...for a family of 6 (kids are 11, 9, 7, and 3).
We just moved to the Resevoir area in Jackson, MS. After riding by the HUGE lake, I got an instant urge to ski (which has never left me after 25 years of NOT skiing). The wife is in agreement and wants a boat too and the kids are excited about it as well.
I think the boat question would be less problematic if we didn't have such a large family. What I am looking for is a boat/engine combo that will have no problems with pulling a ski/wake/knee/tube and a minimum of 5 other people in the boat. I know, that's a lot for a motor to push/pull, but I can't really leave the kids on the land while I have a blast on the water.
So I have never owned a boat and am monitoring craigslist and ebay. I am not paying for a new one, I just don't have that dough, but I can swing $20 - $25 grand. It's not really a brand name thing, although that would be good to know about. Would I need a 23 ft boat and will the V6 put out enough to pull 6 people without sounding like it's struggling? Do I need to go up to the V8? I just don't know what to get.
I think more along the lines of a bowrider which seems ideal, but my wife is thinking deckboat. Something about the deckboat makes me think I will not like it. Anybody use a deckboat for watersports? Seems like an awful lot of boat for a motor to push and at the same time, yank a 200 lb slolum guy out of the water. Any thoughts you have on this will be greatly appreciated. In the end, I feel like I am going to have to buy a huge boat with a huge engine in it, and I just don't want that.
I have also seen on here that Bayliners are good as long as they are not too old. What about Tahoe for this type activity? It will mostly be a function of what I can find for sale by owner, but I don't want to skip over something that is a good boat, and you guys are the ones that know.
We just moved to the Resevoir area in Jackson, MS. After riding by the HUGE lake, I got an instant urge to ski (which has never left me after 25 years of NOT skiing). The wife is in agreement and wants a boat too and the kids are excited about it as well.
I think the boat question would be less problematic if we didn't have such a large family. What I am looking for is a boat/engine combo that will have no problems with pulling a ski/wake/knee/tube and a minimum of 5 other people in the boat. I know, that's a lot for a motor to push/pull, but I can't really leave the kids on the land while I have a blast on the water.
So I have never owned a boat and am monitoring craigslist and ebay. I am not paying for a new one, I just don't have that dough, but I can swing $20 - $25 grand. It's not really a brand name thing, although that would be good to know about. Would I need a 23 ft boat and will the V6 put out enough to pull 6 people without sounding like it's struggling? Do I need to go up to the V8? I just don't know what to get.
I think more along the lines of a bowrider which seems ideal, but my wife is thinking deckboat. Something about the deckboat makes me think I will not like it. Anybody use a deckboat for watersports? Seems like an awful lot of boat for a motor to push and at the same time, yank a 200 lb slolum guy out of the water. Any thoughts you have on this will be greatly appreciated. In the end, I feel like I am going to have to buy a huge boat with a huge engine in it, and I just don't want that.
I have also seen on here that Bayliners are good as long as they are not too old. What about Tahoe for this type activity? It will mostly be a function of what I can find for sale by owner, but I don't want to skip over something that is a good boat, and you guys are the ones that know.
