Best Tube for 200 lb Rider

You really need to get more Pete,you don't recognize the boat the tubes are behind?

Checking the diaries here is the previous owner

Current owner has no diarie maybe because of those pictures???

Not my boat, not my tubes, not condoned by this member of the family whatsoever!

Morfoot wrote: SteveHookEm wrote: That sucker has a built-in cooler and cup holders! Oh yeah. Other than bouncing your kids/friends around possibly causing a concussion or slamming them into a dock or other boat when you do the S-turns or U-turns; lets add a compartment for holding frozen shrapnel and aluminum projectiles. Oh and better yet, cup holders for easier launching!

I agree. A friend of mine towed his 5 and 6 year old nieces on one of those at relatively low speeds. Their heads were flopping around like rag dolls and were coming within inches of slamming off each other. He didn't seem worried but I didn't enjoy watching it.

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63 Skier wrote: Really nice looking NWZ, I'm another one that likes the red/black hull sides. I just read the whole thread, got a few chuckles, thanks for being a good sport! Sorry to hear you can't ski at 50, there's a good number of us 50 and over's here that still give it our best. Best of luck with the new ride!

Oh, I can still ski. Just not slalom like I used to do. I will ski on two skis just fine. I don't have the endurance right now to go very long. But that's why we bought the boat. I'll keep doing it and eventually I can go longer. (that's what she said)

And in between, I'll sit on the tube with the built-in cooler and enjoy a beverage as I am pulled in my chariot! haha

Jonny Quest wrote: Love the Red/White/Blue colors. Where in H-town are you? I lived in Spring for 12+ years. Loved Houston. Great waterski spot: Trinity River. Head north up to Huntsville. Then go toward Riverside. The launch ramp is right there at the foot of the bridge. Calm, flat water 24/7. Very few boats. That was my favorite spot for my little Ski Nautique. Watch for gators, though. (I carried a .44 MAG in the glove box as a gator persuader)

It's actually Red/White/Black but thanks!

We're in Lakewood, near 249. I've skied the Trinity River many times. It's great! We have actually seen alligators there before. One time they had two on the ramp and the game warden was there trying to get them away using dead chickens on a stick. Nope. Not a job for me! haha They generally stayed away from where the boats where running.

That's one sweet looking ski boat. Congrats.

Wow, I would think that there would be more chance of injury laying down. Good to know.

That sucker has a built-in cooler and cup holders! Oh yeah.

Congrats on the new boat! Enjoy it!

We're now Nautique owners again! Picked up this 1995 with GT-40, 377 hours. This was from the original owner who has kept the boat in climate controlled storage (that his family owns 15 storage facilities) and covered from day one. New upper hoses, recent tune-up, fresh oil and transmission fluid change, no issues at all. And the boat literally looks brand new! He just bought a brand new G23. His wife was in tears as we pulled away. They loved the boat!

Only issue is the trailer. It's rough. I think he may have swapped it out for another before selling the boat. No way this is the trailer that held this beautiful boat. Fairly large amount of rust around the lights, needs new carpet, some reflectors missing, brake work and paint. Can anyone recommend a trailer restoration guy in the Houston area?

Here's the boat!

After that, I'm rethinking the tubing! haha Ouch!

I can only imagine if that tube kite came bac down and submarined. Like throwing out the world's biggest sea anchor at 3 5mph. Yikes.

Holy cow!!!!! That is horrific.

Yeah! Kite Tube! About the 1:57 mark was me once then it titled to the side and I came face first into the water from 30' in the air. When I woke up I had the prettiest nurse helping me. And these wussy's talk smack about tubing.....

Chevy350 wrote: 75 Tique wrote: Chevy350 wrote: SteveHookEm wrote: I've owned or been around boats since before most of you were born I bet! Nope, not me Steve. I've been around boats since I was about one year old. Come on Justin. Read more carefully. He's 50, says he's been messing around boats for most of his life, so lets say 40 years. That makes it 1975 that he started messing around boats. You were born in 2001-ish. So I would say that means he has been messing around with boats since before you were born, no? ..... My message was a joke, since a lot of people on the site know I'm 14 besides him. So he didn't know that really he's been around boats longer than my dad. But hey, who cares?

I knew you were joking! No problem. Yes, I have kids older than you! haha I am 50, still feel 15 sometimes (not so much at other times) and still playing with RC planes, drones and boats. My dad (83 now) retired from the Coast Guard after 35 years and was the CO of the Port of Houston. We had boats before I was born (a wooden Chris Craft that I wish I had now!) and I grew up with a Wellcraft that I was towing around Texas at 16. My dad bought a brand new Ski Nautique in 1983 before I left for college at the University of Texas at Austin. We kept the boat there and I often scheduled my classes so I could be on the lake by noon or so. I skied with the UT ski team, some of my friends actually quit school when Sea World in San Antonio opened to go ski professionally there. I visited once and saw a girl I skied with on the top of a pyramid! haha I was sold on Nautiques and later bought my own and kept it for years. Sold it when the economy tanked and now back in it! I was gone too long! So no issues with having fun with me. I can take it! :)