Oh The Shame.....

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

So, I'm on vacation here in Wisconsin and the cottage we rent comes with a pontoon and a 30hp 4 stroke. Took my daughter out tubing and it was like the kiddie rides at the fair. So I say what the heck and snap the tow harness on the 929. I figure it'll take the 225 about 3 seconds to chow the tow rope. Nope....it did just fine, even with the rope snapped to the transom tie downs. Picture this....my boat loaded with rods yanking a bunch of teenagers around on a tube!! They thought it was easy until I decided to let the 225 get on plane!! Funny watching teenagers go skipping across the lake without the tube:lol:



TOXIC

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Been there and done that:lol:



I've got some really cool pictures here at my desk of my bud and I wiping out in mid air...really good shots!:wacko:



My bud also blowed the back of his shorts out after a fast run and hard wave and backwards flip...should have seen all the people laughing their arses off when he climbed in the boat and the moon was shinin':lol:

Did you climb on? Now that's not a pretty thought:lol:

 

[TrepMan]

Tox - My kids love going 40+mph behind the Nitro! Last weekend we hit the main lake and spilled Eli and a buddy twice on 3ft waves!!! I wish the kids could drive as I used to enjoy tubing when we had the Tracker (Beka would drive) but not as much tush room on th seating layout on the Nitro for 4 of us.



Now get the wife to drive the 929 and get out there!!

 

[TritonGlenn]

No shame at all. Have fun. Heck, you pay enough for the darn boat, you should use it for whatever you want to use it for.



Personally, I have done the following from my bass boats:

1) Bass fishing

2) Panfish fishing

3) Bay fishing for Striper, Redfish, Speckled Trout

4) Hunted pigs in Florida

5) Transported dead pigs in Florida

6) Pulled a skier

7) Towed other boats

8) Dive boat

9) Conducted water sampling for govt agencies

10) Frog gigged :lol:

11) Went back and forth to a duck hunting blind

12) Used for a duck hunting blind (aluminum)

13) Sightseeing

14) Sunbathing

15) Sightseeing other sunbathers :wub:



All the best,

Glenn

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Amongst "other" things in my boat I've done in my boat

 

[Gene B]

My wife wanted me to get a fish and ski boat not a bass boat. I told her we can ski just fine behind a bass boat, and we have. Fishing was the primary use for it anyway. For the record when pulling skier's or tubing, once you hit 55-60 MPH you don't hear the screams anymore.



Gene



BTW I think in the 8 years I've had the boat, we've skied and tubed 3-4 times.

 

[TrepMan]

"once you hit 55-60 MPH you don't hear the screams anymore." :lol::lol::lol:

 

[TritonGlenn]

Have you ever seen how far someone will skip across the water when they fall off their skis at 55-60 mph??? Wow. :unsure: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:



I had a friend that wanted to ski behind my last boat. We started off slow, and he kept making hand gestures to speed up, so I accomodated his requests in about 5mph increments. At the point that I thought we were going way too fast to ski, he was still prompting me enthusiastically to speed up. So I hammered it and watched him hit the water and skip across... oh... I don't know.... half the lake I guess.... :lol::lol::lol: If I remember correctly, he almost passed the boat on the starboard side.



All the best,

Glenn

 

[eric nichols]

Last week I had the joy of towing a Gambler with a 275 Mercury which the owner had previously claimed was "the fastest bass boat this area will ever see."



Eric

 

[TOMMY RICH]

I like to get the "SWING" on someone new that I know can handle it!:lol:



You look to the side and they're passing the boat:lol::lol::lol:

Then you swingem' into a nice wake and make em' blow their shorts out!:lol::wacko::lol: