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Join Date: Jun 2010
06-02-2010, 9:26 AM
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Im new to wakeboarding. I have a few friends who have been doing it awhile. Im just looking to be the weekend wakeboarder. I dont have a decked out wakeboarding boat with a tower. I do have a brand new 21ft stingray with a 5.0 volvo penta drive. This should be enough to get the job the done right??
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Join Date: Apr 2006
06-02-2010, 9:31 AM
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I learned on a Bayliner 175. You have a boat and that is all that counts. Just have FUN
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Join Date: Apr 2010
06-02-2010, 9:32 AM
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sure it makes a wake thats all you need.just find speed and rope length . i guess 20 mph and 60 to 65 foot should be in the ball park.remember weight in back of boat makes wake steeper weight in front makes longer ramp.hope this helps!
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Join Date: Jan 2010
06-02-2010, 9:34 AM
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more than enough to get the basics down and have fun! We started with a 2005 18' Regal I/O Bowrider and had a blast with it. Learned the basics and went wake to wake. Added a tower in a few years and made it even better. Once we wanted more wake, we sold the boat and upgraded to an Axis A22. Have fun!
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Join Date: Apr 2001
06-02-2010, 9:53 AM
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Nope, that won't do at all. Go sell your new boat, and get a different one!
Just kidding dude, Go have fun, worry about all the things you think you need after you learn the basics.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
06-02-2010, 10:39 AM
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I learned behind a 19ft fishing boat with 125 outboard and 3 or 4 bags of cement for balast. A vise grip for the throttle and a cup for the bilge pump. I think you're a good position, especially if it paid for or nearly paid for!
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Join Date: May 2009
06-02-2010, 6:26 PM
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Originally Posted by olmoomba
I learned behind a 19ft fishing boat with 125 outboard and 3 or 4 bags of cement for balast. A vise grip for the throttle and a cup for the bilge pump. I think you're a good position, especially if it paid for or nearly paid for!
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Fred, we had a 14 foot aluminum jon boat with a 25 HP Envinrude with a jet drive and a couple of orange life jackets. that set up was SICK! our wakeboard (Murray Hyperlite Honeycomb 137) damn near cost more than the boat. ha ha.
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06-02-2010, 10:45 AM
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LOL Fred....love the honesty!
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Join Date: Jun 2010
06-02-2010, 10:54 AM
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LOL! Thanks for the replies and support guys. I just wanted to make sure.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
06-02-2010, 11:03 AM
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wasn't my boat Scott, but it did the job.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
06-02-2010, 12:56 PM
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500lb fat sack toward the bow, trim up as much as you can without cavitation, go about 2 MPH faster than when the whitewash disappears from the wake. That should get you pretty close. Prop it down with a lower pitch prop if it gets doggy out of the hole as you add weight.
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Join Date: Feb 2009
06-03-2010, 8:30 AM
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Learned behind a 97 Canaventure......oh wait we are still using it!! Sold my response lx and went back to my girls dads boat, who cares have fun! We don't even have a tower anymore, just a ski pole.
Its all about fun!!! I see people in big X45s on the shuswap crusing around thinking they are the **** with buckcherry blasting at full blare, but never see them boarding.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
06-03-2010, 8:58 AM
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Hey Ash - so true, on the river we ride the most, there is the largest collection of VLX's I have ever seen, you would think the factory was right there, anyhow 2 of 15 actually ride, the others pull tubes.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
07-19-2010, 9:20 AM
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Yeah, we have a lot of show and no go here as well. We board a lot. Not very good and we crash a lot but we do it! That damn w2w jump is eluding me! Im 240 lbs but should still be able to do it!
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Join Date: Jan 2009
07-19-2010, 9:27 AM
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jeff, you could try shortening the rope to make it wake to wake. We do this when we have a newer person on the boat. it makes it a lot more fun to go w2w and then add more length as you progress.
not sure if it will work with your wake, just a thought.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
07-19-2010, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff38
Im new to wakeboarding. I have a few friends who have been doing it awhile. Im just looking to be the weekend wakeboarder. I dont have a decked out wakeboarding boat with a tower. I do have a brand new 21ft stingray with a 5.0 volvo penta drive. This should be enough to get the job the done right??
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That boat will work fine--we started with a Stingray 195lx--plenty of power-I installed a tower and speaker system myself--the real reason we got a wake board boat was we needed more room for all the new friends we made....
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