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Long line “lifer” here with a bad back who has had the good fortune to sample the 15-off wake behind pretty much everything that has been mentioned including the Carbon Pro - the only way someone is getting our Bubble Back is by prying it out of my cold dead hands 😊

Absolutely true - Skip has a couple 5.7s listed on SIA but the end is certainly near for new 5.7/6.0s. And then there will be motorbox fit issues to address. The point I was trying to make is that $60K for a new boat (or even a re-engined/fully refurbished one) is a tough price target to meet.

The “new” $60K tug already exists if someone wanted to get into the business of buying up old hulls and refurbishing them: • Used Bubble Back - $15K • Repower/Trans/ZO - $20K • New Upholstery - $5K • Gel Repair/Detailing - $5K • Misc parts/prop/carpet/rub rail - $5K • Trailer refurbish - $5K Total: $55K +/- for a completely refurbished, mint, ZO tug. The pricing for everything that needs to go with the hull just doesn’t leave much room for someone to try and design/manufacture a completely new hull if $60K is the target.

Here is one of several studies that has examined wave energy dissipation distance from a sample of recreational boats at different speeds/weights (ballast vs no ballast). Nothing particularly surprising, a ballasted G23 creates a bigger wake at 32mph than a 200, both make bigger wakes if they are plowing around at 10-12 mph, and energy dissipates over distance travelled. AMC+Wave+Wake+Study_HB4099+Motorboat+Working+Group+REPORT.pdf

Wouldn’t it be great if the manufacturers were lobbying for authorization to place a minimum of one slalom course on any body of water greater than 50 acres, stay 100 feet from shore, and no local government can create more restrictive rules 😉

This one is in PHX (Mesa): https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/boa/d/mesa-19-ski-nautique-boat-with-502/7687546456.html

Here is a nice looking ‘98 that just popped up on SIA with a GT40/ZBox. https://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Boat_3Event&postid=68993

We repowered our ‘98 Bubble Back with a 6.0L ZO Rev S, ACME 668 and we have a 200 6.0L Rev S in our rotation. Definitely feels like the 200 is “on” you more than the Bubble - guessing the difference in feel may be related to the difference in mass between the two boats?

Love my EVO2 - I am typically in between sizes (6’1” / 170lbs / 31 waist) and the Medium fits me perfectly. Super product 👍

This is exactly what we do when free skiing with GPS based speed control and the river current is strong enough for the skier to ask for an adjustment

Here is another ‘99 SNOB https://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Boat_3Event&postid=65628

Nice looking ‘21 Prostar in Clermont https://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Boat_3Event&postid=66127

GUTs

If you feel like expanding your list to four - super happy with my Stokes Evo 2

Friend of mine received one with the new grip material from Brenda a couple of weeks ago - he is very happy with it ?