I think "decent" is a somewhat innocuous term in this situation. Can a I/o or outdrive boat be turned into something fun to ride behind? Defenitly. Will it ever be a nautique or MC, etc... no. Part of the wake comes from hull design. I dont know much about hte bayliner hull, but you may get lucky and have a decent shape. To get a bigger and firmer wake you will need to add weight. There is a limit to how much you can add, however. ASlso remember the more weight you add the slower out of the hole it will be, and the harder it will be to drive, and the harder it will be on the engine. If you really want to make it a decent boat that puts out a fun wake, i would do the following, if you have the money. Remember none of this is neccessary, it just makes it more fun, or easier. 1) add weight, between 500-1000 lbs. use water weight or humans not lead. 2) Depending on if the boat is fast enough out of the hole for you i would look into a a tower. Maybe a Monster tower, or a Joystick roll bar, or one of the less expensive designs. You could also go with a pylon, but i would say spend the extra 1-2 hundred for a roll bar or the others out now. 3) if you dont have enough tourque out of the hole, get a 4 blade prop. This is sort of like getting a lower gear and will make the boat pull harder with more tourque, and wont strain the engine as much. All that being said, you dont need to do anything to have fun.. Go out and learn all the surface tricks. Learn to ride switch as well as you can regular. Get the fundamentals down. You can also always ask for pulls from people on the here, and around you lake. Hope it helps. Geoff
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