How many skiers have you towed?

[NautiDave07]

I participated in a five man deep water longline barefoot pull. I was in the middle and drank a lot of water. we all got up and ran the whole length of the cove. Sad to say it was behind an MC barefoot 200

[shaunvr]

Thanks for all your replies.

On very short notice on the last day of 2008 we threw together a whole lot of ropes and wakeboards, grabbed some kids and started our attempts.

We finally got 9 wakeboarder's up. The youngest was my son at 8 years old, the oldest was in his 20's. The weather had turned and the wind was starting to pick up. We really had very little time to prepare all the rope lengths as well as a proper harness. So we just did what we could. We put 4 ropes off the tower and the other 5 off the ski pole. This was all done behind our 91 BFN 7.4ltr. We ended up with 700 pounds of ballast in the nose.

The rope lengths were to our detriment as one skier was lagging behind in another's wake. He managed to hold on for half a mile or so before giving up.

It was such great fun. next time we will spend the time to prepare the ropes properly and connect them all to a proper harness.

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[canuck]

Try and beat 12 skiers!!!

The most skiers we ever pulled was 12 (mostly young teens 12 - 15 years old). I have owned 3 Nautiques but my first one was the most powerful. It was a 1986 model 2001 with a 454 big block. The boat came from Seaword (a fomer show boat, and we were the secnd owners). This thing could pull your house off it's foundation. Pulling 12 skiers is no easy feat / you need to co-ordinate ropes / have good skiers all on two skis and well spread out it the water / we changed to an 11 pitch x 14' prop / we placed 7 ropes on the pylon and 5 on the rear tow hook. This was quite a load and it made the boat work very hard, and although we never tried to pull more (for fear of breaking the pylon) I think it could have maybe pulled a couple more.

My current boat is a 2002 196 with a GT40 - much sweeter ride but it cannot match the power and the rumble of the old 454.

[AirTool]

Re: Try and beat 12 skiers!!!

...a 2002 196 with a GT40 - much sweeter ride but it cannot match the power and the rumble of the old 454.

I believe it.

[saceone]

RE: Re: Try and beat 12 skiers!!!

I envy you guys and your big blocks