Macncheeze6 wrote:
I have a 2005 234 funship with a 5.7 volvo. I have had it a year and have loved it. The kids have loved riding the tube and want to try more. I was thinking of buying a knee board or a wake board. My question is can we wake board behind this boat with out a wake board tower. At slow speeds it seems to have a large wake. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
You can wakeboard behind pretty much any boat.
The ONLY advantage of a wakeboard tower is that when you start getting air and doing tricks the rope isn't pulling you "down" like it would attached to a traditional ski tow ring on the back of a typical I/O boat.
To me, it seems, wakeboard towers have sort of become a status symbol that everyone wants even though the utility is rather limited for the 99% of wakeboarders who, due to skill level, aren't able to take advantage of having the rope mounted up high.
Go buy your kids a wakeboard. Attach a rope to your ski tow ring and tell them when they get really good and can land jumps of more than a few inches, you might consider getting a wakeboard tower.