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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-22-2007, 7:23 PM
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I want to buy a wakeboard boat really baadd..but that can hande rough waters since i ride in saltwaters and i get that a lot from the marina to the place i go to ride...and i can only afford a $30,000 to $40,000 boat... i like moombas but does anyone know if they handel choppy waters? please heeelp .haha
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Join Date: Mar 2004
03-22-2007, 11:17 PM
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Who would ride in choppy water anyway?
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Join Date: Mar 2006
03-22-2007, 11:46 PM
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sanger boats...solid ride in chop and solid build quality. check them out, demo demo demo!
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Join Date: Nov 2005
03-23-2007, 6:32 AM
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XLV Baby!!
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Join Date: Dec 2005
03-23-2007, 6:40 AM
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Miikka, those that live near the ocean might have to travel across rough channels to find the glass. I doubt he is riding in it, just going through it to get to the riding spot...
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Join Date: Aug 2006
03-23-2007, 6:41 AM
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A Moomba will break in half.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
03-23-2007, 6:44 AM
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Centurions and Tiges will have a great rough water ride
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Join Date: May 2004
03-23-2007, 7:52 AM
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No wakeboard boat rides great in rough water....some ride better than others. If you want a great rough water ride, get an I/O.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
03-23-2007, 7:55 AM
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Tige, Tige, Tige.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
03-23-2007, 8:17 AM
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Look for a couple year old Avalanche or Elite V. Since the Avalanche is bigger and heavier it will do better. You would be hard pressed to find a better rough water riding wakeboard boat than an Avalanche. Just add closed cooling and your good to go.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
03-23-2007, 8:43 AM
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moomba!! a mastercraft will break in half
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Join Date: Jun 2005
03-23-2007, 7:39 PM
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i would most definatly get a tige i ride in the potomac river wich is very rough and it is fill with logs but the tige just weaves in an out of them and besides its my favorite and most versitile wake.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
03-24-2007, 7:07 AM
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I see you ride in miami. I have a mastercraft x2 that i drive to marine stadium from my house which is by matheson hamock so it's like a 15-20 minute ride in the bay which gets pretty choppy. The boat does fine cruising down the bay at like 30 on all but the real bad days in which marine stadium would suck for wakeboarding and i can go out fine and safely on really choppy days as long as you only go 19-20 mph. I've hed the boat for a year and it has had zero real problems.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
03-24-2007, 7:49 AM
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nothing else will touch the sanger
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Join Date: Jun 2002
03-24-2007, 10:20 AM
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I've owned a Moomba (mobius v) and now an Avalanche c4, the Avalanche is much better in rough water.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
03-24-2007, 11:25 AM
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As far as I've heard wakeboarding boats in general aren't good going through chop - there not made for it. I ride in saltwater too and when we have to go through the baddddd water we just go slow. They will make it through but its not a comfy ride...and a little more work.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-24-2007, 6:25 PM
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will the chop damage the boat?
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Join Date: Nov 2006
03-24-2007, 6:36 PM
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Impacts that slam and vibrate the boat will, over time. The epoxies and glass fibres are really good at taking a load but think of it as hitting your corvette repeatedly with a sandbag. Eventually something gives. They are designed to take a lot though (much more than a corvette fender). Just travel at a speed where it doesn't pound hard. You can tell when you feel the slap that it's taking stress. If your bones hurt at the end of the ride over chop you might figure the boat could have gone at a different speed. It's not always really slow.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
03-26-2007, 12:47 PM
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I would go with a MasterCraft. It's only wakeboard boat that offers a salt-water series. They designed all their new hulls for rougher water conditions.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-26-2007, 1:28 PM
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My Moomba XLV does great in chop. DEEP V on this thing.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-26-2007, 1:37 PM
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Tigé is the best boat for big chop....... You just need to find one with a closed cooling system for salt water....
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Join Date: Oct 2006
03-26-2007, 1:40 PM
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Sanger is top notch in rough water!
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Join Date: Jan 2006
03-26-2007, 2:58 PM
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Tige and many other manufacturers produce a salt water series option.... Again, i would say Tige. More mass allows more absorbtion of chopiness....at least that is what my physics teacher taught me in high school...
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Join Date: Jun 2006
03-26-2007, 3:27 PM
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Kevin (premierwake136) on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 7:39 pm: i would most definatly get a tige i ride in the potomac river wich is very rough and it is fill with logs but the tige just weaves in an out of them and besides its my favorite and most versitile wake. Dude where are you riding on the potomac that is very rough??? Unless you're going out around DC it's considered some of the best water around here.
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03-26-2007, 3:32 PM
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Sanger hands down is the best rough water boat!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-27-2007, 9:10 AM
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which is better the moomba outback V or the moomba mobius LSV??.. those are the only wakeboard boats in my price range..
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Join Date: Nov 2005
03-27-2007, 9:59 AM
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do you ride in marine stadium?
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Join Date: Oct 2004
03-27-2007, 12:03 PM
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uhhhh, I had my Malibu VLX in Hawaii for two years before I moved here with it. We used to take it to the sand bar on Oahu and never had any problems in the Hawaiian seas (close to shore). To get to the sand bar, you had to drive thru a channel that could get very rough at times. Just keep that bow up and you will be fine. My friends had Nautiques and never had problems either. I also sprayed the engine down with wd-40 everytime I used it out in Hawaii. Yes, it gets pretty greasy after a while, but nothing that an engine degreaser can fix. It's better to have a nice coat of grease on everything than SALTWATER. It's all on how you drive it and take care of it when it's in Saltwater. I also upgraded the flushing system on it as well. The flush pro (to me) isn't good enough. You have to start your engine and it only gets the salt residue out at wherever your water level is at Idle, inside the engine (and exhaust risers). http://www.mstguardian.com/prod01.htm
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Join Date: Oct 2004
03-27-2007, 12:11 PM
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So I'm assuming you don't want to buy a used boat?? Your price range can get you a variety of any used brand wakeboarding boat that is listed in this thread. More likely it would be 2003-2004 and depending on the brand of boat, you might be able to get a 2005. (Message edited by hawaiianstiln on March 27, 2007)
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Join Date: Nov 2004
03-27-2007, 12:28 PM
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Moomba XLV is the best Ive been in. Snager is good to.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
03-27-2007, 12:47 PM
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Master Craft offers the CSX which is a center console wakeboard/fishing boat it is a salt water boat I saw it at the boat show it is pretty sick it can come with a tower as well you should look into to it. But it might be a little more than 30K I'm not really sure exactly how much the boat is but look into it you'll like.}}
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Join Date: Oct 2004
03-27-2007, 12:54 PM
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Hey everyone, forget about that MSTguardian for now. My bad.... I just got word that one of the share holders in the company quit and then stole proprietary information and started his own company with the same product. The current owner shut down the company until the lawsuite is settled.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
03-27-2007, 1:26 PM
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My Moomba LSV handles the chop better than I expected. No wakeboat will be great in the chop, but anything with a fairly deep V will work great. Either a new LSV or a used XLV if you can swing it. The outback V is the old LSV hull, and is not as deep.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
03-27-2007, 4:38 PM
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Supra 24SSV, Moomba XLV.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
03-27-2007, 4:42 PM
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stay away from nautiques if you have rough water, i love mine to death but i almost shed tears when in rough water becuase the boat feels like it is going to break in half!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
03-27-2007, 5:54 PM
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yeah pete my boat is right by DC where all the yachts are
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Join Date: Jul 2002
03-27-2007, 7:26 PM
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I bought a Tige because it can handle rough water better than many of the other boats out there. It has a very solid feel and where I do my boating gets very rough in the afternoon so I wanted a decent ride.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
03-27-2007, 9:37 PM
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Tige's are awesome in rough water- high freeboard makes them comfy and dry and the hull construction is outstanding- no rattles, or shakes in the heavy stuff. Sanger's are nice, but the freeboard it way lower than tige and the ride's not as dry especially if you're in the bow.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
03-27-2007, 9:49 PM
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rode in sanger boats since i started. handles rough water better than any other boat i've ever ridden in
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