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  1. I am a Nautique Promo Team member, so please know that I realize I am biased. However, I have an 11 year old competitive slalom skier and have spent a lot of time driving and watching skiers at slower speeds and longer line lengths the last 4 years. Here are my observations: 1) Nautique: The Nautique 200 performs really well at slower speeds and has a small wake with the hydrogate deployed at all speeds. The boat is the best tracking boat of the lot. It is not super sensitive to balance, though I am pretty anal about this. The new SN is very comparable to the 200. The wake is slightly different, but it is still pretty flat at all speeds. One advantage of the Nautique is that it is a superior trick boat to the ProStar. Between the hydrogate and the new ballast system, it makes a very nice trick wake. At tournaments, very few skiers choose the ProStar for trick. 2) Mastercraft: The Mastercraft has always felt very similar to the Nautique in terms of wake. All of the B1 and B2 skiers seem to post similar scores behind these two boats in slalom. At 34, I don't have any complaints about the wake on the Prostar, but have always felt the pull was a little softer - I probably should play with my ZO setting for the ProStar, but haven't done so yet. 3) Malibu: The Malibu is fine for 34 mph - I usually ski about the same behind it as other boats. However, the slower speeds are very tough. Comparing tournament scores behind the Malibu with other boats for the B1 kids there was consistently 4-6 balls difference in scores. This was really discouraging for the kids and several of them developed an attitude about the boat. There are different schools of thought here, but generally I lean towards trying to help my son enjoy practice and competing as much as possible and having this boat on our dock would be a deterrent from practicing. It is a solid trick boat and plenty of people choose it for the trick event at tournaments. As others have said, go test them and the relationship with your local dealer should be a major consideration. Thanks, Dan
  2. @Chef23, we are fortunate enough to have over 10’ ceilings. It was an extra garage but because there is no driveway, and our yard stays really wet, it wasn’t very useful. The gym is constantly used.
  3. Our home gym. I try to work out 4-5+ days year around. I find skiing only gets to my lower back within a couple weeks. Keeping my routine allows me to ski as much as I want.
  4. That was my boat - for what its worth, it was difficult to sell. I got a lot of comments about the green. It is a love/hate thing. Far more comments about the green than the black bottom. But, it was also a 5.3l and had just had a brand new motor put in it because of some warranty work gone bad (by me). My last three boats have been black or black metal flake and reef blue (teal). They have looked great and the first one sold in a flash (I still have the other two and haven't really started pushing them for sale 2015 200 and 2019 SN). The 2019 will be on TNT's website, shortly, if you are interested. Thanks, Dan
  5. dshock

    PCM 6.0 oil

    @Cent - the PCM website is confusing because they still have the old information in the FAQ section. However, this came from PCM/Nautique this morning:
  6. dshock

    PCM 6.0 oil

    Can someone provide a link for the service bulletin? I searched for it last night without any luck.
  7. I think it is likely technique. I am a big guy as well (220#) and I have broken skis, ropes, handles, pylons (x3) and boats. But, as I have gotten better, smoother and further down the rope those issues have lessened. I received numerous comments from tournament drivers about how much easier I was to drive for this season than last. If you have the weight to throw around, you can definitely break stuff and none of it will hold up if you are aggressive. But, as your technique improves it will settle out. I am on a Radar Vapor and haven’t had any issues at all. I did break an old HO VTX (the one with all the relief in the top deck). That design had a lot of stress risers built in but they have since gone back to a more traditional top deck. But HO warrantied it and they were great to work with on it.
  8. As a parent of a skier that just went from B1 to B2, I love the idea of 2-year age groups. We are not a long-term AWSA family but are relatively new to competitive skiing (in our 3rd season). I can't count the number of families that we have met that had kids drop out in the transition from B1 to B2 (or G1 to G2) because they were uncompetitive for a couple years and it was discouraging to them. As said above, skiers can always ski "up" and be where they want to be. Ethan's shift to B2 has been pretty good and he has already put up a 22' off, 34 mph score in a tournament. But, if this rule change results in a fraction less kids dropping out then it is well worth it. I do think that there is some good feedback here on the older Junior age groups and I don't know all the answers. But, I do like 2-year age groups in principle. Dan
  9. Has anyone skied behind the Nautique 200, yet? I think that the SN 200 was quite a bit heavier than advertised as others have speculated. It is very near capacity for my 4000# lift with a full tank of gas but that is a pretty imprecise meansurment. Thanks. Dan
  10. I don't think that is prop wash. The end course camera removes depth perception (or at least distorts it). I think that is the roller created when the boat submarined. Notice that it extends basically all the way across the screen at the end of the video (both behind and in front of the boat). The buoyancy of the boat pushes it back to the surface and it heads to the left. Nothing conclusive there. I understand all the comments about engine seizure and was it cause or effect. My money is on transmission seizure if there was no damage to the running gear under the boat (which was @horton's original point).
  11. @Bruce_Butterfield - I think we could recreate the situation by installing a driveshaft brake. Get up to speed, put boat in neutral and fully engage the brake in quick succession. The violent reaction is surprising to me however a buoy or poly line influencing the siezure of the engine would also be a surprise.
  12. I am in the Old Hickory Ski Club. It is well protected except for the busiest days on the lake. We have a decent group of skiers - skiing all times of the day/week. Message if you would like to know more.
  13. @Jchernyak, you should drop a ski to get the feel for skiing on one ski on the rope prior to attempting the deep water start. All the other questions above - or video would help more with your deep water start, but in my view, you need to take a few laps around the lake on one ski and you will be ready to deepwater start without any problem.
  14. Have you tried to drop a ski or ski on a boom? Both can be invaluable in learning the "feel" of skiing before tackling the deep water start.
  15. My son skied on a 59" obrien elite at last years nationals after learning to slalom on it at 6 years old. He then graduated to a 63" radar vapor. The 59" ski was fine at 17 mph and 19mph when he was getting started. He runs Wiley bindings - they are highly recommended. Dan
  16. I am relatively new to competitive waterskiing. This was our second nationals as a family and my first one competing. Unfortunately, this year wasn't great for me or my son. My son's set was impacted by a boat judge that didn't follow the rulebook following an error in boat speed coming off the dock. It is super unfortunate that a boat judge (or driver in the case of the thread) at Nationals doesn't provide a fair, consistent pull for the skier and follow the rules outlined for our sport when failures or accidents occur (and they will - I get that). What I would say in this case is that the situation sucked for my son and other boys in his age group impacted, but the appointed officials worked hard at the end of a 14+ hour day to make the most of a difficult situation and I commend them for that. As for Lake 3, having been in Men's 3 and one position from the cutoff, I think that the necessity (not necessarily the decision) to move part of our group to Lake 3 sucked. I suppose that I can understand the need but the conditions were so remarkably different between the two lakes that I can honestly say if I knew what I know now, I would have left Friday morning and not skied.. My skiing sucked and I have no desire to deflect that lack of performance to anyone other than myself. And, I have no idea if the same driver drove for M3 and W4, but I can say that most of the things that were observed regarding W4 were happening in our group, too. The fact that the over-scheduling resulted in my Thursday evening practice being canceled probably had more to do with my poor performance than anything. Hopefully some day the $75 for practice will find its way back to my PayPal account. Overall, I think that the Mystic Lakes crew and the appointed officials did a great job putting together the event. It was a huge task and I heard overwhelmingly positive comments. Again, in my limited experience, people that rant about "what is killing the sport" are typically more problem than solution. Beating up appointed officials, volunteers and site host over specific issues doesn't help grow the sport. Creating a culture in our community of learning from each issue like these and committing to get better each year, each event is the only way to get past this. @eleeski, so interestingly there were drop noodles at both ends of the Lake 3 when they started Men's 3, but the driver ran over the one by the starting dock enough times that he cut it loose.
  17. So we missed getting pictures of our son at Nationals. Anyone know how to get in touch with the folks that were onsite selling pictures? Thanks. Dan
  18. TravisNW, are you suggesting that all right handed people are right foot dominant? I have often used the "push test" to determine someone's dominant foot (push them blind and see which foot they use to catch themselves). I will always react with my left foot. Thanks, Dan
  19. I can't publicly post the price because of the promo team rules. I would be happy to share if you call or email. 615 756 9658 or dshock59@yahoo.com. Thanks, Dan
  20. How about some pictures of the boat on the water?
  21. Interest has really picked up in the last couple weeks, but the boat is still available. Pass on the word if you know someone that is interested. Thanks, Dan
  22. I love the dark hulls. I keep this boat on a lift and did the same with my last boat. No problems at all with fading or anything. Our lake has some sediment in the water which can stain white and grey and black bottoms have proven much easier to keep looking new. We wax the whole boat a couple times a year and it looks great. I just skied behind this boat this morning and it was awesome. I am a little tired of juggling two boats though, so if you are looking, please hit me up for more info. 615 756 9658. Dan
  23. This is a 2017 Ski Nautique promo boat. It currently has 219 hours having been delivered in late March 2017. It is well equipped with the H5 (5.3) motor. If you haven't skied behind this motor, you will be blown away as it far out performs the 5.7 with torque similar to the 6.0 but much better fuel economy. The boat has black bottom with green metal flake which gets complimented everywhere I go. It also has the "Promo Bimini", bow filler cushion, air dam, love seat, heated passenger and driver seats,heater, 6 speaker stereo plus AMP with Sirius, and progressive graphic package. It has a Boat Mate trailer with upgraded wheels and a full trailerable cover. Just last week the engine was replaced under warranty by PCM. I am happy to explain the issue, but it was no fault of the engine itself. You are getting a zero hour engine with 219 hours on the boat and the remainder of the factory warranty! Call for pricing. 615 756 9658
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