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@swbca If you had not already purchased the Mikro-just, the Radar Carbon Sequence single plate would have made a great option for mounting both boots. It has micro-adjustment built in. The aluminum Sequence Plate would be a great choice for using just one Mikro-just and keep your boot spacing as-is when making front boot adjustments.

Awesome. You will be all set!

@MitchellM Good luck with getting your course in. I lived across I4 on Lake Tennessee for 7 years in the 90s. Would love to have another lake to get a set in when in Polk Co visiting old friends! I used to love watching Kermit Weeks and a few of his friends flying around with their vintage aircraft while sitting by our pool. The restaurant (open any more?) at Fantasy of Flight was a favorite breakfast place for us.

I just got my new boathouse finished, can't stop now! Heater tops starting this Tuesday.

And, you would have a great neighbor and lake co-owner!

You could also consider converting it back to a dripless. It is not that difficult. and you no longer have a constant drip of water coming in. With 975 hours on my Bu, the Glide dripless seal started leaking. Only 35 bucks for a new seal, and about an hour of not very difficult work. Did not need to pull the shaft, just slide it back enough the take the coupling half off, slide old seal off, clean things up a but, slide new seal ring on. Bolt everything back up.

And, still have the dwell meter. (why, I don't know)

Yes. Cudos!

My ski bud recently picked up a 2019 Nautique 200 OB. Drives great, skis great. We did add a little weight to passenger side since it is usually just the 2 of us.

Just pull the instrument panel forward carefully after removing the screws so that the somewhat sharp edges don't damage the surrounding upholstery.

For the dash panel, there should be a single screw at center top (if I remember correctly), and 2 screws on the Malibu oval logo at the bottom of the panel. Remove these and you should be able to pull the panel forward for easy access to the ZO gauge.

Just before I moved from Lake Tennessee in 2000 a licensed gator trapper pulled out three 10-footers. He was after the 12 footer I had reported.

I used to live on that lake. Awesome place! Get that boat and I'll swing by for a ride for old times sake 🙂 I was 222 Lk Tenn Dr. Say hello to Scot E when you see him.

All I know is I'll have plenty of things going on the last weekend this month that won't include watching something happening on Robin Lake.

Left hand steering, right hand throttle, foot pad for timer. Although, for most of our early years no course, no timer needed. Skier just gave a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Hey Mike, swing by Mobile on your way home. And, say hello to Keith for me!

No issues with your heels coming out?

A bit different story with our floating course. We like to add about 4 lbs. for pulling down our Wally turn buoys, attaching at the anchor point at the end of the pvc arms. We underinflate the buoys so that much of the submerged half is collapsed. This allows the top half to give if (when) hit. Has probably prevented an ankle sprain or 2. Also, what is used as a counterweight matters. Lead or iron works good because they don't displace much water that creates offsetting buoyancy. I've heard of people using milk jugs filled with dirt. A gallon jug of dirt would weigh about 12 lbs out of the water, but only about 3.7 lbs under water. (Buoyancy = the weight of water displaced).

Great skiing at such an awesome ski site! Skied my first tournament at the Ski Ranch. So much fun! Especially seeing CP, other pros, and Big Dawgs ripping it up.

Had a small spot removed in December. All good and ready for the great weather coming soon.

@aupatking Even locals? 🙂

This discussion brings to mind the @Chris Rossi article "The Impossible Line." Conditioning yourself to ski the "possible" line will generate big speed dividends as lean is progressively built into the whitewater. Now, if only I could ....

@Horton - have you figured out how to explain that yet?

Looks exactly like the trim plate used on Supra boats back in the 80s and early 90s. Only difference is the plate is mounted on a bracket instead of being screwed into the trailing edge of the hull bottom and the turnbuckles mounted directly to the transom.