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    Early Water Sking.

    When I first got into boating, in the 1970's, I had a fellow imployee, who started Water Skiing in the early years. He told me that they would from a wood ski and bolt an old boot to it. He also helped a friend set a water ski endurance record. They did this on the Columbia River in...
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    1972 Volvo 270 problem

    Hi Guys, I am trying to figure out how to post here, so bear with me! I have a 1972 Glaspar 16' trihull that I purchased new. The boat has always run fine. The whole family got into water skiing. We found, when sloalm (sp.) that it was hard to get up on a plane. We had to shift the load, just...
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