70!! ...they’re predicting 70!

Kristof: Thanks for trying to help...sounds kinda compicated to me. You guys make some of this stuff seem so easy. I always admire the skills some of you guys have.

john

Adam: You gotta call me and explain how you do cool stuff like that weather thing.

john

79Tique wrote: I was planing on taking my boat out today. I woke up to 2" of new snow and 20 degrees out. The computer says it's gonna be snowing all week.

I hate to state the obvious...but maybe you live in the wrong part of the country!!!

Well, believe it or not, but today I have my first sunburn...
Yesterday we had a weather change and it was a beautiful day, so we spent it on the lake! Temp was 18°C (64,4°F) and watertemp was about 9°C (42,2°F). Not really high summer, but good enough...
Did some skiing, my buddy did some barefooting and some cruising around on the river...

It felt great!!

84,

I know what you mean! But, I HOPE we are finally done with that white stuff! May is only a couple weeks away....gotta quit sometime?.... it does hafta quit, right?....sometime?

DING! DING! DING! DING!

Its official!!!....
   it just hit 70 degrees!!!!

First time since Oct.!!!!!

Mojo wrote: Steve it's here...... After 130 some odd days 70deg is finally here... Man do we live in the wrong part of the country.... Moj

Moj,
Its NOT official here yet... only 61 out right now.. ahhhh getting closer..

adamt wrote: One used tube for sale...cheap!!!

No need to sell.
I'm not the biggest fan of tubing (I own two), but if it will get someone behind the boat that wouldn't otherwise, especially kids, I'm all for it. I think our biggest beef is with the people who don't follow the "normal" patterns on the lake (can you say PWC?).
Have fun and keep pushing the kids to improve behind the boat.

Steve

One used tube for sale...cheap!!!

If one must pull a tube, a good solution is to run the rope through the lift ring, to the pylon. Most of the pull is on the pylon and you can still have people in the back seat. It relieves a lot of lateral pull on the lift ring.

Steve

Eric, to a tree or from a tree?!!? LOL Mapquest it...deland is down near Daytona. Lotsa boats there!

adamt wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: but on top of that, he's pulling the tube from the rear lifting ring!!! I remember reading on another post not to use the pylon when tubing, too much pressure, always open for advice from you pete, what did I do wrong? (besides owning a tube in the first place)

Adam, I remember several threads about not using the lifting ring for pulling! There were comments about deck damage and I have seen it. If you take a look at the lifting ring mounting you will see that it is designed to lift the boat. With a lateral force from pulling, most of that load goes to the deck which is usually just a hole through the glass. The pylon is made for pulling. Of coarse with the 60's, early 70's boats, they weren't much ether! A hole in the ply floor and a pin to the keel! At least with your Skier, you should have the floor reinforcement at the pylon. There is only one real solution!

I bought skis, a wakeboard and a kneeboard, your choice Jbear.

Anyone who is anti tubing obviously doesn't have any young children. They see other boats with one and that's what they want to do. You got to get them in the water somehow, so if I have to use tubing as a stepping stone to water skiing, then so be it. I figure tubing to kneeboarding to skiing or wakeboarding to barefootin'!!!

You guys have my word...Jbear will not be allowed on the tube...no matter how much he begs!!!

a great trick Adam is to hook a big ole garage spring in line for some competition tubing (real popular in Chicago Land) and you can really sling the guy on the tube, it actually is being considered for an Olympic event in 2012

8122pbrainard wrote: but on top of that, he's pulling the tube from the rear lifting ring!!!

I remember reading on another post not to use the pylon when tubing, too much pressure, always open for advice from you pete, what did I do wrong? (besides owning a tube in the first place)