Make a bad boat good?

snowmanco 07-09-2003, 9:03 AM

Hey,
My father-in-law just bought a 21ft center console fishing boat. Its a Wahoo something or other.

Is there anyway to make this boat ridable?

He allready has a pole in the middle that can be as much as 7ft high, and we could also add weight. Would adding a tower help a boat like this at all.

leggester 07-09-2003, 9:38 AM

IMHO, no. You already have an elevated location for rope attachment.

IIRC, it's a deep V hull with around a 21 degree dead rise at the transom and usually and outboard motor. Weight in the middle will increase the wake size. You'll have to mess around with that.

(h20jnky) · (h20jnky) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 07-09-2003, 1:06 PM

Is there any such thing as a "bad boat"?

It floats, you're on the water, pack some friends and go............

That's what it's all about, right.......!

To each his own, mate......

(gunz) · (gunz) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 07-09-2003, 4:30 PM

Check out Alex Kinon's profile pic.He rode behind that ,and made it work,and had fun doing it.The boat is pretty much as you described.Fishing boat turned wakeboarding machine.

(salty87) · (salty87) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 07-10-2003, 10:04 AM

there are some kids i see out all the time on lake austin with a center console, might be bigger than 21' but they always have it piled high with friends and a pretty big wake. they always have big smiles on their faces, usually some young hotties in the boat too. it's not about the boat.