Tubing Hook Up

Ok... I’m sure a lot of you are going to dog me for this but we like to bumper tube off out 1999 (2) tubes and up to 4 people when tired out from skiing... I have been using the factory pylon, BUT I could do a lot more whipping around if I could use the stern lifting eye... does anyone do this with out damage to the boat?

Remember be kind!

I thing someone previously suggested using a strap from rear lifting eye up to pylon, to reinforce it while pulling tube.  Seems like a reasonable caution to take. 

Otto

I totally agree. I live on an 18,500 acre Lake Keowee in SC. Atlanta is 2 hours away, many wealthy Atlantans have second homes here. The number of large wakeboats have drastically increased since I moved here in 2003. We have a lot of injuries due to kids tubing, more correctly adults pulling kids on tubes slinging them around. Definitely more tubing injuries than waterskiing, wakeboarding and surfing. Why? Because with and towed water sports (except tubing) the towed party can choose to throw the rope thereby eliminating the chance for contact with another person or fixed object. My skiing is now done only during the week or at a private lake. Pickup an Overtons catalog and tubes are in great abundance. Factor in the boat operator with a case of beer and you have the recipe for impending disaster. I feel sorry for these kids who don’t get the chance to develop a love of water sports. It’s easier for their parents to yank them around on tubes than to teach them to learn a sport.