Smallest Boat Possible?

robsmaze · Posted: Sep 04, 2009 9:07 am Post subject: Smallest Boat Possible?

I'm moving across the country and getting rid of my current huge 1973 (22') ski boat and I'm kind of thinking of getting a little tiny boat for wakeskate pulls. It seems lik I've seen a lot of people in videos and mags getting pulled behind a 12' or 14' boat with a little 25HP outboard. Is that really possible? I'm 180 but one of my wakeskating buddies is 205. Will he be able to get up? It just seems like a little boat might actually be nice - easy to drag around, the only thing that breaks is the outboard, etc... What do you guys think?

This looks kind of likely...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/boa/1355045450.html

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19545&highlight=lemons+craft

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

http://www.botoskifree.com/

JB_CANSKATE · Posted: Sep 04, 2009 9:47 am Post subject:

88skisupreme, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9A3rsgnr8 Laughing

YaBro · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 624

dude, i want to try one so bad

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

robsmaze, jet ski not an option?

robsmaze · Posted: Sep 04, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

nah, it seems like a good idea until i try to get my girl to give me a tow and she doesn't want to get wet. definitely need a boat. So do i need a flat bottom boat for a "lemonscraft"? does a v-hull drag too much?

TudFunleybuckets · Faceplant Joined: 06 Aug 2009 Posts: 24 City: Madison

we have a 16' lund fishing boat with a 25hp outboard. our regular boat was down for a few weeks this summer so we were pulling with the lund. it worked but not very well. it was quite a chore to get up. after a while we got better at getting out of the water, but it wouldn't be a permanent solution in my book. we were pulling 150 - 170 lb people with only two people in the boat. it took a good 30 seconds to a minute of effort to get on top of the water. it was so much effort to get up we didn't want to work on new tricks because if you fall you have to get pulled up again! if there were any more people in the boat it wouldn't even go fast enough for a decent pull. i think if it had a 40hp on it, it would have been perfect. hope that helps