How Long & Fast Behind Your PWC?

medium8080 · Faceplant Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 9

I have an 04 Sea Doo GTX Ltd and I haven't figured out what rope length I like yet.

I'm curious what rope lengths and speeds you guys are rocking behind your particular jet skis.

bjr · Posted: Aug 04, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject:

24 mph.

rope length depends on ski

mojo · Posted: Aug 04, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject:

24? really? have you calibrated that with a gps?

geissap · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 142

24 mph sounds fast to me but I'm a noob. 21-22 is what my wife pulls me at off of a 60' foot line. I have her drop it down to like 18 though when I'm trying to do switches and work on ollies.

mojo · Posted: Aug 04, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject:

usually you don't go that fast unless you're in a v-drive boat with 2700lbs of ballast in it riding 80'

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

i ride 20 or so

skateboard · Ollie Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 58

im do it really fast and about 1 min or so depends on how hot she is!!!!!!!!!!

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 04, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject:

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

22-23
70
You decide which is speed and which is line~

DirtyBrown · Ollie Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 66 City: baton rouge, LA

23
70

disco hippo · Posted: Aug 05, 2010 9:20 am Post subject:

how ever long the rope is
22-24

Scott MN Peterson · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 160 City: Shakopee

I ride 75' 25mph (dash speed not gps) behind a seadoo.
I remember pulling Kyle Hyams behind a kawi jet ski at like 28-29 dash speed. He rides fast that's why his 3 shuv is so huge!

I ride at 80' 23GPS behind my 16' outboard.

The faster you go the harder the water will be so you can push down harder to get more pop and land without sinking to far or slowing down. It all really depends on how heavy you are and how much water you need to displace under you.
The farther back you are the softer the water is because there isn't as much turbulence from the boat so you need to increase speed to make up for it.

mojo · Posted: Aug 05, 2010 10:44 am Post subject:

i personally don't believe you ride 25 or 26. go out w/ a gps and double check that.

Steven M · Posted: Aug 05, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject:

whatever feels right for the individual PWC.. some the rope is tied off shorter, others a bit longer.... as for the speed... its whatever feels "right"

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 05, 2010 1:32 pm Post subject:

deanbutt · Posted: Aug 05, 2010 3:24 pm Post subject:

Scott MN Peterson · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 160 City: Shakopee

I was just saying that was the dash speed not the GPS speed. Sometimes the dash speed on the Kawi jet ski hits 30 mph but that doesn't mean I'm skating 30 mph.

Water temp can also effect the water density. On hot days the water is softer so you might speed up a bit and on cold days, say in the spring or fall in Minnesota I might slow it down because the water is harder.

deanbutt · Posted: Aug 06, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject:

well i duno ay, i am no proffessor

ELF · Posted: Aug 10, 2010 12:19 am Post subject:

i like to go 24, i pull my gf about 20 though.