Baller oldjeep Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 Pretty cool, and have a look at the floor mounted ski racks MAstercraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller foxriverat Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 I would think thats a barefoot 200 not prostar 190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller foxriverat Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 I guess it is prostar 190 I should have read his whole ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wtrskior Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 its actually a prostar 200. same hull as the 190 direct drive of the era with a 200hp O/B instead. cool boats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 Bet you don't see a heck of a lot out of that dash mounted rear view mirror with all that motor in the way....bet that thing runs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller escmanaze Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 I enjoy the explanation as to why there are two speedos. I could learn a thing or two :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 Back in the day, they used them to pull jump at some of the Pro stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 Like @escmanaze brought up, am I reading that right? How can you pull two skiers at different speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted July 19, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted July 19, 2016 Science.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 @Orlando76 Speed now is so easy/bullet proof you forget the struggle. Boat speed is not instantaneous - it is slower/faster depending on load. So you look at an average speed over course or divide it down to time at each ball in the course. So before GPS you had to use a stopwatch - then magnets were hung beneath the ball and would trigger timers in perfect pass. Either way - prior to that calibration of a speedometer was accomplished by driving through the course at speed and timing it. You then would twiddle the knob to set the gauge accurately. However it was really only accurate at one specific speed. So calibrate to 17mph and it's off at 34 or 36. In a river up and down current measure slow/fast. Lots of ways to use it. You could set one to 36 and one to 34 or to 17 for trick or 42 for barefoot. You could set both to the same speed if you have seaweed which clogs your pitot tubes. Or you could do one up/downstream. ESC I think was blowing smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 @BraceMaker Im all too familiar with that. Guess I'm reading the ad wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 Ha. Good. In that case I think it's just a poorly phrased way to say timing two skiers on separate gauges. Also he says he needs bags - which I bet he means ballast tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bassfooter Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 @BraceMaker why wouldn't a pressure-based or paddlewheel speedometer give accurate readings in a current? Don't those systems measure speed over the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 Sure they'll tell you how fast the boat is going vs the water. "8.05 Boat Speeds All speeds are “speeds over the bottom”; compensate in all cases where a current exists. The boat path in all events is intended to be a straight line, run at a constant speed. Variation in speed during any pass may not exceed ± .8 kph (.5 mph), except during the second segment in the jump course when using the optional faster second segment option. In the Slalom and Jumping events, the recorded times through the timing segments must also be within the applicable tolerances. (See Rules 9.06, 9.17, 10.06, 10.17, and 11.06, and the Timing Tolerances Tables.)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bassfooter Posted July 19, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 19, 2016 Oh...you were thinking relative to a slalom course. I was just thinking in terms of open water, like free skiing. Sorry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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