Pertinent information about my skiing:
LFF/righthanded/51 years old/very athletic/135 lbs/5'7"/65.25" ski/28 mph/15'/2 hands on handle all the time. I can ski 6 passes or 18 passes/day with ease. But never achieve more than 1,2 sometimes 4 and 6th buoy. I'm always too narrow at 3 and 5. If I pull super hard I can reach 3 and 5 but the next buoy is out of the question. My position needs to be fixed and I apparently need to hear it differently from what I've heard or read because I've not been able to process everything once behind the boat. I don't have any "feel". I'm literally skiing along, mentally flipping pages in a book about what-to-do-and -when-to-do it! Makes me so LATE!
I've skied at speeds anywhere from 21 mph to 30 mph. My thoughts were that faster speeds would generate more energy (glide time) but I'm skiing flat and past the buoys, headed down course. I've never made a successful pass.
I ordered a Radar Lyric before I ordered the Goode Nano XT but haven't received it yet. I didn't know about the P6, but I'll certainly look into it. Trust me, I'm coming at this dilemma from every angle I can possibly think of. Up until 2 weeks ago, I was skiing on the only ski I owned, HO Couture Freeride and I was literally leaving the water at wakecrossings (scaring the devil out of me). I also learned to ski behind our 2012 Mastercraft Maristar Wakeboard boat (hence my fear of wakecrossings). All of my course work has been behind a Malibu Response which has been so nice.
A video forthcoming.....