.
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    we wrapped into ours once just after ice out while raising it from the bottom. While it was a sunny day and temp ok, the water was freezing and we were in shorts and T's. Murky water. We took turns going under the platform and trying to unwrap what we couldn't see. Given time of year no one was on the river, so we were pretty much stranded as well unless we could get it free. A world before cell phones. We eventually go it, but two of us were blue.
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    Rope is too damned short.
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    Pretty crazy he only learned to barefoot in 2019 then just took off competitively.
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    Does it change if you do "unbalance" the boat? For example if you have more weight passenger side does it change things and vice versa?I really have no clue having owned and skied many of these. My goodness look at that wake (or lack thereof)
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    @lpskier great stuff! You got me on the detergent bottles on the mainline--smart. Will also say this, if using mechanical advantage to tighten--no inboards. Hard to direct, only in gear or out. A small alumacraft or whaler in REVERSE with the line tied center front. Total control, gentle pressure, can see right down the barrel of the course...pop it in neutral when done and the anchor sits down tight.
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    @skimtb two functions. Keeps the PVC level so you don't have a narrow course, and if a wally clips your ball it doesn't sink the arm to the bottom thus raising the far side boat guide perilously high. All of this talk almost makes me want to maintain a course again! We had 4 within 10 miles of my house all designed for different wind directions with gentlemans agreements that any 2 of the 4 of us could use one anothers boats, no questions asked. Was pretty ideal.
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    agree with @killer. @swbca partial fill with water using garden sprayer modified slightly to inject the water and air, top it off with air to size you want. I love these. They keep position better, less disturbed by waves or your ski, and of course are lower in the water so disrupt your ski even less for that reason. There is a thread somewhere about how to build your garden sprayer it was easy.
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    @BKistler agree. Many can't pull a tube to give a "fun" ride and still be safe. Many more are not watching traffic well as they turn this way and that way unpredictably while trying to go fast enough to lose their tubers.
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    @morfoot great solution as well! Jim had a permanent course up, but during the week that ski buddies and myself stayed with him we put a portable out front and did as you describe.
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    Stolen ski failed to show
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    Like "that was awesome, I should just run THIS pass all of the time--why can't I do that? Why do I have to shorten until it's a shit-show?"
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    Don’t do submersible on a busy lake. Any air tubing or sun problems are a major pain and disrupt the system. My brother tried it and aborted went to full time floating with buoys/lines/parts in the boat.
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