Hey,
A larson 19ft sounds fine to me - its a nice boat and due to its size will throw a fine wake for beginners right through to intermeidiate basic inverts (with a tower)
I would think that maybe a std fat sac would be as much weight as you would want to put in (max 600lbs ish...) but its not too neccesary. this will make a difference to the wake size but only the same as having a few more people with you.
something important you need to think about when weighting your boat is engine size (do you run a 4.3 or 5.0 litre engine - i'm guessing at a 4.3ltr merc) - If its a 5.0 then you can think about adding a little bit more - but be careful, weighting your boat stesses you engine - you don't want to go damaging that for the sake of some wake.
On the tower side I would recommend it, a tower will help you go bigger and further so its always a good idea :wink:
it will also let you free up storage space if you add some racks to it. saying that though they aren't cheap! expect to pay minimum $695 for a tower, all the way upto $2k plus.
You could always go cheaper and get a pole, but because your boat doesn't have a std ski pole (like a mastercraft) then you need a "universal" extended pylon, these start at like $500 for skylons, or get onto bigairpylons.com - they do one for $295!!
At the end of the day, weighting is good.. so long as you don't overdo it and a tower is ideal, but if your budget won't stretch go with a pylon (one of those non flexy kinds tho :wink: - i'm not sure what Mr Bean's been riding behind!)
Later,
Mike
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