"Mark" wrote in message
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Does this boat make a decent wake at slower speeds? With or w/o extra
weight in the back? Can it do an adequate job, or is it hopelessly
always a "ski" boat?


Okay, to start with you get into the area of "religion" when you start
talking about which boat wakes with respect to wakeboarding. You will find
people that will tell you that you absolutely have to have the top of the
line, $60,0000 boat in order to wakeboard! But then you will find guys that
fabricated a tower on their Bayliner and are doing just fine.

What you really need is some sort of tower or pole and a ballast system.
There are a number of poles that will fit over the center pole on many ski
boats so check to see if one will fit this boat you are considering. For a
ballast system the "fat sack" is your best bet.

No matter what you do the wake from a boat that was designed to minimize its
wake will never compare to the wake of a boat that was built to create large
wakes. Actually, there is size and shape of the wake to consider.

If you are a beginner wakeboarder then it is likely that you wouldn't even
be able to handle the massive wakes that some of the top riders prefer.

If you really want to wakeboard and don't want the boat to be your limiting
factor then I would recommend buying a boat made for wakeboarding. If you
like to ski and occasionally want to wakeboard then I would get a boat you
know you will like for skiing (wakeboard boats suck as a ski boat.....)

Rod