2.  Lapping a prop to the shaft is a waste of effort

3.  I've been using standard 10W 30 oil for years with no problems - ZDDP is a myth

4.  USGC parts are a "suggestion" and not a requirement

5.  I really love the styling of the new 2020 and 2021 Nautique boats

6.  Fuel containing ethanol will cause your engine to implode

7.  Fuel additives are the best money you can spend

8.  Synthetic oil is no better than regular "dino" oil

10.Wake-boats are destroying EVERYTHING.  Ban 'em!

11.Points are old technology and should be replaced with electronic ignition

12.The rear lifting ring and / or grab handle are designed to pull towables

13.Replacing a RR engine with a standard rotation engine with a 1:1 transmission will cause your boat to run out-of-control.  Beware.

14.KENO and Pete vacation together in the Bahamas every winter

15.Mastercraft boats are better

16.DUI distributors are the only electronic units to be considered.

17.QuickFuel carbs should be used to replace Holly, Carter, Edelbrock, or Rochester

18.Red color (gel coat, accessories, parts, etc.) make your boat go faster.

--Edited following KENO's suggestions--

JQ

Way, way off base JQ, we ice fish on a far northern lake in Ca-Na-Da

Just the two of us in our speedos, I don't think I have any pictures, Maybe Pete does 

You're slackin it a bit,..........nothing about DUI's of a particular color or one of those Quick Fuel things.

We have to do it by ZOOM these days 

I will share a cold weather story, Ken's picture reminded me of it.  Two of my buddies went to Montana on an Elk Hunt.  They were joining a group and had a guide.  These were the only two from California in a group of Northern Hunters.  They drove in at night, joined the campfire and met everyone.  Took all the CA sissy jokes that night.  The next morning it was in the mid 20's temp.  My buddy is a serious card so the two of these guys decide to go out and have breakfast with the group with no shirts on to show them CA guys are tough.

They are eating breakfast and one of the other guys sees a group of Elk about 800 yards uphill from them and they all start chattering about what a great hunt they will have, the Elk are close.   While they are looking through binoculars checking out the group they hear a BAM.  Spin around and my buddy with no shirt is putting his rifle down and sitting back down to eat breakfast.  Of course they all say what the hell were you doing.  He replies I shot the big Elk and now I am having breakfast.  They start babbling that he was too far out and probably missed by a mile.  He says I got it and it will be right there when I finish eating.  It was, and they had no more bad words about the Crazy California boys.  Both of them told me they were freezing their nuts off but refused to go get shirts till after breakfast just to set the tone.  They laughed till they cried every time that story came up.  Unfortunately we lost him 2 years ago to a heart attack at 62 but he lived life as full as anyone I ever met right up till the end.  Not quite Ice fishing but pretty dang funny for off season boaters to enjoy.

I want to join the fight.  Here are my suggestions: 

#20) Casting plugs are really called freeze plugs. 

#21) -100 (F) Antifreeze is the best too use. 

#22) My stock 351 will run 55 MPH with no modifications

#23) My Ski Nautique has a 351 Cleveland Engine. 

#24) Most Ski Nautiques were used for some period of time at Cypress Gardens when new.

#25) Snaps on the gel coat are the best way to install a proper boat cover. 

#26) Mop N Glow will give a fiberglass boat a show room shine. 

#27) Repainting a hull is much better than reapplying gel coat. It actually adds value. 

#28) C. Quinner will only consume just a few Coors Light at a CCFan event.

#29) The New Nautique G Series Paragons are very affordable when financed for only 30 years. 

#30) Ski Nautiques make some of the best fishing boats in the industry 

#31) Underwater lights under your platform help attract cat fish for night fishing. 

#32) Barefoot booms are used to drag fishing nets on the side of the boat. 

.......Platforms are period correct on the early Correct Crafts.

What speed should the buffer be running at, I have to try this. 

NO KIDDING!!!!

We have a new O'Reilly's just up at the corner, which is really convenient, but if you go in asking for a screw driver they ask you for year make and model.  Drives me nuts just how little some of them know about what they carry.

Similarly, a few years ago, I lost a prop.  Just fell off.  I had a new prop coming.  Called local boat dealer, that at the time actually carried ski inboards, (Centurion) so they should have had some knowledge.(they have since gotten out of that market and sell tooners and center consoles now)  I asked if I could get a shaft key and castle nut.  Clueless.  Asked me year make and model.  "Doesnt matter, generic part."   Year, make and model?  Ugh.  OK, 1976 Correct Craft Ski Tique, with OMC 305 Chevy.  "No, OMC didnt make inboards, just I/Os"  OK Thanks, bye.

Question - What would the over under be for the people on this site that HAVE tubed behind their Correct Craft / Nautique.......>/= 90%???

That is the beauty of Mop N Glow. No buffer needed. Just keep applying the liquid until you get the deep shine you want. 

Priceless !!!!!!!

Fight's on!  

Go Team Red. 

(Pass the popcorn)

Now that is rad dude!!

I have a feeling the owner is Lithuanian 

Here's a link to some talk about that boat mixed in with some other discussion on the MC forum complete with some posts from a familiar CCF guy 

http://teamtalk.mastercraft.com/showthread.php?t=45700" rel="nofollow - link

Now whether it really  belonged to Erno Rubik (he of the cube), like mentioned in the thread................ beats me

I wonder what color the flag of his homeland is ?

Ghost surfing is the ONLY real watersport.

Is that Hollywood? 

No, can't be, not holding a Coors Light.  You know its not really wake surfing unless you are holding a beer, the ultimate wake surfing achievement/trick.

1: Ha! I laugh big time. My crew scoffs. Sooo many posts regarding winterizing your boat. What? Never done it and ride year round here in San Diego. I know the tower on a ski nautique will also push a few buttons, but I don't need a wake to launch with the sit down foil higher than I want to go and my ski babes like the wake. Closed cooling system, manifolds and risers every 3 years, salt boat. 10 minutes to here from my house.

Have a nice winter and stay safe :)

JQ

I live in Clairemont Mesa. I like the winter because the colder temps discourage the jet fleas on the bay :) There is quite the crew here. We ride on San Vicente reservoir in the big boats that don't go in salt water. Here's a pic from last Sunday. 60 degree water 68 air. 

63 Skier wrote: Ghost surfing

Engine remote kill switch:

Many have already done that.

“I am going to paint my 2001.”

“I’m going to replace my stringers with Trex because it will never rot.”

Boycott the chick flick and watch the Olympics!  We really enjoy the Olympics, would never consider not watching.  Am watching right now, just saw Chloe Kim win a gold medal in half pipe.

That park with the cooling towers is pretty interesting, was the first large scale steel mill and has been repurposed into this park.  There is a plan to turn one of the towers into a wedding venue.

I'm sure the truck will get sorted out and will run great for you.  My friend's 2019 F250 Powerstroke is running with no issues, I think around 80,000 miles and really a great truck.

You need to tune in to the mixed doubles curling events.

They're the best  

Only really annoying "feature" so far is that it doesn't allow putting it into gear with the door open and/or the driver's seat belt on. Not a problem backing up to the Nautique trailer that I can move by hand (at least a little)... But the 24' enclosed trailer was a real PIA when you needed to back up just another inch...get in close door, back up..... (yes, even with the camera)... Solution was a 15 dollar 3" seat belt extender... stays in the drivers seat belt receptacle all the time and the truck thinks I have my seat belt on... back up with the door open, no problem...

I heard from a friend whose uncle's wife's girlfriend's son works for Ford that they'll set you up with one of these for as long as your truck is dead

It's the King Ranch Pinto complete with a cow in the background 

Ralph Nader would be proud.

While Big Blue is in the shop, I’m driving my spare car…Honda Pilot.  Can’t stay and chat.  Gotta drop the kids off at soccer practice…

JQ

You need to get on a good forum and ask if it can be coded. My new to me vehicle does kind of the same- you open the door,it stops and puts the emergency brake on. Found out for mine if you have the right interface you can go in and code all kinds of different stuff maybe this is one of them

I have a friend with a 16 Grand Cherokee that was stuck on the launch ramp for a while because of this "safety feature"

For years she could back it up with the door open, then it went to the dealer for some minor issues and the next day it was stuck on the ramp till some smart bystander said "try shutting your door and see what happens".

A call to the dealer let her know it was a computer software update that they did and didn't bother mentioning that it was done.

Like Gary said, if it was put into the computer, I figure it can be taken out/deleted with the right equipment 

Edit      It's a 2014, the 2016 models got a whole different shifter

 

Good thing I wasn't drinking anything this AM when I read this!

My '15 Durango "added" that feature when it got updated a few years ago.  At first I kept forgetting to close the door, now I'm used to it.  I don't find it to be a big deal, and when I think through the safety aspect I think it makes sense.  Someone is dropping off the kids at school, forgets the shifter is in gear and gets out to say bye to the kids, nice to know the vehicle shifts to park.

This was a safety recall for the 2014-16 Grand Cherokees,  The NEW Ero style shifter got a few people run over when they exited their vehicle thinking it was in park but wasn't.    They went back to a standard style shifter after that mess.  That young Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin got crushed by his JGC.   The shifter is so weird I don't let anybody back the boat down with my Jeep but my wife and she never leaves the vehicle on the ramp.  Not being able to back up with the door open is a bit of a nuisance but so is getting run over or having your Jeep roll into the lake, LOL.

Yes her car drives very well and even tows well but most of the time I use the Yukon for towing, it still does what I tell it to do!

Coming home one day, I had to take a leak so bad my eyeballs were floating

Was almost home and just couldn't take it anymore.

My wife saw the truck stop in the road out in front of the house, me get out and the truck start slowly going forward, followed by me running after it to catch it and slap it into park. She thought it was quite humorous since it was a dead end road, no neighbors and  nothing to hurt except maybe a tree and the truck (or me running along with that little thing hanging out)

The big question is whether I had that warm wet feeling as I was chasing after it or if the running and excitement let me hang on for another handful of seconds.

I guess only me and my wife would know the answer to that 

Jockey or boxer?

Depends…

To make you feel better Ken, I know of a guy that finished his restoration on a 1965 Corvette, it was beautiful, he rolled it out on his driveway to take some pictures, he has a long sloping driveway.   He closed the door and stepped back with his camera ready.  The car took off rolling backwards down his driveway with him chasing it.  His neighbor had a birthday party going on in his front yard, the car rolled in, hit two cars and came to rest in the neighbors party.  No people were hurt.  The Vette was not damaged badly and neither were the other two cars but it could have been much worse or easily avoided.  A restoration on these cars can take years and the destruction only seconds.  We all have our moments.

JQ, it could have been Commando, another option.

MrMcD wrote: My garage is under my home, I like to jump in the car, open the garage door and let the car roll out of the garage before starting it to keep all that exhaust out of my garage.

Now that's just medieval.  Roll a perfectly functioning BMW M5 out of the garage? 

I think you may be the best candidate for a Tesla that I've ever met.

I'm trying to understand your post.

Did you say "Jockey or Boxer, it depends??

Or were you saying "Jockey or Boxer or Depends"??

Cause if he had depends there wouldn't have been the same rush.

About three weeks..... She was driving a mini cooper for about 2 weeks then the Insurance company said " We ain't paying for a rental car for 3 months. Starting next week it's on your dime!" That's when the Come-a-Long was broken out and the door tweaked enough so they could close it so she could drive it. I was just over there last  Fri and he still has both Garage doors boarded up with plywood as if a hurricane is coming.

Some nice loose fitting Depends Boxers 

Dang, I guess I will have to pull the 406 out of my 1966 Vette and replace it with electric and batteries.  It would probably be faster!

Lucky it is not a manual :)