196 for barefoot?

[boatbuddy]

For barefoot is a 196 with a 330 enough?

Looking for a boat for Ski and barefoot

[j2nh]

Short answer is yes.

Gets questionable after 2 footers at the same time.
Wake is not perfect, but plenty of speed (39-41). 90-100 foot rope a must.

[TRBenj]

We do a lot of barefooting behind a few TSC2 (no hydrogate) 196's with the 330hp Excal. They do just fine, and can pull a LL footer a solid 43mph. We've pulled 4 deepwater, so its not short on power. The wake/table is ok, but not the greatest- but I have seen much worse. I do agree that a 90+ foot line is recommended.

I assume that because youre asking about a 330hp motor, that the boat in question does not have a hydrogate- but if it does, top end speed should increase by a few mph.

[AirTool]

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[BaylorUBearFootin]

**** yes it is!

I barefoot behind my 196 all the time, and totally agree...90-100 foot rope. Other than that, it's great. Is it a MC BF200 or a Sanger BF? No, definitely not. But have you ever slalomed behind either of those boats? I'll take a 196 any day for a kick-tail slalom wake and a very solid bf wake over a kick tail bf wake and a horrible slalom wake!

I've pulled several behind mine at once with no issue whatsoever....but it also depends on the prop, I'd guess.