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Outboard hydrofoils mounted on anticavitation plates
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:41:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:29:59 -0400, wrote: OK. I have a 60hp motor and my friends want to waterskii but the boat I have is what I have. I told them the same things. Thanks guys. You might be able to ski anyway if you can find a pair of longer, wider skiis somewhere. It might also help to go with a lower pitched prop. I have a 60 on a pontoon boat with a 14 7/8 x11 prop I wouldn't want to ski behind it. Certainly not the ski boat of choice, everyone would agree. On the other hand you can ski behind almost anything that will get on plane if the skiis are big enough and the skiier is something less than NFL linebacker material. I wouldn't want to ski behind anything less than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk Steve |
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