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another question, bare with me as I'm a new boater - just bought a 180LE. Was told that pulling a tube behind a boat is very hard on the boat & I shouldn't do it, is this correct?
Thanks,

Greg

Who told you this? Make a note of it and do not seek advice from them in the future. As long as you have a ski tow eye or a harness you will be just fine.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with pulling a tuber, skier etc...behind that boat. Sure, you make the engine work slightly harder, burn more fuel, but its not anything the boat was not designed to do.

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2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

+1

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2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Thanks guys - thought so but thought I should double check!

What size is your engine? If you have the 3.0 135 hp 4 cylinder, you might warrant their advice depending on how many people are on the boat while tubing.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

Who told you that??

Here is my 180 pulling two tubes!

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2010 Sea Hunt Triton 220 "Big Whiskey"
2003 FW Freedom 180 Volvo Penta 4.3GL/SX-M "It'll Do Four Now" (Sold)
2012 Avalanche LTZ 4X4

two more tubes ......

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

While I wouldn't recommend doing this with the 4 cylinder:



Advising you not to tube is severely limiting your boating experience...tube away

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

If you have a 3 litre / 4 banger and you can tow it, go for it.

I had one of these engines a few boats back and let me say, mine was bullet proof.

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07 Azure AZ200,
Previous boat,
95 278 Vista,
And a lot of others.

Ontario, Canada

If I couldn't get towed on my boat I wouldn't want to have it. Something about not being in control of what that tube is going to do next just makes me love it that much more. My wife finds it hilarious that I make her tow me on my tube whenever we go out and she says I board the boat with a smile that I can't erase the entire day. Joe In Miami

One of the most fun things you can do with the boat. No issue pulling it, just follow some basic safety rules, like always shutting off the engine when people are in the water right behind the boat, check for obstructions and water depth, etc. Always have a spotter to keep an eye on your riders. They will fall off when you least expect it
If you have trouble pulling, check your prop pitch, if you are not hitting your max rpm with a light load, you should figure how much you need to go down in pitch to hit that rpm #. For example, my 88 4.3 4bbl is supposed to hit 4400-4800 rpms wide open. It came with a 14.5x19 prop and only hit 4200 rpms. I switched to a 15x17 and got 4600-4700, just right.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

Yep +1 to everyone who says its okay, something that I have learned is if your rider is starting to yawn, then it is time to up the intensity of the ride.
Personally if the rider's face is going a little "pink" from the "G" forces, acheived by various configurations of boat manoeuvers, then you have it about right.
Enjoy the boat
Hope this helps

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Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc

Tubes are fun but they can be dangerous also. A 17 year old boater was killed today in Miami after his friends were pulling him on a tube in a canal and the tube crashed into the bank killing him a day before he was supposed to start school. This is a very sad story.
8-22-11

http://www.wsvn.com/video/category/top-video/

Tubing isn't dangerous. Idiot boaters are dangerous.

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Wayne & Kari
00' V338 Four Winns