Big Wakes, what to do?

jrc · 04-08-2008, 10:15 AM

Mashugana posted this picture to discuss the safety of riding on the bow but I hijacked his thread to talk about big wakes and horsepower limits:

A lot of those boats are underpowered and can't get fully on plane, especially when full of people. Some are semi-displacement and designed to run that way. Some just have unskilled operators.

I don't have an easy solution but in my opinion a HP limit makes it worse. Local boat dealers will buy the biggest boats with the smallest engines to squeak under the limit.

04-08-2008, 10:15 AM	#1
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	Big Wakes, what to do? Mashugana posted this picture to discuss the safety of riding on the bow but I hijacked his thread to talk about big wakes and horsepower limits: A lot of those boats are underpowered and can't get fully on plane, especially when full of people. Some are semi-displacement and designed to run that way. Some just have unskilled operators. I don't have an easy solution but in my opinion a HP limit makes it worse. Local boat dealers will buy the biggest boats with the smallest engines to squeak under the limit.