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mlegassey 
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 Topic: Dual speedoPosted: April-29-2020 at 10:23am |
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This is my first Nautique, not real familiar so what is the purpose of having 2 speedometers ?
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75 Tique
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 10:33am |
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Before the days of Perfect Pass speed control, or GPS based control (star gazer/0-off) speed through a slalom course was critical to be within rules specifications. The second speedo was for redundancy, should one fail (plugged pitot or whaterver)
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mlegassey
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 10:36am |
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Cool thanks for the knowledge!
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 10:40am |
And I'd like to add that tow boats used in tournaments frequently had a 3rd speedo for the judge. They were mounted on the dog house so the judge sitting in the observers seat could see it. |
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75 Tique
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 10:55am |
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The tolerances are pretty tight. In looking at this, its hard to believe how much harder adding 2 mph is when it represents only about a 1 second reduction in time to pass through the entire course. Its either that, or I'm just no good. I've never competed, so I'm not sure this is true, but I believe (again, before GPS speed controls) the judges still didnt trust the speedos and used a stop watch to verify the speed/time through the course.
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 1:11pm |
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My bad...I thought you were talking about these dual speedos:
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mlegassey
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 11:21pm |
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Hahahah welp I guess I can’t use that abbreviation ever again
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Posted: April-29-2020 at 11:28pm |
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Imagine what JQ’s wife is gonna think looking through his computer history.
Cars Cars race cars Boats Guys in speedos Skis..... Wait guys in speedos? 
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Posted: April-30-2020 at 12:43am |
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Yeah, that's gonna raise a few questions to be sure!
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Posted: April-30-2020 at 2:25am |
Questions like: "Why did you post that awful picture with you and your brother in Cancún?" |
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