Swamping of Ski Nautique 200

[James]

Google “The Submarine” on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68AOltMu768

[MN Ryan]

James, I was thinking it was a Response, but I'm pretty sure that was the show I was at. It's a MN boat, the timeframe is right, and I recall it being a red boat.

[Scooter G]

What just happened?
That is insane! A lot of fun on a jet ski however...

[MN Ryan]

Probably more fun if it's not your boat.

[Shamsra]

We love our 200, but swamping the bow is a regular occurrence for us on our lake. It's usually just slight splash overs, but a couple times a surf wake has caught us by surprise and we have absolutely filled the bow. It is definitely a potential safety hazard that has caused us to seriously consider a replacement. Consequently, we only let kids or small adults in the bow just when cruising (i.e., not when towing a rider), and we do have to throttle down with care with any weight in the bow.

Now, most of our swamping comes with inexperienced drivers on the turn around/pick up when it's my turn to be pulled. That's the cost of letting Dad have some fun behind the boat.

So far, the positives of the 200 generally still outweigh the negatives, so don't make a change too hastily. In addition to the great ski wake, the trick wake at 10.5 mph provides plenty of push to surf a foil board (first wake for the dad bod, and second wake for the boys).

[Scooter G]

Heck of a way to clean the inside of the boat, lol

[FMSKI]

Had a kid in the bow, two watchers/hooting and hollerin' and 5 kids on HO Mavericks tubes. Doing the circle of DOOM I could not get the 200t past say 20mph and I was going 4000+ RPM. Also it wanted to go straight in sort of a chine lock.

A bit strange... On our TSC1 hull I would have had the 5 bodies flying as their hands peeled from the handles due to un-survivable G-forces.