HEY Stu! This is for you!

WI Back Channel Markers!

now are those bleach bottles or not??
any idea what they used for weights???

What difference does it make STU? just stay between them. Pretty simple……..

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now are those bleach bottles or not??
any idea what they used for weights???

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Who is “They”

Pretty sure Stu is joking this time.

whoever THEY is, I want to thank them. It’s fewer dings to MY prop…

I was giggling the whole time I took the photo. Funny it turned out so clear.

thanks, john. i knew i had the right bait, but not sure if my leader was fine enuf…

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whoever THEY is, I want to thank them. It’s fewer dings to MY prop…

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Was just wondering if “They” is the same guys as “Them”?
I layed a track along time ago so even when “They” pull their markers I can get between “Them” and save “MY” prop from dings.

They are propane tanks.

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They are propane tanks.

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With the new style triangle handels or old round style ?

This is so ironic, i must digress. Maybe the background will explain my earlier question…

In the mid ’60s i was ‘competively’ waterskiing. (the quotes need to be taken quite literally)

So, down on Peterson Lake I set up a course so that I could practice on weekends (when we had to shut down for recreational traffic on Lake Zumbro)

So, like a good Tom Sawyer, i got a group together to help me.

I was given the task of acquiring and setting the buoys accurately.

So, practicing my advanced math, i devised a system of algebraically measuring and setting the buoys.

And, being handy with a fid, i figured out how to anchor the buoys so that the wake wouldn’t move them (a task that had eluded the rest of the waterski club…)

So, I got everything together and even painted the buoys for ‘left’ and ‘right’…

So, everyone arrived at 7am on Sunday morning all rev’d up for a day of death defying quick cuts.

The senior most member looked at the course on the drive thru, went back to shore, loaded his boat and drove away muttering to himself.

Instead of using bleach bottles, which would very nicely bounce off of your legs,

I’D USED PROPANE BOTTLES…

Luckily for me, no one would run the course and I felt like an utter fool.

The next week, i’d replaced them, but:

1. the neighbors intentionally ran over them, sinking them with their props,

2. the paint wore off quickly, like in two weeks,

3. they were SMALL and couldn’t be seen easily by the drivers.

BUT, no one cut themselves to the calf bone and had to be taken to Mayo Emergency…

Some things you need to learn the hard way…

Now, BK, did you happen to look at the tethering system??

No I didn’t Stu, once you get out of the water from checking the tethering system out, Stuart and I will hold the blanket for you.

let me see if i can find my old wet suit…

Didn’t know you planned to ski the back channel,will remove the propane tanks and replace with styrofoam as soon as you find out what “THEY” used to anchor them with.