DCB/Performance Boat Skiing

[SkiDoc]

Anyone else ski behind their performance boat? I never really see it and don’t know why. I have had multiple v’s and tunnels and I have skied and tuned behind them all. However I will say a Manta Ray(flying tube) can go wrong fast)

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

We do it all the time with our 30 Eagle. Just did Catalina with it a week ago.

We just know the settings to keep the drive from hosing the skier down to a minimum, as it can kick up quite a roost otherwise.

 

[ChrisV]

Badass. More pics of the boat!

 

[pixrthis]

Now that’s cool

 

[pkbullet]

We’ve had an M29 w 565’s and a M31 with 860’s, maybe wakeboard but I would need to be 20 and air supply to slalom.

 

[TCHB]

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Anyone else ski behind their performance boat? I never really see it and don’t know why. I have had multiple v’s and tunnels and I have skied and tuned behind them all. However I will say a Manta Ray(flying tube) can go wrong fast)

That is called just hang on. Most cats with twins feel decent above 60 mph. They really like 75 and above!

 

[85RiverRAT]

That is pretty interesting! I can't even imagine how long you'd be tucked while the boat was getting out of the hole. Every tunnel I see take off, the bow is to the moon, lots of RPM and a long time to roll over. I'd like to see the hole-shot getting this skier up.

 

[Kct11]

Guy I bought my f26 from was pulling tubes with it. Twin 300x outboards with 23p props. I never tried those props, but have had some 26's on it and it got going pretty good. Rope hooks I left on it.

 

[Mcob25rg]

Life long buddy has done it behind several M29’s, I’ve done it several times behind a Mach26. If you got your technique down, you’ll climb out behind anything, but it really helps if driver is a skier also

 

[PlanB]

Our Skater had a factory mounted ski pilon. The guy who ordered the boat thought he was going to use it to tow his kid. He ended up selling the boat to us 6 months later when he discovered it was a horrible tow boat. I always thought it would have been cool to tow someone out in the ocean but it never happened.

My profile pic shows a picture of the pilon.

 

[SkiDoc]

That is pretty interesting! I can't even imagine how long you'd be tucked while the boat was getting out of the hole. Every tunnel I see take off, the bow is to the moon, lots of RPM and a long time to roll over. I'd like to see the hole-shot getting this skier up.

Doesn’t happen real quick. I think I have the video of coming out of the water. I ski on a Maja long board and my wife and daughter and law use a regular ski. We use a 200’ line.
I think it’s another way to enjoy the boat. It sounds really great back there. I’m surprised more people don’t think about doing it.
I skied the length of Cumberland about 15 years ago behind a Daytona and I’m going to do it again in the next couple of weekends. I think this could be our east coast version of Catalina.
Everyone get out there and post some pics.

 

[MR HARLEY]

Thats a beautiful thang!

 

[brgrcru]

That’s awesome !!

 

[RiverDave]

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Anyone else ski behind their performance boat? I never really see it and don’t know why. I have had multiple v’s and tunnels and I have skied and tuned behind them all. However I will say a Manta Ray(flying tube) can go wrong fast)

What model
DCB is that with a flat hatch?

 

[attitude]

What model
DCB is that with a flat hatch?

F29 most likely.

 

[Babyback]

Waterskiing behind a DCB

 

[SkiDoc]

06 F-29

 

[mattyc]

Doesn’t happen real quick. I think I have the video of coming out of the water. I ski on a Maja long board and my wife and daughter and law use a regular ski. We use a 200’ line.
I think it’s another way to enjoy the boat. It sounds really great back there. I’m surprised more people don’t think about doing it.
I skied the length of Cumberland about 15 years ago behind a Daytona and I’m going to do it again in the next couple of weekends. I think this could be our east coast version of Catalina.
Everyone get out there and post some pics.

I want to ski behind our mach 26, but it's always my wife and I so I need to make a point to round up an observer and get back out there

 

[MR HARLEY]

 

[Flippindough]

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06 F-29

Always loved this boat. still on Cumberland?

 

[RiverDave]

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06 F-29

Nice!

 

[25Elmn8r]

We skied wakeboarded and tubed behind our Daytona all the time. It took a while to pull me up on a ski, just take a deep breath and hold on!

 

[SkiDoc]

Always loved this boat. still on Cumberland?

Yes that is it's home base.