Wagendrift Dam - Great weekend on the water
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Topic: Wagendrift Dam - Great weekend on the water
Posted By: geecee
Subject: Wagendrift Dam - Great weekend on the water
Date Posted: November-01-2015 at 4:15am
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Wagendrift dam, in Escourt, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. This is by far one of my favourite places to ski and wakeboard. The water conditions are near perfect and 90% of the time you have great water all day long. It is not a very crowded place and you can always find some water if a jetski or tuber starts messing up an area. Unfortunately we didn't have the camera out when I slalomed, a little upset I didnt get some nice ski shots. but here are some wake shots     ------------- 1983 Ski Nautique '2001' -Chev 350 Mercruiser -Custom Wake Tower -Custom Interior |
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Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: November-01-2015 at 1:31pm
| Pretty awesome GC. On The Waters Of The World ! |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: November-03-2015 at 12:44pm
Thanks for sharing, really cool seeing the other waters of our world!! Conditions look great, can understand why it's one of your favorite places, hopefully no Crocs or Hippo's in the area  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: geecee
Date Posted: November-06-2015 at 4:16am
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Haha not at this dam I don't think. But the dam closest to me Has a sign up which says beware of crocodiles, haven't seen one yet only zebra and puff adders 👍 ------------- 1983 Ski Nautique '2001' -Chev 350 Mercruiser -Custom Wake Tower -Custom Interior |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: January-07-2016 at 2:33pm
| nice water and especially the gentle sloping shoreline |
Posted By: skutsch
Date Posted: January-07-2016 at 2:56pm
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Alright have to put South Africa as a place to visit! ------------- Our http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4669" rel="nofollow - 98 Sport Nautique My Dad's 63 Ski N |
Posted By: lewy2001
Date Posted: January-07-2016 at 9:38pm
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That picture almost looks like it was taken in Australia. Great water and not too crowded.  ------------- If you're going through hell, keep going http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2999" rel="nofollow - 89 Ski <a href="http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5685" ta |
Posted By: geecee
Date Posted: February-11-2017 at 9:40am
A few shots from a couple trips to the dam    Engine issues as she lies helpless  ------------- 1983 Ski Nautique '2001' -Chev 350 Mercruiser -Custom Wake Tower -Custom Interior |
Posted By: fgroce
Date Posted: February-11-2017 at 10:23am
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Hi hate it when engine issues end a fun day at the lake. What was the problem nothing to major I hope. Enjoy what looks like great weather, still cool on this side of the world. Looks like an awesome place to ski. ------------- FGroce 88 Ski Nautique For 28 years Now 2002 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: skutsch
Date Posted: February-11-2017 at 10:26am
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Yep, that sucks - so what was the issue... ------------- Our http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4669" rel="nofollow - 98 Sport Nautique My Dad's 63 Ski N |
Posted By: geecee
Date Posted: February-11-2017 at 10:33am
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Love that place, water is a little cooler due to the area, but it'll be bath water compared to what you guys have to deal with. No compression in one cylinder was original issue, got that sorted and this was first time out again and we got water in the cylinders, suspect intake manifold issues, but have yet to find route cause. Unfortunately this side of the world skilled boat mechanics are few and far between. In the meantime I may be getting another '83 that is virtually 100% original and looks to be in good condition. That might happen next weekend, this one with the Ford PCM engine. ------------- 1983 Ski Nautique '2001' -Chev 350 Mercruiser -Custom Wake Tower -Custom Interior |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: February-16-2017 at 8:14am
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Great Pics Graeme. Definitely cool to see Nauti's in different parts of the world. Beautiful scenery and looks like you have a nice crew to ski with. ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: geecee
Date Posted: February-17-2017 at 2:27am
Absolutely love this place but am truly envious of the boat culture you have that side of the pond. To get all these people together is hard work, and only 2 of us actually pull out a slalom ski. Most of the guys at least wakeboard now. And as mentioned the better half has just been bitten by the ski bug (she is adamant she wants to slalom now. But hey gotta start somewhere. A closer dam to me apparently has a good group of nautique owners there, which is unthinkable in our part of the world, have yet to see them while I have been there, but I will be sure to make friends and take pics when I do come across them. ------------- 1983 Ski Nautique '2001' -Chev 350 Mercruiser -Custom Wake Tower -Custom Interior |
Morfoot wrote:Posted By: Blamey
Date Posted: February-17-2017 at 1:12pm
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Back when I was is S.A. the ratio of ski boats to other boats wasn't too different to what it is here in the US. there are just a lot more people over here that can afford to buy boats. The downside to that is the water tends to be a lot more crowded. The lake closest to me is unrideable on a weekend after 10am in the summer. It's such a beautiful part of the world out near that dam. I found the below pic of the dam..  ------------- 96 Super Sport Previously: 95 Sport Nautique, 1980 Ski Supreme |