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What is the best type? I’ve seen a retractable single tube, a tripod setup, and larger cage styles. We’ve tried a cage style (4 anchor points) in the past, but the rear wall got in the way. I need something that will get the rope up above the motor. Right now, we’re just using the two clip points on the rear corners. This makes the rope drag through the water, is very close to the motor, and makes getting up on a wakeboard pretty difficult. Any ideas?

check out this link. i have used a tripod style in the past that worked very good.

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/search.cgi

i really need a tower to improve my tricks but im not sure if i can attach a tower. people who know boats please help me out soon as possible!

why not you could fit a tower and Perfect Pass Wakeboard Pro but the big q is ballast. also top speed of 50mph+ I suggest lowering prop pitch should help lots just going cost more with 2 props.If planing isn’t a problem you could try adding the majority of your weight in the back say up to 60 to 70%..Also play with the trim lot’s it cleans up and makes the wake larger.

I’ve been wakeboarding from my dads fish’n boat for about 2 yrs. We just got a 2000model 21ft bayliner. Would it help me to expand my skills if I had a tower or tripod?

tower

Because I dont have one but I would really like to try wakeboarding out. I can probably get access to one, but are there generallly any places that give lessons without you having a boat? I live in FL btw so the general area has a lot of wakeboarders…

I got two places one a cable park they are good but not the real way and hard to start on a cable you will do more swimming and walking then boarding. it depends what area in fl if you live near dearfield go to ski rixen they ppl there rock and help. also a guy in west palm beach that was a pro trick skier can show u some stuff i used to only jump to the middle of the wake now i can jump wake to wake even switch. if you go to this guy let me warn you the boat,and lake are GROSS. his name is chip somthing look it up on google. by the way dont buy a board till at least a few months of boarding just rent one

A lake in my county is being studied as to whether it is a canidate for an ‘ecozone’ in which a cetain section of the body of water would be designated for only boats power by electric motors or less. This would encompass maybe 5% or less of the entire body of water. It is a free country and pleasure boaters have as much right to be on the water as everyone else. But it is frustrating to see an otherwise nice lake be churned into slop.

Fossil Fuel Exhausts
There is a case for all bodies of water below a certain size to be accessible only to non-motorised craft for reasons already outlined herein, plus the fact that most of the motor-craft would use fossil fuels which
- put exhaust into the lake area (some motor exhaust goes straight into the water)
- contributes to accelerated climate change

Sorry, I don’t have exact sources, other than all recent environmental science textbooks (First Year textbooks give good overviews of burning fuels)

Search "combustion + engine + exhausts"

Freedom = responsibility
A ‘free country’ like Australia or USA means we have the freedom to weigh the needs of future generations with needs of the present, which leads to a responsibility to prevent damage to our heritage (and all public spaces).

My price range is around 35,000 used or new. Probably Used.

Check out a used Centurion Enzo or Storm series. They are used for both skiing and wakeboarding competitions.

i recently purchased a regal 19 for 22 thousand new and my son wants me to get a wakeboard tower. are they really necessary and what kind should i get if any?

check out overtons they have everything you are looking for

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/catalog.cgi?cname=Wakeboard-Towers-Accessories&r=browse&aID=600D2

i dont have a special wakeboarding boat just a 6 metre tinny with an 115 hp outboard

Adjust till you find the sweet spot which will be different depending on how many people, where they sit, your gear etc.. You can try and get more weight in the back of the boat creating drag meaning a bigger wake.

The blower should be used 3 to 5 minutes before you start the boat, after you refuel, and at extremely slow cruising speeds. If you have any air moving through the intakes go ahead and turn it off.

Bilge pump should be used anytime you think there is water in the bilge. After it rains, after you take a wave over the bow, or even at the end of the day and there have been wet bodies in and out of the boat all day.

You will most likely have some "fat sacks" or some other ballast bearing device to crank up your wakes. They should be labeled differently from the bilge pump. If those are leaking you may have some water in your bilge. Be sure to dump they if you are going to run a long way or you are done for the day. When full those puppies suck gas like nobody’s business, and loading with your ballast tanks full is just a bear.

Have fun.