loud motor

bkhallpass wrote: Pete, he has an Air Nautique. With a tower, no reason not to sit in the back seat. BKH

Brian, The tower is a option and onthehill doesn't state his has it. Even if it does have the tower, I don't feel it's a good idea from the standpoint of tow line snap back. Sitting up front I've gotten hit. Still not the best but you do usually have a chance to see it coming.

Onthehill,

Jbear is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Has one pet peeve though. He likes his boats and his motorcycles loud. Enjoys the rumble of the engine.

Pete, he has an Air Nautique. With a tower, no reason not to sit in the back seat.

TRBenj is probably right. 15mph is probably a particularly loud speed band.

BKH

jbear, i see you do not have a life (2.8 post a day) . No I am not kidding but you must be a real funny guy.

At 15mph, youre going to get a lot of sound waves reflecting back into the cockpit due to the large wake and the attitude the boat is at (relatively bow high).

Nautiques have been getting quieter and quieter since they went to the single exhaust in '89. Theyre arguably the quietest tournament boats on the market now. Its likely that your old MC either ran very flat at that speed, or the shape of the wake was different (or both).

Try speeding up by a few mph to get the boat planed off a bit more.