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Hole shot!

Use two skis, more floatation. Don't ask. Hole shot for vessel will be the time to minimum planing speed, especially relevant to larger speed type vessels that might run in rough water so as to not spend too much time with the bow pointed at the sky and the stern in the 'no free board zone'. Hole shot for person at end of rope behind vessel will be how quickly they are brought up to minimum planing speed. Persons at end of rope that are located in front of or beside of vessel will have much more on their mind at that moment. Persons either above or below vessel at end of rope are just plain showing off.
 
Now might be a good time to further hi jack. Does anyone else still ski with two skis? Still ski with one of those old brown bearskin like college coats? Probably just me. Has anyone else noticed the profound changes to the skiing environment lately? The water seems much colder and harder. Even though I seem to be carrying a bit more girth around the middle, buoyancy seems to be less than usual ?! The driver of the tow vessel complains that all available horsepower is now necessary to pull me up. Might be thinner air from global warming not letting the power plant develop full power? Might be all of the alcohol in the fuel vs the towee. Probably just needs a tune up. I know for a fact that the viscosity ( Bobs the oil guy shout out) of the water is thicker these days. I can tell this by how hard it has become to hold onto the tow rope, especially when your feet are behind you and not underneath you while skiing.(especially evident when being towed by the big boats, i.e. "This boat has an awesome hole shot"). On a closing note, the sunlight seems to now reflect off of human skin even more than usual, the flash of reflective sunlight hitting casual observers right square in the eyes, causing on lookers to point in your direction but then look quickly away as you pass by.
 
My definition is to start out with the highest motor height and trim angle to be able to put the hammer down without blowout and at the same time hit the trim up button until you hit almost max RPM/HP. The end result starts out with a nice rooster as you reach max trim and calms down as you slowly trim down for more prop action while maintaining almost max RPM/HP.:D
 
For us I/O guys, its as much power as we can apply to get on plane without having our stock bravo 1's try to consume themselves. Then once you are up.... let her eat!!
 
corey331 said:
For us I/O guys, its as much power as we can apply to get on plane without having our stock bravo 1's try to consume themselves. Then once you are up.... let her eat!!
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I don't even rev the motor above 2500 when trying to get on plane. I care more about keeping the bravo alive then how fast the boat gets on plane.
 
That's one of the reasons I wanted to stay with my egg beaters. I was scared of the cost of grenading a Bravo. I just drop the hammer and hold on.
 
Hole shot is measured by the coefficient tangent measured from the pucker of your behind to the grin on your face divided by the pounds of pressure placed on the back of your seat when you hammer the throttles to the glass. Mine looks like this:

 
linn said:
I don't even rev the motor above 2500 when trying to get on plane. I care more about keeping the bravo alive then how fast the boat gets on plane.
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Unless you have 500hp or more the Bravo isn't in a lot of danger. With around 300hp I would be very surprised if you could toast a drive pulling a skier or hammering the throttle out of the hole. My 320hp 6.2L just crawls out nicely. Doesn't look anything like Jup's rocket launcher.
http://www.go-fast.com/bravo_drive_failures.htm
 
I must admit that the Holeshot is one the more fun things to do in a Outboard boat. Brings back the fun similar to a burn out in your car. :surf:
 
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