Ski boat

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In boating, a ski boat is a boat specifically designed to safely tow one or more water skiers. This is achieved by using a high horsepower automobile engine usually positioned in the mid section and driven through a direct drive to the propeller. A skier is pulled on a tow rope attached to a tow bar located in front of the drive motor and affixed to the bottom of the hull. In order for a boat to qualify as a ski or tow boat, it must pass a series of eleven tests measuring the following boat charachteristics:

Power and Acceleration
Handling and Maeuverability
Engineering
Drivability
Sound level
Slalom course center-line drivability
Slalom spray
Jumping center-line deviation
Jumping wake
Slalom wake
Tricks wake

Each approved towboat meets or exceeds a preset set of standards defined by the American Water Ski Association (AWSA). The tests are performed by members of the USA Water Ski Towboat and Speed Control Committee, technical experts, and elite water ski athletes

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see [Elan and the Competition Ski Boat Industry]

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