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This thread needs pictures of the lake:

I knew she was an awesome jumper, but now know that she’s completely awesome. Great interview.

@vonman, email the Adam’s (edit: or Meg). My height came into play with how Caldwell sized my ski. Best to just talk to the experts. (Meg was clearly faster with the post comment than I was, and she is one of the experts)

We did, it helped, good recommendation.

After replacing the cable on my 200, I recommend removing the driver’s seat to avoid ending up in traction (glad I did that), hoping that you don’t have heater hoses adding to the congested path for the cable, and getting a teenager with good flexibility and reach to help. This was a tight fit.

Concur with @Dirt, I learned a ton from the Adam’s with the C75 and still learning as much with the C85. The support is huge and was why I was willing to buy a cutting edge ski.

Is there anything special about changing the steering cable on a SN 200, even if just some tips and tricks? The only time I changed a cable was on a ‘95, so fewer wires in the way, and that was 15 years ago. I do know how to completely remove the floor and back pad and saw thager’s post about cable pulling fluid. Thanks in advance.

Bar of Spray

Done. Once again, the media proves that they always get something wrong.

Don’t tighten the strap so much and leave the bow a couple of feet away from the crash pads. Slowly pull the truck and trailer up to the point where the bow has risen and the chines are above the bunks. Now crank the bow to the crash pads and the chines will have nothing to touch because the boat and trailer will be parallel.

@dan1166 just get the boat deep enough in the water that you can start the boat. Unhook it and gently back in deeper. For pulling out, start with the trailer deep, you probably don’t need your truck tires in the lake, that can end badly. Bring the boat into to the trailer but not all the way in, just enough to hook up and have a few feet of strap with the boat making slight contact with the bunks. Make sure the strap is secure, now pull the trailer out to a more standard loading depth. The boat nose will rise and should be high enough that the chines are off the bunks. Now you can crank the boat to the crash pads and get some help from the boat without pressuring the chines.

I have a Phoenix trailer that replaced the Boatmate that hauled my boat as a promo. The Phoenix has been great. The original Boatmate, not so much. If you want a different trailer, it is worth researching Phoenix. DM me if you need more details.

@LeonL I saw it too, it was terrifying. If I recall correctly, she was holding the handle in one hand and swung her arm backwards when there was a ton of slack and the rope went behind her. I showed my kids as a reminder to be a cautious as possible with slack.

Babes Spot Solver will bleed out stains as well. Looks like a pretty good list of options has formed.

I have a 200 closed bow with the side saddles. Tons of storage if I needed it. Two adults could camp under the bow and we can fit four slalom skis plus gear in the side saddles. A cooler can sit behind the driver. If you plan on putting wet gear in the side saddles (we don’t), buy Lysol. The observers seat is huge, plenty of space.

Did you see the Miami University kid jump 80 feet on a finless wakeboard? Tony Lightfoot was blown away by the 3/4 cut.

This is the book, right? Says it right there 1.00/58/9.75. As @klindy said, it IS in the book.

Marcus is making highlight films. In case you missed it, he did an excellent job as always.

Should be 2 quarts

@Bdecker’s comment about rarely being in a compromised position is spot on. I ran some crazy passes on the C75 and many smooth ones. I could crash turns if I got behind, build angle if I was late, or just be smooth as hell if I wanted on the C75. With the C85, it’s just harder for me to screw things up.

@Horton another tournament with Caldwell into 41 and you need to make another highlight clip.

@Jody_Seal does a 6.0 fit under the motor box used for the 5.7 in an SN200?

To get credit for speed and line length the full pass must be run, at that point the skier gets credit for all previous passes. 2.5 buoys at 28 mph is scored the same as 2.5 buoys at 15.5 mph. Otherwise, tournaments would be about getting 1 buoy at the shortest line length.

I believe the changes made to the throttle in 2015 was backward compatible and you could do an upgrade. You should be able to find some old discussions of the ‘13 and ‘14 throttle in the forum. I drove an ‘18 recently - I assume no changes from ‘15 to ‘18 - and it was very, very nice. I don’t know the cost, but I bet that you would not regret the investment if you plan on keeping the boat for years.