Thoughts on wakeboard/surf boats
11-16-2020 | 06:08 AM
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My fervent hope is for ALL wakesurf boat operators to realize they need to be good stewards of the water, understand the damage they can cause to docks and shorelines, and that unique to their craft...a good day for them is a bad day for everyone else. They're in much the same place as PWCs were a couple of decades ago; irresponsible operators ended up giving the whole group a black eye, with fines and outright bans taking place in far too many instances. Luckily through education and dare I say...humiliation?...the squids got ran out of the sport and things have been pretty good ever since.
Unfortunately there are still far too many examples of uncaring *******s out there...as evidenced by the preponderance of YouTube videos...to give me much hope. Kudos to those who safely and courteously operate WHATEVER you drive.
Unfortunately there are still far too many examples of uncaring *******s out there...as evidenced by the preponderance of YouTube videos...to give me much hope. Kudos to those who safely and courteously operate WHATEVER you drive.
11-16-2020 | 06:32 AM
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I don't mind them and my boat easily handles the wakes they make and the kids seem to like watching me easily run in the mess they make on the water. As a water skier who skis at 37 mph and can hit near 70 mph on a hard cut, I just don't see the attraction of wake surfing at 10 mph. It just looks boring and silly and eventually I think it will go the way of knee boarding and wake boarding. Skiing and tubing are here to stay. The plowing cruisers on the Great Lakes are far worse. JMO
11-16-2020 | 07:37 AM
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I grew up around performance boats. The first time I was taken out in a G23 with the 550Sc engine and it topped out at 42mph I could only think what a waste - LOL.
To the OP, nice colour palet. The mega flake they have come out with look great at the dealership but cannot be repaired. A word to the wise, take 10 minutes and just go around the boat and tighten up the screws and clamps on this that and every other thing including the glove box.... you would be surprised how a simple screw works itself loose on the boats and then in no time, there is no material left to hold secure. They are a good boat but EVERY wave you run through, the boat bashes into vs. knifing through like the performance boats
To the OP, nice colour palet. The mega flake they have come out with look great at the dealership but cannot be repaired. A word to the wise, take 10 minutes and just go around the boat and tighten up the screws and clamps on this that and every other thing including the glove box.... you would be surprised how a simple screw works itself loose on the boats and then in no time, there is no material left to hold secure. They are a good boat but EVERY wave you run through, the boat bashes into vs. knifing through like the performance boats
11-16-2020 | 07:38 AM
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Got a couple of them nearby. I like watching them early in the morning. They look fun and they have a killer sound system. What I don't like is the huge roller they put out that rocks my dock bigger than a big ol' SeaRay. Get further out in the channel please.
11-16-2020 | 08:33 AM
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11-16-2020 | 08:51 AM
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Lil' johnny who was a lake lice riding his sea doo grows up and buys a tow boat and drives with the same lack of consideration for what his wake does to the shoreline. Unfortunately, there are more and more ignorant operators than considerate ones.
Unfortunately, tow boats are selling like pontoons and are not likely to see the btm fall out of that market anytime soon.
Unfortunately, tow boats are selling like pontoons and are not likely to see the btm fall out of that market anytime soon.
11-16-2020 | 10:01 AM
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I don't mind them and my boat easily handles the wakes they make and the kids seem to like watching me easily run in the mess they make on the water. As a water skier who skis at 37 mph and can hit near 70 mph on a hard cut, I just don't see the attraction of wake surfing at 10 mph. It just looks boring and silly and eventually I think it will go the way of knee boarding and wake boarding. Skiing and tubing are here to stay. The plowing cruisers on the Great Lakes are far worse. JMO
The spokesman for the group said, "I tell you one thing, next time one of those things comes by my dock, I'm getting a howitzer and blowing it out of the water!" To which EVERYONE at the table stood up, pulled out their wallets and said, "let me contribute to that fund...how much ARE those shells?"
:-)
11-16-2020 | 10:19 AM
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Very nice looking boat, I’ve never seen one and probably never will where I live.
I remember 35 years ago, owning inboard vee drives with headers over the back to burn yourself on or more practical mid mounts, so we could slalom ski all day on nice water. We hated houseboats and just about anything that made a ripple in the water. Pre jet ski days and wake boats.......Who would ever have thought people would want a big wake out the back?
Times change and although most of oso dislike wakeboats, it sounds great to be on the water getting fresh air and doing something that requires a bit of fitness and skill rather than sitting home playing with tech gadgets and social media. If I was a bit younger and had an active family, I’d be all over it. I grew up on a water ski so why not a wakeboard? It’s the 21st century. 🙂
Hope you keep enjoying it without upsetting the other boaters, no reason you can’t all get along........somehow......!
RR
I remember 35 years ago, owning inboard vee drives with headers over the back to burn yourself on or more practical mid mounts, so we could slalom ski all day on nice water. We hated houseboats and just about anything that made a ripple in the water. Pre jet ski days and wake boats.......Who would ever have thought people would want a big wake out the back?
Times change and although most of oso dislike wakeboats, it sounds great to be on the water getting fresh air and doing something that requires a bit of fitness and skill rather than sitting home playing with tech gadgets and social media. If I was a bit younger and had an active family, I’d be all over it. I grew up on a water ski so why not a wakeboard? It’s the 21st century. 🙂
Hope you keep enjoying it without upsetting the other boaters, no reason you can’t all get along........somehow......!
RR
shared the water and do all i can to not upset others while doing are thing
11-16-2020 | 10:26 AM
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something into it, even though the props are turned. These boats have thrusters in the rear to assist in backing but i diddt opt for it but now kinda whisking i
had.
11-16-2020 | 10:29 AM
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I grew up around performance boats. The first time I was taken out in a G23 with the 550Sc engine and it topped out at 42mph I could only think what a waste - LOL.
To the OP, nice colour palet. The mega flake they have come out with look great at the dealership but cannot be repaired. A word to the wise, take 10 minutes and just go around the boat and tighten up the screws and clamps on this that and every other thing including the glove box.... you would be surprised how a simple screw works itself loose on the boats and then in no time, there is no material left to hold secure. They are a good boat but EVERY wave you run through, the boat bashes into vs. knifing through like the performance boats
To the OP, nice colour palet. The mega flake they have come out with look great at the dealership but cannot be repaired. A word to the wise, take 10 minutes and just go around the boat and tighten up the screws and clamps on this that and every other thing including the glove box.... you would be surprised how a simple screw works itself loose on the boats and then in no time, there is no material left to hold secure. They are a good boat but EVERY wave you run through, the boat bashes into vs. knifing through like the performance boats
