Too much too soon

[Cadan]

Its a difficult one really, a bit like tower boy I have run both a sports boat and wakebord boat. The sports boat was a Bayliner 175 XT and to be honest was really great and with a fat sack sat in the bow and about a 1/4 trim produced a very good wake, easy to maintain and very cheap to run.
I now run a Tige 20V which is brilliant but expensive to buy and run. The only difference the Tige has over the Bayliner and unfortunately its a big difference is much more power and although the wake is bigger its not that much bigger, however its much more soild.

With regards the hassle, no matter what boat you have there will be an elliment of hassle but I find that if you share it around with your mates then it becomes less of a chore, ie launching, retreiving, cleaning, maintaining etc.

Saying all that if you are solely going to use the boat for boarding then it would have to be a dedicated wake boat in my book and most boats now come with a plate to alter the shape of the wake and you dont have to fill the tanks until you are ready and it will be future proof.

[Cadan]

Its a difficult one really, a bit like tower boy I have run both a sports boat and wakebord boat. The sports boat was a Bayliner 175 XT and to be honest was really great and with a fat sack sat in the bow and about a 1/4 trim produced a very good wake, easy to maintain and very cheap to run.
I now run a Tige 20V which is brilliant but expensive to buy and run. The only difference the Tige has over the Bayliner and unfortunately its a big difference is much more power and although the wake is bigger its not that much bigger, however its much more soild.

With regards the hassle, no matter what boat you have there will be an elliment of hassle but I find that if you share it around with your mates then it becomes less of a chore, ie launching, retreiving, cleaning, maintaining etc.

Saying all that if you are solely going to use the boat for boarding then it would have to be a dedicated wake boat in my book and most boats now come with a plate to alter the shape of the wake and you dont have to fill the tanks until you are ready and it will be future proof.

[brutto 76]

For what it's worth.... once you have worked out the optimum depth to put the trailer, launching and recovering a proper wakeboard boat is dead easy. Drive on/drive off. Takes about 20 seconds every time. At our slip it's the people with outboards or sterndrives that seem to fanny about for ages.

Everything about a direct (or v-drive) seems better to me for wakeboarding and I wouldn't go back to a sterndrive.

And, as already pointed out, far safer for kids than a sterndrive. And the platform is great.

Maybe you don't need to go as big as a SAN. We get a heap of fun out of our Malibu Response (with wedge) and reckon we'll get at least another year out of it before we are really going to need a bigger wake. And it was half the price of a SAN.

[stack]

This is the thing that confuses me. You get out very occasionally you say, now i can understand why u would endure the expense of your own boat even when tows would work out cheaper. Free riding is so much more fun, but going as far as buying a SAN, that just seems a bit excessive.

[saltwater_cowboy]

Free riding is so much more fun,

Bloody wakeboard Mooch! It wouldn't be too bad if you were still a student but you probably earn loads more than me. Buy a boat man, you're young single and mortgage free!

[stack]

I didnt mean riding for free, i meant riding with your mates with no 10 minute boat slots etc. Dont worry dude, when I get a ride there will always be room and gas for you and the rest of the east coast massive.

When I pass my CCIE a shiny jetski or a boat share will be my reward.