Coolest tower accessory

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

I saw the coolest tower accessory this weekend on the perd. I didnt catch the make of the boat or tower, but they had two bucket seats mounted above the bimini facing backwards.

hope they had seatbelts Smile

siuski · Posted: Jun 09, 2003 10:59 am Post subject:

Tell me that isn't going to generate cracks in the gel-coat! I would also recomend adding OH-Shxx handles for those double-ups!

Jeffro · Addict Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 659 City: Austin, Texas

hey dizzy, what ride were you in this weekend? i was out saturday on the perd.....AWESOME....wether was perfect, no wind, you could board all over the perd.

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

jeffro: saturday I was in a friends sport nautique, black with a blue tower. we were there ~9:30 to 12:30

sunday I was in my stars and stripes mc. from ~12:30 to 4:30.

damn my arms hurt Smile

what about you?

Noriegastyle · Posted: Jun 09, 2003 2:07 pm Post subject:

yeah it was an old supra beast, looks like someone custom made the tower, definitely way up there had to climb to seat level to attach rope.
I was in my 02 X9, no stickers on side. First time on perd usually stay at Pace Bend and come around great time, imagine ridings was nice after storm on Sunday past thru

Jeffro · Addict Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 659 City: Austin, Texas

i was saturday around 2 till dark...wonder how i missed a site like that! i've got a searay190, with custom tower, blue/white with white tower.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

how can you say thats the coolest tower accesory. havent you seen the wakewing

Dees · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 10:43 am Post subject:

wally world

Sound Illusions · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 2:29 pm Post subject:

Ther was a Post Last Year called Darwins Charriot that showed Girls riding on the top of a tower of a Sanger in the delta Pretty funny

Josh R · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject:

The name of that topic has to get some sort of award. I found that friggin hilarious last year, and I still love it.

Fishmaster · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 5:35 pm Post subject:

Definately not a good idea, sure it's a lot of fun until somebody . . . .

And hence the Darwin awards were born.

Bill

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

I wish I had a picture of it. The tower seemed rather large, and the seats were not at the very top (like the picture above). Instead, the seats were at the top of the main supports that attach to the boat. So they were a bit above the widshield and inside the tower (so they had the tower to hold on to.

It really was a pretty interesting concept. I wanted to watch a rider from em Smile

Johnny G · Outlaw Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 100 City: Orlando

that pic is great! I'm sure the local marine patrol love to see that!

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jun 11, 2003 8:36 am Post subject:

Lake Police will cash in on that big time! Surprised

Grouch · Posted: Jun 12, 2003 2:38 pm Post subject:

I have actually fallen off of my tower before (Under the influence) and spun around and bruised my ribs on my tow pole.

Not a good idea to sit up there after a few (18 or so) beers. Rolling Eyes

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

how could you get onto the tower after 18 beers.

Grouch · Posted: Jun 12, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject:

They were Coors Light! Laughing

gryffin · Criminal Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 89 City: SoCal

Hmmm, seems rather interesting. I would like to be there when the sirens go off, just to get a good laugh.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Good ol CL... never go wrong

lebaron · Soul Rider Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 490 City: Langley

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Someone laughing about CL???? I will have you know that CL, after 18, will tear you up!!!

How'd you really fall off of the tower, Grouch!

atxwake · Posted: Jun 13, 2003 5:08 am Post subject:

Dizzy, I saw the boat you were talking about. It looked like a homeade tower, I swear it was like 12 feet from the floor of the boat! We were out in the red x-10 on sunday.

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

sweet atxwake, I was drooling over you boat!

I went again yesterday after work, it really sucked. we were the only ones there. Wink

atxwake · Posted: Jun 15, 2003 5:40 pm Post subject:

dizzy, what boat were you in?

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

tdes · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 270 City: Orlando

I would like to see a tower with a IV drip-bag filled with beer. Kinda like those ridiculous hats with the cup holders. Now that would be a tower accessory.

Fishmaster · Posted: Jun 16, 2003 8:54 am Post subject:

Great idea tdes, you could even channel it throught the ballast pumps to create the ultimate funnel! Better yet, chilled ballast "kegs"!

tdes · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 270 City: Orlando

So you're saying, have the chilled ballast kegs in front or back or wherever you can keep them cool, use the pumps to push the beer up to the top of the tower, where there will have to a secondary storage container (unless you can put a whole keg up on the tower ~ pretty shady idea with the cops and all). after that all you'd need is like a 1/2" tubing with a stop valve. My idea stinks compared to that, we'll just call it a collaborative effort then.

Unrelated to towers, I'm also trying to figure out a way to use the air intake for, uh, other purposes.

Fishmaster · Posted: Jun 16, 2003 4:45 pm Post subject:

Now the chilled ballast's really is some good oneupmanship! We could be on to something here! Let the collaboration continue!

PimpinD · Addict Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 785 City: Orlando, FL

kegs in boats dont work, we tried. but the head never seems to go away, pumped out a whole keg of foam Sad

. I guess its best to designate 1 boat to stay stopped and have all the kegs in there ....

tdes · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 270 City: Orlando

Hmm..good point. Wasn't thinking of that angle. Guess one would have to go for some type of non-carbonated ghetto-punch or something to that effect. Good lookin out PimpinD.

The whole idea of the beer IV system came from when I had to give my boat CPR and drive back to the launch while constantly dripping gas into the carburetor. Of course I know that's totally unsafe but we had no other viable option. My friend's arms got tired having to hold up the 5-gallon bucket and we tried to rig up ways to remedy that.

Grouch · Posted: Jun 17, 2003 8:55 am Post subject:

K-dub,

My brother was driving my boat because i was wasted and I climped up there and just fell off. I bruised my ribs on the ski pole. Not fun at all. Rolling Eyes