Warranty repair? how long was your boat down?

[Jon]

Replacing a rudder takes no longer than 1 hour. I have done it many times.

[tg0824SSVGG]

77 degrees and you're wearing a shorty? Wow - our water (here at a mile high) never
gets that warm at the warmest - and now it's about 65 degrees.

Will be at Lake Powell next week - where it's still mid-70's ...

I remember last spring (April) I was in Florida - the locals were putting on LONG suits
and the water was 82 degrees. Wow - I guess it's all what you are used to.

Todd

[Fman]

I got some good news this morning from Roger at SC, the repair has been authorized and they are shipping the part out today. He apologized for the delay, explaining they are running behind. It is nice to know they are backing there product up, as for the 6 hour repair from the dealer not sure how they came up with this.

[jonyb]

The good news is I took the boat out today, the water was incredible, we were the only boat on the entire lake! and the rudder did fine. No spreading of the crack. Had to put my spring suite on, but water temp was still 77 degrees at 7:15 am this morning. It was beautiful on the water this morning, I should have taken some pictures. Complete peace and quiet, you could hear the board cutting through the glass..... I needed that, this is the reason we own these machines.

I really need that too. The only glassy water I've seen all year is in the pics here....

I got some good news this morning from Roger at SC, the repair has been authorized and they are shipping the part out today. He apologized for the delay, explaining they are running behind. It is nice to know they are backing there product up, as for the 6 hour repair from the dealer not sure how they came up with this.

Good to hear... Hopefully they'll have it fixed and nothing else happens.

[Fman]

77 degrees and you're wearing a shorty? Wow - our water (here at a mile high) never
gets that warm at the warmest - and now it's about 65 degrees.

Will be at Lake Powell next week - where it's still mid-70's ...

I remember last spring (April) I was in Florida - the locals were putting on LONG suits
and the water was 82 degrees. Wow - I guess it's all what you are used to.

Todd

Yea, 77 degrees and in a shorty.... what a lightweight! I guess I was spoiled this year, the water was 84 degrees at Shasta in July.... that was almost to warm, and it was 114 degrees out!

Hope you have fun at Powell, I have never been, hope to make it out there someday. Its a long drive from Nor-Cal.

[tg0824SSVGG]

Fman,

We had a blast. It's about 11 hours from where we are too - but you should
consider it. It's a little over 500 miles for us - but we have to cross the Rockies
and a couple of nasty passes (over 10,000 feet) towing.

It's about 800 miles for you to where you would come to meet us ...

We will be going next September, about the 3rd week - put it on your calendar.

(no kids on this trip).

After I get the boat unpacked, I will try to get photos of the mounts for you.
Yes, I had to take the Wakeboard racks off - (we rarely use WB's ... I put one back on
if someone goes with us that really needs it).

I put my rack just BELOW the square wakeboard mount - the rack bar seemed straighter
there for me. Keith put his above it.

Todd

[Fman]

Todd,

Thats awesome... glad to see you had a great time. Do you have any pics? how was the water conditions? lake level? Maybe someday I will be able to make it out there.

[tg0824SSVGG]

We had great water ... the level is still down about 55 feet from full, but remember, for
the last 4-5 years, it's been closer to down 100 feet - this lake is MASSIVE tho, even
at this level. Water was still at the same level as when I was there in early July - which
is a great sign, normally it would be down this time of year.

We had great water conditions all week except 2 afternoons with BIG wind.

Water was about 74-80 degrees all week - still GREAT - around here, the water reaches
about 74 at the absolute warmest, and is about 62 right now.

[Fman]

We had great water ... the level is still down about 55 feet from full, but remember, for
the last 4-5 years, it's been closer to down 100 feet - this lake is MASSIVE tho, even
at this level. Water was still at the same level as when I was there in early July - which
is a great sign, normally it would be down this time of year.

We had great water conditions all week except 2 afternoons with BIG wind.

Water was about 74-80 degrees all week - still GREAT - around here, the water reaches
about 74 at the absolute warmest, and is about 62 right now.

That is great, when we went to Shasta in July the water was down about 80 feet, but that lake is also massive. If you ever get the chance to go to Shasta it truly is an impressive and great lake to ski on. I think it has around 365 miles of shoreline at full capacity. The water temp was 83 degrees, almost to hot with 105+ degree weather. I was happy on the 114 degree day, the boat ran well, and no vapor lock issues. I would think if it was going to do it, this would have been a prime moment. I did run the blower all day long.

[tg0824SSVGG]

Glad it didn't vapor lock! Lake Powell has over 1900 miles of shoreline, but remember,
it's a flooded canyon ...

Lake Powell - more than 400 feet deep, 150 miles long and nearly 2,000 miles of shoreline



This is a classic image of the lake, we don't ever go to this part of it, but
it's all this kind of beauty.