On Apr 23, 10:19*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:49:33 -0400, "jamesgangnc"
wrote:

And you wrote an entire paragraph on your use of an outboard for skiing and
how it was never a problem. *Instead you could have just said you learned to
ski on an outboard. *I've watched outboarders doing water sports, it's
obviously a pain. *Taking in and out ropes with that stupid floating bridle
to get them around the engine, give me a break.

Don't they have towers and such on "ski" boats? *To get around the
stern problem?

The ski club at Webster lake changed their club boats over from Master
Craft and Centurion to outboard Glastrons - with ETECs. *From what I
heard, more power, better fuel economy and more power. *:)

Their three boats all have what they call ski towers and stern posts
(ski pylons?) for the tow rigs.

Doesn't seem to bother them much.

And I might be wrong, but I thought that the ski show in Orlando's
Seaworld uses outboards - ETECs actually, don't know the model boat -
or they did at one time - that may have changed.

I also believe that the world's record number of skiers towed was
behind outboards - ETECs in fact.

Hmmmm - I'm sensing a recurring theme here. *:)

Hey - what ever floats your boat - get it? *Float - boat? *:)

It's easy to find some example of exceptions to anything. Very few
things are absolute. But for every exception there are usually
hundreds or thousands that fall into the mainstream. Using the
exceptions to argue a position is fundamentally flawed. Go to any
gathering of ski boats. Or any competition. Count the outboards.
Count the i/os and inboards. Do you really think that a statistically
significant result would support your position? Or is everyone else
wrong and you're right? That's the recurring theme I see in most of
your posts.