Appropriate Tow Rope Length?
- Thread starter Shonuff
- Start date
DAG
Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
when i get towed by a PWC or a boat, i try and get the front nose lip on the stern. ifs its another standup ~6-8feet
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
We have found that getting as close as possible is best for standups.
wayne
wannaroll
- Location
- Mesquite, Texas
me and swooperjet found out that a shorter one works better also. the jet pump wash goes under the towed standup helping keep the nose up.
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
WAYYY too long....you'll just end up digging the nose and it will go rigth and left all over the place
:beerchug:
limiting rope length is the perfect length...about 3 feet, or enough to wrap it around your waist ONCE
You want the ski's to travel as one....no separation of the boats between waves..
keep in mind, with a short rope you just have to be ready when you let off the gas to extend out one leg to stop the boat from smashing into your back
I had to do a rescue with an 8" tow rope a couple of weeks ago (a friend dropped my shorty during another tow-in into the ocean)..
for a split second when I started the tow I thoiught I sucked up the rope into the impellar..talk about what would have been a BAD situation
yamaslut
kill it
- Location
- Daytona Beach, Florida
3ft is long enough.... anything longer is a pain in the ass... I use my limiting rope
227
Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
Seems the general concencus is to go with a short rope but I totally disagree. I use a 30' rope (YES THIRTY FEET) because you can tow at high speed or up on plain. With a long rope the ski being towed is completely out of the wake and jet wash of the towing ski, and believe me we've had to tow each other a lot here in Oceanside.
i always put a person in the tray of the towed ski (i've never towed anything really far) to help keep the nose up. is that what everybody else does? i've never towed with that short of a rope so i always had to do the person in the tray to keep up.
hangtime
Speak up ,don't kiss azz
- Location
- WORCESTER,MASS- HAMPTON N.H.
I use my limiting rope also :fing02:
Mouthfulloflake
ISJWTA member #2
- Location
- NW Arkansas
I think alot depends on water type and tow vessel.
I towed the FX1 in last weekend with our fishing boat, about 20 feet of rope, and a guy in the tray, we were able to get it up on plane.
on a LAKE.
I towed the FX1 in last weekend with our fishing boat, about 20 feet of rope, and a guy in the tray, we were able to get it up on plane.
on a LAKE.
monkeyboy650
superjet
- Location
- st clair michigan
i have a superjet so im a pro at this. i normaly use myself because i dont carry a rope. makes me taller at the same time to
227
Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
Yes there is... to each his own. BTW nice roll shot in your avatar!
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
it will all work........did you read that part of my post where I thought I sucked it up in the intake at one point?
my heart sank and the seas were fairly knarly
reason I was using a long rope was I had loaned my shorty to a buddy 20 minutes before and he dropped it in the water :spank:
oh definatly...towing with a boat is worlds different than with another standup..
in the ocean, the key to a good tow is a quick hookup and a good takeoff.....if you squid the takeoff, odds are your gonna get worked