On Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:01:03 AM UTC-4, (unknown) wrote:
On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:36:40 PM UTC-4, Frogwatch wrote:
> 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.

True wakeboard towers are tall enough to stand under, and mounted so the tow line is pretty close to the middle of the boat. Really good wakeboarders can get some serious height doing tricks off the huge wake the dedicated boats make, so the line needs a high attachment point. Do a google or bing search on "wakeboard tower" and you'll see what I mean.

You'll probably be fine with a ski pylon... something like this:
http://www.barefootskiandwake.com/Pr...412_p_155.html
It'll get the line up some, and make getting up and skiing or wakeboarding more fun.

Wow... a boating post. And who takes it into the gutter? donnie and his buddies. Typical.

Frog, hope you find what you're looking for. It won't be here among the non-boaters.