Speed has its trade-offs
My most recent slalom skiing was done pre-GPS.
The fastest I ever skied was behind a "big" 18-footer with a 60HP Mercury. (Direct-reversing, too -- a neat safety and convenience feature).
Back then, we skied at an indicated 26 MPH. Being skinny back then, we could have skied much faster with that rig.
This indicated 26 MPH speed was consistent with our slower -- but still happy -- ski boat experience, which showed indicated speeds of 20-22MPH, and was commensurately effortless. I fell off -- as one is wont to do in water skiing -- and was given a hit to my stomach (and knocked near-unconscious) by my state-mandated ski belt. Ski belts are history now, but that recollection stays.
Non-skiers are unaware of how "hard" water gets as the speeds increase. You don't want to be ejected from any speeding boat, just as you wouldn't want to be ejected from an SUV at any speed.
(Ejection is just one other reason for the proposed speed limit and its poll).
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Is it
 "Common Sense" isn't. 
Last edited by ApS; 01-21-2005 at 12:02 PM.
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