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@Horton I think the legalization of marijuana has a lot to do with some of these posts.

Actual picture from the event. The waterski deep state did not want this to get out, but the truth will prevail!

 

You want a direct drive ski boat. The advantage of the new one is that it will force you to work well beyond your normal retirement age, thus preventing boredom.

This right here, hands down. It felt like it was wired directly into my central nervous system, and was the most unforgiving ski I've ever had. I loved it!

 

 

 

Anchor lines, tie off lines, coiled up in the trunk with a roll of duct tape...

I'm pretty sure you fell while trying to jump the shark...

We do realize that we all expect to see you make it around 2@41 on the C75, right? No pressure or anything though. :D

Have you looked at the area where the cable connects to the rudder? Could be something jammed in there. I stored my boat in a friends barn one winter. Turns out there was a big bag of walnuts in the barn, and squirrels ate them in my boat all winter. I had hundreds of shells in my bilge area that literally took years to clear out. One time my steering jammed up like that, and sure enough, some shells made there way back to that area and jammed up the linkage.

My deep water starts have been automatic for 35 years, but I had a real struggle after switching to my current ski. I had been using an Eagle vest, which has much less buoyancy than a USCG vest. I went back to my USGC vest, and starts became automatic again.

MI passed a law last year requiring poratable tanks to be removed from the vehicle and placed on the ground for filling. This makes my 26ga gas caddy useless. Wonder what the law is on something like this?

That's called cabin fever...

The water is under at least a foot of ice, so kinda hard to get a measurement. I'll get back with you in April, maybe.

@bananaron we had about a 2 day window when it was safe enough to skate it before the snow came. Now I will have to take the snow blower down and make a rink.

@Wolfeie but this rink is 270 acres! This ice is a once in a decade event for us.

Too bad the water is so hard...

 

@IGski I've known Jeff and Patti for 27 years, buying my 1st Nautique from them when I was 24 (and looked closer to 18). None of the other marinas would give me the time of day back then. Jeff and Patti treated me like family then, and always have since. I would never buy a boat anywhere else. MI is lucky to have them!

We are praying for 2019 to be a bit less eventful. https://www.usawaterski.org/enewsletter/0119AidenSaundersFeature.htm

I'm 5'6 1/2 ", wing span over 6'2!

It's not so much the size that matters; it's how you use it (er, so I've been told...).

Chasing after 4 kids and a dog, plus a little snow skiing.

When in doubt, pull it out.

@Horton you must either be reading WAY too much into my post or replying to someone else. I certainly never said the pull of the boat doesn't matter. Frankly, with the bashing of the big 3 every time they release a new tournament boat, and the relatively small returns they get from them, I'm surprised they even bother! The wake guys have little issue plunking down double the price, and then adding all kinds of aftermarket ballast and wake shapers.

I still can't believe the thread about the new Nautique not being good for slalom, which was started something like 1 week after pulling it's very 1st tournament, by somebody who didn't even ski it! If I was running Correct Craft, I'd be very tempted to be throwing the proverbial middle finger at tournament skiers after investing years and likely millions of $$ pushing the boundry of current state of the art wake and tracking technology! Disagree all you want, but the nitpicking has gotten way out of hand!

The ONLY problem with new boats is the price. The rest is over the top nitpicking, which slalom skiers tend to do more than just about anyone else.

Hi @AdamCord , are the Denali fins shipping yet?

@MISkier our water temp was 83 on Wednesday before the big storm blew in the cold front. Should feel like bath water today compared to air temp!