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no epoxy for exhaust. epoxy will soften with heat. standard fiberglass and boat yard resin will withstand 500 plus degrees before ignition or melting.

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Here are some hard facts. The materials that are utilized to build boat hulls are based on petroleum, Petroleum prices are sky high. Transportation costs of these raw materials are sky high. Engine package's are near double of what they were in 2020.( same as petroleum prices.) these manufacturer's now have a lot of mouths to feed just to keep up with the technology. the amount of personnel that is currently being utilized to get a boat out the manufacturers back door is grossly bloated. As is the facility's that are producing them. in with the bloat the boats are really not structurally designed well as compared to 5 years ago. the Leggo style of boat building vs a monolithic style leaves a lot to be desired in linear strength and durability...I digress.... Sadly for us the sub 21' ski boat market, the manufacturers have figured out and rightly so that the big weight component boat has far more advantages of profitability then that of the mid mount ski boat. Why take up the manufacturing floor space for a far lower profit margin product? Crazy laws for manufacturing as well as epa compliant regulations have increased and continue to impact end user prices. increased taxes and the increased taxation of raw materials have impacted also. Crazy unrealistic laws have been put in place to start to limit production of the internal combustion platforms that have come into motion for the real near future. I see tough time's for the inboard industry as we know it. like it or not elections have consequences. this subject matter is a testament to that. not going down that road but it must emphasized and made clear and this year is another election year. in this election year the cost to borrow money is astronomical. speculation of what the next 4 years will bring has deep impact on how boat manufacturers will proceed. we have one inboard based company on the verge of chapter 11 protection (just one's opinion). manufacturers are going to get it while they can, however don't be suprised about hearing more industry lay offs. my thoughts are if you want to continue skiing at a reasonably economical level, stop with the ideology of new boat technology being needed to increase your buoy count and concentrate on keeping the current ski tractor in top condition. it wont be long before the top tier affluent in the sport will start second guessing the idea of a $200,000.00 ski tractor... Blame the covid all you want I have other knowledge

must be a compound mount set up?

@Horton(* The word of a PR guy is as valuable as the word of a politician.) A little fringe there, gotta keep politics out this!!

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yes the Scarpa Deal. was not so much Scarpa wanted to go to another company , he did not have the same equipment that was being utilized in competition. The "V"-Drive Barefoot boat was a dog all the way around, it stayed on the trailer more then it was being utilized in competition. CC dropped the model around the time the perfect pocket skiboat was introduced (176). CC kept Ron on for quite a few years but being Ron had by then acquired a relationship with malibu he asked permission to not renew and signed on with malibu. Ron did keep the 176 for his ski school though, one of the few GT-40/11A combinations..

put the system in rec mode and run the boat. check and see if rpm drops out any time. if that is the case it is loosing canbus circuit..

i have dual exhaust on a 08 196. Skied with the boat friday...32mph i thought i was at 36... where does one get those cool down tips? are they 4" exhaust or 3.5"?

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what makes you think it is a joke? do you know the boat? it could be an extremely low hour hermetically sealed trailer queen...?? what's it worth to you?? what would you pay for it??

here's another one, an x7 basically the same as a 197. if you know the bottom dollar. then money talks BS walks and loose change rides the bus. these are all nice boats under $60k. perfectly capable of delivering tournament quality ski rides...aint that what all this whining is about?

starting to see a number of real nice ski boats at what I would say is quite a bit lower prices wise as what one would think.

anal people care about grammer and spelling. I learned the three "R's". Readdin, rittin and rithimitic!! like Jethro Bodeene, also dyslexia is real! if memory serves me Malibu has been the title sponsor boat for the Aussi nats for many years now.. outside of the Moomba there really is not a big fan or customer base for the CC/MC in the three event world down under. we had a pretty good start in getting Nautiques main stream in the three event but with Malibu being built in Australia as well as Aussies are notorious for supporting home country built boats it has been a hard sell. not to mention the shipping and duty to get a boat into the country. There! I used spell check!

oh ! jeeze! we have Grammer police too!!!

@Horton lol!! guys first post and say'z you are a tool! Ban him!

@RichardDoane well! way back in the Montana moose country days. Eric was responsible for me taking up trick skiing. I thought if this non athletic person can ride a trick ski... well so can I! Eric and his crew flew up to our site a number of times as well as when he came up he was aways ahead if the curve when it came to waterski and binding development. after he left we always knew what not buy! I jest! over the years Eric and I have somewhat stayed in contact. we can always tell when Eric has been out in the desert to long, his designs and bubble ideas seem to get more and more tumbleweedish.... so in short I would be proud to display one of Eric's works of art in my semi large ski collection. I'll hang it right next my Ricky McCormick un shaped and un drilled , signed Cypress gardens wood trick. if I do win the ski I hope you can get the west coast trick GOAT to sign it for me...

many factors need to be considered on purchasing a exceptionally high hour boat. 1. how was the boat used? 2. how well was the boat serviced and documented? 3.overall condition/trailer? chevy 350 vortec engines have the propensity to cross migrate between cylinders. not to mention the condition of the catalytic exhaust. under water gear will need attention. cutlass bearing as well as rudder port could be slap wore out. steering cable as well as control cables may need replacing. fuel lines? transmission on its last leg normally with those kind of hours. that great deal on a high hour boat may not be such a great deal in the real near future. $$$$$$$

One of the key findings of this study has been a lack of transparency, accountability, and due process by USOPC, governing bodies, and SafeSport,” the report read. “This is detrimental both to the movement and to the millions of Americans who participate in it.” Yep!! more government over site!! Feed me! feed me! deeper corrupt pockets! that's what we need!!

we have a 99 SN in our club getting the 5.7Excalibur/zo treatment. looking forward to skiing it. current two boats we utilize are a 2017 6.2 200 and a 2008 196. both great wakes. I heard about a 200 that recently sold for under $30K (no trailer). Lots of great ski boats out their for sale this spring.

@buechsr

Being a Nanny sport has it's consequences. having to buy into a monopoly to participate in what constitutes safe Sports platform and business efforts. 501C Non for profit with a Marketing dept. saddling in with a government overseen entity and being monopolistic may be against anti trust laws? Seen their advertising, pretty slick highly professional adds and presentations. I wonder what their marketing budget is like?? Going in for a 5th run at the propaganda and indoctrination nanny ideology segment. USAWS and their monopolistic watch dogs require complete re-training every other year. Lucky me it's my year..

@markn thanks for the incite. problem with this younger generation is that they want someone else to make the hard decisions rather then pull there own boot straps up and make these decisions. they have taken on the thought that government needs to make more agency's and create more bureaucrats to oversee these agency's. Blue big government ideology. As for Safe sport, goes back to what was easy because no one in the leadership role has the balls to call out and enforce the congressional reporting mandate. Safe sport was easy as it came as a appendage of the USOC money's. again nothing in the congressional act requires a sport to utilize any overseeing entity's for reporting abuses in a sport.

in some cases a e-control ecm can be less price wise then a older mefi 4. just ordered one for a 19 6.0. I have done some digging on components and this little gem is $250 used. and that's the larger white component shown in this cut away of the gps single reciever . is the actual antenna so to speak.