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I'm a basic 15 off hack so you'll find lots more knowledge and experience from others on this forum. That being said, I'm 6 foot and 175 pounds and on 67 inch senate. Skiing 30 to 32. I would not want much more ski under me.I agree about boots back instead of forward... seems counter intuitive but it seems to work that way. I went with about 1/4 inch (back) and it helped. My fin is at stock.Also, I switched from an Alloy to Graphite and it was well worth it.

This is totally doable... And I like the fact that you want to do it. My family and I all skied behind a 1962 Sea Horse 40 on a 17 foot boat. When I was a 180 pound teenager I used to slalom ski behind a 15 foot Whaler with a 35 Johnson. That trick of taking off with the boat at an angle (even close to 90 degrees) and then swerving back straight once it's up on plane really works.

Also, try some penetrating oil and needle nose vice grips on that broken screw.

OK so that black thing bolted to the distributor base with the two plugs on it is the ignition module. That tends to crap out over time but usually causes misfire and loss of power rather than complete loss of spark. It's easy to change. Underneath that brown ring is a pick up coil which sends a signal to the engine control computer. Mine died and caused complete loss of spark... Running when I parked it dead the next morning. It's harder to change... Requires removal of distributor. Probably a good idea to rule out other issues first.

+1 on battery connections... Particularly if gauges and fuel pump come on and then everything drops off when you try to engage starter. Clean and tighten all the big wires. Positive and ground. In my case, it was the leads on the battery master switch.

@2Valve, not crazy at all. Two of my favorite ski partners over the years were female German Shepherds. When we were 19 year old bone heads out on the lake, Rosie was a better observer than any of us.

Neat idea. Probably not cost effective. We could do some math. BoatTest.com has results of some in water testing. 20' Bayliner with Merc 150 and three different props. In the 32 mph range (where I usually ski) they measured 7.8, 7.7, and 7.1 gallons per hour. Since I got the Mastercraft I've run it 1600 hours and damaged two props. So, 800 hours per prop; 0.7 GPH less fuel flow; I'm paying about $3.10 a gallon for mid-grade (not going to join the octane discussion just yet); that comes to $1,736. Really less since quite a few of those hours are at idle. Need to have numbers for a DD inboard since I'm not going to switch to a Bayliner, but this gives me some perspective. If they can offer it substantially under $2,000 I might start to be interested. Moot point so far with nothing offered for inboards below 25" as mentioned above. Also I liked @Thager's "sceptic" comment.

Couldn't find the brochure but found this on the wall. Pretty good ski in it's day.

My coach suggests I fix my skiing before I try to fix my ski.

No, but I think I should. There's an anchor and a tool kit under the observer seat (probably about 30 lbs)... Wake seems really uneven when I'm pulling my wife. Not as bad for me since she weighs about 112. Helps when one of our ski buds is with us.

Happy Thanksgiving to all... Fortunately, Cafe Mastercraft was open after our morning set!

I always sat sideways on the gunwale if I didn't have an observer or a mirror... That way I could safely watch my skier.... Gave that up some decades ago.

Wow.. It was certainly awesome... I skied behind a bright orange Mustang a bunch in the 70's...I was on an awesome wood Maharaja.... The technology has improved a bit since then... Don't think I want to go back.

Great memories.. went by that factory every morning on my way to high school in the 70's. Skiing on lake Conway, would watch the factory guys launch and water test every boat at the public ramp a few hundred yards from the factory... Bare hulls with no paint or interior... Cool stuff to watch.

Nice looking ski....looks good on wall....should probably stay there.