note to self..

[2whlin]

when in river and needing to make tight turnarounds, keep eye on rope so you don't snap off wake board rack.

[Guapo]

Holy cr@p!!!:eek::eek::eek:

Did that happen to you?:eek:

[chpthril]

Yep, one thing we learned a long time ago is that if you're not the driver, not the rider, and not the bar tender, your job is to be the rope wench :p :ro: :bo: This is a very important position, cause it insures you get to ride next......because if you let the rope go under the boat and get chewed up, days over :mad: ;)

Did it go kirsplunk? or did you catch it.

[skyski_tige]

when in river and needing to make tight turnarounds, keep eye on rope so you don't snap off wake board rack.

That sucks! Were you on the Trinity? I have an old Tige' rack. Not sure if it will fit your tower.

[da.bell]

Yep, one thing we learned a long time ago is that if you're not the driver, not the rider, and not the bar tender, your job is to be the rope wench :p :ro: :bo: This is a very important position, cause it insures you get to ride next......because if you let the rope go under the boat and get chewed up, days over :mad: ;)

Did it go kirsplunk? or did you catch it.

x2, Did this the first year of my 24Ve. Since then we haven't done is since but I am sure it happens on every brand...

Then there are the old Hyperlite Byler boards with the molded in batwing fin that you have to watch out for also. ;)

[talltigeguy]

Yep, one thing we learned a long time ago is that if you're not the driver, not the rider, and not the bar tender, your job is to be the rope wench :p :ro: :bo: This is a very important position, cause it insures you get to ride next......because if you let the rope go under the boat and get chewed up, days over :mad: ;)

I have to be all of those things on my boat, even when I am riding sometimes. You hope that the rider has the good sense to let go of the rope when they see it is not coming off the tower properly. I once spared myself something similar when I was the rider and no one noticed the rope was not right...I just let go.

[Bad05]

I can't say that has ever happened to me, but a very good heads up! I have a tendency to be all of the above as well....even when I'm riding! The GF is getting really good and playing Captain while I'm boarding, so that helps!

[talltigeguy]

I can't say that has ever happened to me, but a very good heads up! I have a tendency to be all of the above as well....even when I'm riding! The GF is getting really good and playing Captain while I'm boarding, so that helps!

Your board racks are just about impossible to get the rope over, so that is the nice thing about those racks.

[Duncan]

I have had to drop the rope twice while in the water because of the rope hanging on a board rack. But that was beginning of season. The crew, especially co-captain (:D), is much improved for watching the rope now.

I also had the rope hang up on the pole of my extended bimini. I dropped off the rope but too late -- the rope bent the bimini pole.

[2whlin]

We were on the San Bernard River and I was trying to get a newby boarder up and we were on a section of the river that all of a sudden got crowded and so I kept having to double back and well, the one time we double back and I did not realize I had the rope caught in the wakeboard rack and when I went to pull, SNAP!! The bolts shearded off, just scared the crap out of us. Just need two new bolts and back in it goes. Hence the note to self, to alway's check the rope when having to double back on crowded rivers.. Lesson learned.

[SPBFAN]

Yep, almost happened to me last time out. Had newbies on the boat and thought the kids would say something nope thank goodness the new person in the water let go of the rope and had sense to see what was going on. I also have the same problem with the snaps for my snap down cover.

[Nobody]

Yep, one thing we learned a long time ago is that if you're not the driver, not the rider, and not the bar tender, your job is to be the rope wench :p :ro: :bo: This is a very important position, cause it insures you get to ride next......because if you let the rope go under the boat and get chewed up, days over :mad: ;)

Did it go kirsplunk? or did you catch it.


Worse yet........running over an abandoned crap trap rope thats floating 6" below the surface. The rope gets caught, then you feel slight vibration, then you hear a big bang (crap trap hits bottom of boat)

Must have Knife, goggles and spare rope on board.