HP boating and tubing
 

Damn, should i even be saying that in the same breath?
Either way, what boats could you do it with?
Is skiing in a basic form even possible?

I wouldn't have wanted to be behind my 24 bbc w/ as loud as it was.
The boat couldn't hold plane at tubing speeds(less than 22-25).
And i wouldn't want to put that stress on my drive(skiing at least).

I've tubed once or twice with my boat. Like you said, maintaining + or - 20 MPH is hard. I put my k-planes all the way down and I'm not quite on plane.

I've slalom skied and wakeboarded behind a friend's Baja 290 w/ twin blown 454's.
Wakeboarding was OK as the boat didn't need to be on plane to do it and the wake was epic! :D

Storm.....

when I bought the Pantera it was specifically with the intent to be a compromise boat and replace the 25 daytona AND 21 Tige Inboard skiboat I owned at the time.

My logic was that a longish heavy hull single with k planes could stay on plane at 20ish to get the job done. I've owned runabouts and they just don't seem happy attitude wise till you are north of 25.

So I did use the Pantera that way, seems like I could GPS down to 18-19 or so but it's been a while. 20-22 would be a breeze. My family was wakboarding at 20-22 anyway. You'll be hard pressed to get a decent ski wake and a perf boat that will stay on plane at 20ish.

That said- my 30 Daytona with the 5 blades lays a beautiful ski wake at 30-35, but with present power/setup the skier would need a snorkel and some stamina to actually get up with the boat:drink:

any bites on the pantera..?

My brother in law has skied behind my 272 Formula and my blown 311 Formula. 200 lbs up and sking on a singe ski before the boat was on plane.

A few, hard to tell who is serious and who is wanting a gift /donation sometimes :rolleyes:


1st reasonable offer and it's gone, took it out to grand lake on the 4th and had a blast:drink:

i could only afford the trailer...:D

We use to ski behind my boat with 600hp 125ft rope, tube to:eek: we would run high 20s like 28 to 45 to 50:eek: but I'm to broken to do it know. maybe next summer:D my wake was hugh at 28 and this was always in ocean chop up to 3footers. but the 125ft rope made a much better ride. art

i'm surprised no one has mentioned performance CC's(where's marylandmark?) or at least an outboard boat.