Towing a tube

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BOAT
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Re: Towing a tube

Post by BOAT »

C Buchs wrote:After reading through the advice on this thread, here is what I purchased:
-This tow harness with the block. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F ... UTF8&psc=1
-This rope with float. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F ... UTF8&psc=1

I attached it like this.
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I don't like that the latch on the hook doesn't close. I need to mess with that. I didn't want to attach to plastic the rudder cleats, but using them as a guide to keep the line off the radar pole starboard side and the light on the port side worked well.

Jeff
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korn_kid_12
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Re: Towing a tube

Post by korn_kid_12 »

I ended up selling the X in July 2016 and keeping the S. Bought a Stingray 200lx with the 5.0 V8 in May of 2016. I added a wakeboard tower to it for this summer 2018. What I found was regardless of prop I used on the X I would not be able to get on plane on a kneeboard which meant wakeboarding was out of the question. Clearly others have done it, but they generally use a motor twice the power of my 50hp mercury. Since I keep both boats and the skis at the lake it is almost as convenient as having one boat.
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