Water skiing aid

Claim 1

WATER SKI TOWING APPARATUS, COMPRISING A TOW BOAT HAVING A TRANSOM, A WINDLESS CARRIED BY THE TOW BOAT, RIGID, ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING A SKIER IN ASSUMING AND LEAVING A PLANING POSITION, THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS HAVING A FORE END PORTION SECURED TO THE TOW BOAT AT A LOCATION WHICH IS INTERMEDIATE THE BOW AND STERN OF THE TOW BOAT AND A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FORWARD OF THE STERN, THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS EXTENDING AXIALLY RELATIVE TO THE TOW BOAT TO AN AFT END PORTION LOCATED AFT OF THE STERN OF THE TOW BOAT, THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS HAVING A PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS FORE AND AFT END PORTIONS WHICH IS DISPOSED ABOVE THE TRANSOM OF THE TOW BOAT, CONNECTIVE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORE END PORTION OF THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS, AND SECURING THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS TO THE TOW BOAT, BRACKET MEANS SECURED TO THE TOW BOAT AT THE STERN THEREOF AND PROJECTING ABOVE THE TRANSOM OF THE TOW BOAT IN SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS AT THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF FOR MAINTAINING THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT ABOVE WATER LEVEL WHILE SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THE SKIER, A TOW ROPE HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO THE WINDLASS, MEANS FOR GUIDING THE TOW ROPE FROM THE WINDLASS TO THE AFT END PORTION OF THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS, AND HANDLEBAR MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFT END PORTION OF THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS AND PROVIDING THE SOLE RIGID SUPPORTING CONTACT FOR THE SKIER.