2003 Air 206

[ruffdawg]

I am looking to buy the 2003 Air 206. I love the boat but.......I am a little scared that it might not meet my needs to Wake Board. I am a beginner and my wife skis like 2-3 times a year is all.

Will I outgrow the 206 as I develop? Can enough ballast be added to get a good wake?

Really appreciate the help.

[LT206]

RE: 2003 Air 206

The 206 will force you to have really good fundamentals. I suspect that most "good" wakeboarders could do all of the basic inverts and spins behind a 206. It will not allow you to be sloppy and still pull big tricks though like a larger wake will.

Eventually I will upgrade to a bigger boat, but for now, the 206 does everything I want it to for my family of five and we wakeboard, slalom, kneeboard, barefoot, and have even surfed on it.

[mathews01]

LT, could you share how you have the ballast set up in your boat. I am looking to add weight to my 206 in the near future and any info would be appreciated.

[LT206]

I don't have it really dialed very well yet. I have a W705 fat sac that I can place in one of two places - either in the belly where the cooler is or behind the motor box.

I have found that I can do all my tricks with the stock ballast without the need for additional ballast.

If I put the sac in the belly the weight balance front to back is about 50/50 (because I can't fill the sac completely full in the belly) This makes the wake thicker, but not really taller. If I put it behind the motor box it does make it more vert, but the last time I put it there I got back in the boat thinking "wow that was cool, but it really didn't help me do more tricks".

I don't like putting the sac there because of space. I always have minimum of 5 people in the boat and usually more. One thing about the 206 is that there is really not alot of space to add weight and keep it hidden.