15 hours ago, babbott83 said:

So, I replaced the reservoir and the cap today. It stayed around 162 at idle. I ran it for an hour or so close WFO, around 39 mph. It got up to 190 at one point but never hit an alarm. Stayed around 170 at surf speed loaded up. I’ve never paid as close attention to the temps so I am questioning if that is good or not. 

My 2023 will creep up when run hard for an extended period.  I haven’t seen 190, but get into the 180’s.  My normal idle is about 167 and when surfing i run 172 - 174.  

I have the exact same issue. Looking for suggestions on how to fix. 

15 hours ago, Skithemidwest said:

I feel an untapped area of innovation is water sports safety. This would require these companies to actually care about water sports and I fear that the focus is now a few high end clients which may not really be die hard water sports enthusiasts.  Anyway here is a couple ideas:

Rider down detection: Using the cameras (surfing) and a pressure sensor on the tow point (skiing/ boarding) you could develop a system that sense when the rider falls and alerts the driver.  You could also just have a wearable device that is synced with the boat (surfband) and when it senses it is moving away from the boat it could alert the driver 

Rider Beacon: Much like Snow skiers have avalanche beacons, It would be cool if life jackets had build in “Avy”beacon that would show up on the Malibu screen and guide you to the rider.  It would be cool if you could have them all connected (thinking kids on a boat) and then pull up a screen and it show were everyone is.  God forbid you get caught in a storm and a kid goes over, this would enable more rapid recovery.  

Underwater Hazard Warning:  I am on a river and every year after the ice moves through there is a few giant logs that get left behind some of them just below the water.  It would be nice if I could log the location of these and set a radius and if the boat sensed it was getting close to one of these hazards it would give an audible and visual warning.  This would also be great for those with shallow spots in the middle of their lake. The software would note trajectory and speed and give warning in appropriate time. If you turn so your trajectory no longer coincides with the hazard the alarm would go away.

Not so much safety but auto pull start: I ski with a couple guys and they each have a slightly different style of start they like. It would be cool if an acceleration profile could be saved and applied to the start to ensure the exact same start pull each time.  

 

6 hours ago, CaptainMorgan said:

i really like your hazard warning idea - being able to mark on GPS areas to avoid with like a 100 yard warning radius would be great - now only avoid hazards/shallow areas but also distance from shoreline so folks aren't trying to eyeball 300ft or whatever is required in your area

auto-pull-up is genius, seems straight forward to implement a 5 sec initial profile (with over-ride button for emergencies) - can't imagine how many marriages would be saved!

Everything old is new again.   

Accu-ski had auto pull-up back around 2000 or so.  It really was a much better system than PerfectPass for the majority of users.  Too bad it didn't survive.

2 hours ago, justgary said:

You could rig up a temporary line to test the pressure directly from the pump.

That’s a good idea. 

Malibu could just pre program with a 200ft from shoreline warning if you are surfing. Might help with Realtime feedback to people less aware of the rules. Of course you could make a setting to turn this off or adjust distance.