Dreaming of summer

[Mike Harry]

One of my favorite shots from this past summer. First true full summer I got to use the Skier.

Hope you all are doing well and are getting ready for ski season!

[Mike Harry]

[Mike Harry]

Not that this one gives me any joy  but here is one of me pulling a broken down Nautique off the water

[backfoot100]

Nice pics. We've created a monster!!!!

[Mike Harry]

Yes sir, I admit it. I always wanted to do a start to finish thread with all the pics I have from my resto-mod. I may have to sort them out for a timeline and actually put one together. That is if I still have all of them.

[RonT]

Great pics! I grinned then winced at the last pic towing in another boat, the wince is from the tow point used, in the future and I am sure you will seek out towing other brands of ski boats home, please use the pylon. The aft ski pull is nowhere near as strong as the pylon and the towed boat is considerably heavier than a skier. I had a customer doing this and he accidentally bumped the throttle and tore his aft ski tow out!

[Midskier]

NICE!!

[Mike Harry]

[Mike Harry]

[Mike Harry]

These were taken on lake Butler. I'd bet a dollar the same lake my boat was test driven on before being sold to the original owner. Also the lake it spent most of its time before  (owner previous to who neglected it). Rumor has it the boat spent a lot of time at Sammy Duval's house (same chain) as the owner and he were friends.

[Mike Harry]

Great pics! I grinned then winced at the last pic towing in another boat, the wince is from the tow point used, in the future and I am sure you will seek out towing other brands of ski boats home, please use the pylon. The aft ski pull is nowhere near as strong as the pylon and the towed boat is considerably heavier than a skier. I had a customer doing this and he accidentally bumped the throttle and tore his aft ski tow out!

Good info Ron. Thanks for the advice, I'll make sure I adhere next time I'm dragging a Nautique off the water!

[backfoot100]

Looks really cool.....

[RonT]

Mike, all A/S boats built in Ocoee were initially tested on Stark Lake in Ocoee, however there were a couple times when we tested new boat designs without any graphics on the boat at a  lake in the Butler chain. These were pre-dawn launches at a seldom used private ramp and fully covered up when returned to the plant when we were done. 

[Mike Harry]

COOL bit of information!

Let me know where to send my dollar 

[backfoot100]

Mike, all A/S boats built in Ocoee were initially tested on Stark Lake in Ocoee, however there were a couple times when we tested new boat designs without any graphics on the boat at a  lake in the Butler chain. These were pre-dawn launches at a seldom used private ramp and fully covered up when returned to the plant when we were done. 

I love this spy stuff...LOL