Problems maintaining speed

Hey,
I have problems maintaining speed with my 90 horsepower outboard motor on a 16 foot bayliner(not exactly an ideal wakeboarding boat). Anyways, once I get up to speed, I can keep it to within 1-2 miles an hour. The problem is that some of my friends who haven't driven my boat much can't keep it within 5 miles an hour. This makes it very difficult to get a consistent run. Do you guys have any suggestions? I know perfect pass would be a godsend but I cant afford it right now. Any ideas, please let me know.
Thanks,
Jimmy

Perfect Pass is the only option you have, it is the best!

another question, will perfect pass work on an 90 horsepower outboard? also, where are the cheapest places you have seen it listed

i don't know if it will work on a outboard, call PP and ask them, or just take to your local dealer.

I don't think PP will work on an outboard, there is no place for the servo motor.

Local wakeboard boat dealer in Manhattan!

I have seen PP as cheap as $1000.

Have you considered lower pitch prop? It will hold speed better and be easier to fine tune speed. You will lose top-end speed and with 90hp, you may not have much to sacrifice. How important is top-end speed and is wakeboarding the primary use of the boat? PP is is a good solution and probably the most expensive. I would look to more economical solutions to the problem. Or, take the $$ for PP along with the Bayliner and trade in for a boat thats up to the task. One more suggestion - ride as a passenger when not on the board and coach your back-up driver instead of taking the wheel everytime your in the boat. It's tough because you want to give everyone a perfect ride, but then your ride sucks. After all it is your d*mn boat and your entitled to a decent ride. I completely surrender the helm to my wife when the boards come out and enjoy the ride. She doesn't ride so everyone gets the same pull - maybe not as good a driver as me, but when it's my turn on the board, I end up with a much better run. I enjoy nice long runs on the water 'cause after all it's my d*mn boat.

I agree with Ricky. Don't do anymore driving. Let your "other" driver do it all. I had the same prob with my boat. Also a Bayliner but a 190hp i/o. My other drivers never really did get the hang of it cuz all my riders wanted me to do the driving. I gave up and installed PP. Now I get good pulls too. You have to be persistent on having others do all the driving b-cuz you probably know as well as I do that it takes a good feel for the boat to give a consistent pull.

Hey Ricky,
Top end speed means absolutly nothing to me. As long as the boat will go about 22 mph I am satasified. My problem is that is got a super good deal on the boat and so I don't think that I can afford to trade it in for a different one (97 bayliner 16 foot in absolute mint condition for 4 thousand two years ago). I also just got done installing a monster tower and speakers and would hate to have to trade the boat in. Your idea of coaching the driver is a good idea, I guess I have just been too worried about everyone else enjoying themselves and not worried enough about me having a good time. My problem is that I have a number of friends that drive my boat and so I would have to teach all of them. Thanks and keep the suggestions comming.

time for a new boat

I was pulling in a friends I/O. I noticed that at 20 mph it wants to plane which makes it go faster... what I would do, when I noticed the boat start to plane, I'd drop the throttle slightly for a split second putting it right back where it was, that stops the planing action for about another 30 seconds.. keep doing it as the boat want to plane... or.. buy a PP (which would do the same thing I'm describing automatically)