"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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I am sure that Renn Tolman, designer of the Tolman Skiff never intended his
boats to be used for...........wakeboarding and I'm not even sure they do
such things in AK where he is from. However, my son has gotten interested
in wakeboarding and believe it or not my 20 Standard Tolman Skiff with 90 hp
Yamaha does fairly well as a tow craft.
So far, we have simply rigged a simple bridle from the stern cleats but now
my son has assurred me that a "tower" will make her much more useful for
wakeboarding and that I could probably make such a thing easily. Nothing
like playing on Dad's natural desire to build stuff.
So, where on a boat should the attachment point be for towing a wake board?
How high should it be?
Such an ignominous thing for such a noble craft that I intended to be used
for exploring. Monday, I was excited over exploring the "Crooked River"
that runs into the Ocklocknee River of N. FL but the boys looked bored so I
gave in and we went back out of gator paradise to more open water for them
to play.
Still, it was day on the water.


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Make the tower somewhat in the middle of the boat would be my guess, and
then run guy lines to the front and the sides. Maybe shade it to the stern
and then guy off diagonals to the stern corners.