RoPe for ME!!!!!!!!!

HyperZack · Newbie Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 34 City: corbin

I need help deciding what size rope I need....Right now I am using a 70'er and I use that behind both a waverunner and a 270 sea ray. I am progressing and am at the point where I yearn for more speed and air. Would a longer rope be better for one of the two or possibly even a shorter one?

WhirlyBird5 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 261 City: Belmont

just about any new rope comes with 5 foot section most of them can be adjusted from about 55-75 feet. go to your local shop and get one with sections, whateveryou do make sure its spectra. Oh and I would recommend a 60-65 for you (handle excluded)

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 09, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject:

i would ride closer on the seadoo maybe 55 and on the boat i would ride 60

wakemitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 193 City: Vallejo

you dont need a longer rope, you need a bigger wake

vawakemonster · Posted: Sep 10, 2004 2:27 pm Post subject:

what is spectra?

89 skier · Addict Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 729 City: Dallas

Agreed. Bigger Wake not longer rope. Not too many people ride beyond 70'. Put some ballast in your boat to get a bigger wake. And if you're needing more air....make sure you are edging all the way thru the wake. If you're not then you're losing a ton of potential air.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 11, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

vawakemonster, it is a special wakeb0ard line that won't stretch

SPECTRA = GOOD

vawakemonster · Posted: Sep 11, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject:

is it like nylon?

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 12, 2004 7:40 am Post subject:

vawakemonster, some lines are
Line: http://www.buywake.com/catalog/detail.lasso?cat=5&man=Accurate&sku=AC_SUZdF

Handle: http://www.buywake.com/catalog/detail.lasso?cat=5&man=Liquid%20Force&sku=LI_1Y6Pp

there

wakerider231 · Posted: Sep 27, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject:

yea i want to get a rope but i dont know which one to get

fastsk8r · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: Central Florida

I have learned for me that rope length varies depending on the boat and the wake it puts out. For example, my boat (a 2003 Moomba Outback with no ballast) requires a short length rope to optimize the wake. Yet my friends MC requires a full length rope sans ballast because if I use the same line length I use behind my boat, the wake is too close together. I prefer a longer line and may have to get some ballast tanks for my boat to lengthen the line. When I ski behind a new boat, I usually feel out the wake to determine line length. A few cutbacks and wake jumps usually give me a quick idea of how long or short I need the line for that boat. This is especially important for me since I am a skier as well and much of the time I am behind a ski boat, not a wakeboard boat.

Obad · Newbie Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Posts: 5

Is there any way to tell if the rope you currently have is a spectra or not?

DavidHoff · Posted: Oct 04, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject:

Normally Spectra lines are very thin and tight and when you pull 2 different ways, the rope does not or barely stretches. A normal stretch rope (used for skiing) is thicker, normally you can easily see the patterns woven in and when you pull it stretches apart.

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KurtInCincy · Addict Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 645 City: Cincinnati OH

I have a question - I just bought a non stretch line and handle which i'll be using for the first time this weekend. It's a non stretch so it does not have sections. How do i shorten the line without tying a knot in it? Is there a way to tie it to the ski eye with 10 feet off?

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 6:26 am Post subject:

here is a video i made on how to tie your rope without making a know it it

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=12228

LFADAM · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 12:39 pm Post subject:

Davo.FSF, no offense but you had some issues with your grammar there man.

DavidHoff · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 1:21 pm Post subject:

smlparksguy133,

Laughing

KurtInCincy · Addict Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 645 City: Cincinnati OH

thanks for the vid WCR. I'll try that.

colefooter · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 4:53 pm Post subject:

Davo.FSF, haha nice pic lol

thanks WCR, i needed to figure that out

LFADAM · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 5:05 pm Post subject:

Davo.FSF, thats a new one.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Oct 07, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:

smlparksguy133, yeah you tell him. Wink

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Oct 07, 2004 7:42 am Post subject:

your all welcome

X · Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 5

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Oct 08, 2004 8:38 am Post subject:

colefooter · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 9:08 am Post subject:

X, i like the name lol