Water ski towing means

In a water ski towing device of the type for towing a person on a ski(s) from an initial pull-out position to a planing position, a tow line assembly including a tow line adapted to be secured to a prime mover, a pair of trace-reins each connected on one end to said tow line, and on the opposite end connected to handle means, a splitter connected at its opposite end to each of said trace-reins, each end of said splitter being equidistant from said tow line, and spaced apart from said handle means, and a crossrope connected at the opposite ends thereof to each of said trace-reins, being releasably engageable with a stop block(s) on said ski(s), said means being substantially longer than said splitter and having an arcuate portion therein, wherein the crossrope is secured to one trace-rein, from which point it passes through a central bore down the length of said splitter, becomes disposed within and secured to said second trace-rein at a point equidistant from said tow line as is the point of egress from said first trace-rein just mentioned, is disposed rearwardly within said second trace-rein to a point of egress wherein it becomes disposed in a general direction toward said first trace-rein to a point on said first trace-rein substantially equidistant from said tow line as is said point of egress from said second trace-rein, at which it enters said first trace-rein and becomes disposed therein forwardly to a point of attachment on said first trace-rein, which point of attachment is downstream from the first point of securement of said rope to said first trace-rein, and wherein the crossrope is secured to the trace-reins by splicing, and wherein the trace-reins terminate at the opposite ends thereof in one or more handle assemblies.