What would you do?

[efox]

I have a 92 SN, that has recieve a bit of use this year...maybe 60 hours. We live on a private lake that allows only 20' and under runabouts. I found a 2001 SAN for a good price and the wife thinks it would be ok too. Problem is that means a minumum 45 minute tow to water, which all but eliminates the afterwork ride session or putting about the lake. However, we would have a much larger, and better boat for wakeboarding. What do you think? FWIW we have really been "trailer" boaters ever...spoiled I know!

Eric

[paulberry]

How long is a 2001 SAN 20'6 plus the platform have you approached the oweners if not i'd stay with what youve got i'd love to live at a lake and have those evening and morning sessions.......

P xxx

[redelf75]

Let me get this straight. You live on one lake with a 20' maximum and are considering buying a 22' boat and trailering 45 minutes to another lake? That doesn't make sense to me. Are there any wakeboard boats under 20'? Maybe CC should make a new model, the WakeTique! Any hope in petitioning the community board to update their rules?

I have a firend that lives on a private lake that has a 90hp max. Pontoon boats and fish/ski boats are the best you can do there. :x

[bkhallpass]

If you can't use the boat when you want to use it, then it is not "better."

I would stay with what you have until you find some thing you believe is better that
stays under your 20 ft limitation.

BKH

[Mikeski]

I would look for a nice 1995-96 Sport Nautique and weight it down for riding. There is no way I would give up the local private lake access just to get a bigger boat.

[bkhallpass]

Sport is too long Mike. 21Ft. I understand these Midwest lakes are really sticklers
on the limits.

BKH

[patoloco]

I've seen that problem while searching for lake houses here in Indiana. I've heard some private lakes don't really even enforce that rule, evidenced by the 21ft wakeboard boats out there, but thats a multi-thousand dollar gamble I wouldn't take.

If your on the lake already, I would make do with the SN. You could switch brands, I thought another mfr had a 20' v-drive, but I could be wrong.

I would definitly choose more time on the water behind a less appropriate boat than less time on the water.

One other thought- there is some "extra" fiberglass up front, I wonder if a good gel and fiberglass guy could shave off a foot without it falling apart?

[ajdouglas]

Are you nuts? :???:

I'ld trade my boat (04 Malibu RLXi) and the PIA waste of time going up and down the road for a 87 Bayliner if I could walk out my back door to a private lake!

Don't even consider trailering.

[Flux]

How long are the SN 2001's???

That boat is legendary for having a great wake with minimum weighting. You could probably get one for around 10k, add a tower and sacks or lead and still keep you other boat and be below what the SAN would cost you.

Have you considered talking to the association about it??

[gotpwr]

Re: What would you do?

Problem is that means a minumum 45 minute tow to water, which all but eliminates the afterwork ride session or putting about the lake.
Eric

What lake would you be towing to? I don't know of any lakes within 45 minutes of Lawrenceburg that would be worth going to, especially on weekends.

If you want a newer boat, find a 196 or SNOB and load it up with ballast.

[patoloco]

Wow...two boats, old 2001 loaded up for wakeboarding and SN for skiing....all for the price of 1 SAN...now thats an idea...you don't need all the gear/people space of the SAN on a private lake anyway.

Here's one right here in Indiana

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/8/9/79072689.htm

[bkhallpass]

Have you considered talking to the association about it??

Flux, certainly worth a try.

However, things are really a lot different
back there than here in CA. They've got lots of very long time
owners on these private and small lakes who really don't want to see big boats or big wakes. I've read about rules limiting boat length to 19 or 20 feet. Some limit horsepower to 150. Some don't allow ballast. Some don't allow use of towers or high poles.

It seems like a real longshot that efox could convince a majority of the
owners that they should allow larger boats. But who knows, anything is possible.

BKH

[Flux]

I feel for the guy, but am envious as well. In my neck of the woods, we have an hour minimum to trailer to a lake to wakeboard on. I started my career on a 92' sport and eventually split in on an 02 San, the difference is pretty big if you are a wakeboarder, and the SAN definately is a more social boat with everyone hanging in the same area.

Living on a lake is a dream for us down this way, all I can see is miles of desert. To be able to get in sets after work right out in back of my house?? Unreal. But that's just what I got, so I make the best of it.

My thought is that the best place to start before dropping the coin on the SAN is with the homeowners association. Being able to have a decent ski or wakeboard boat on the lake makes the property more valuable. But I would definately try to estimate how they feel about the large rollers the SAN's make, or any weighted boat for that matter.

If you just want a good wakeboard boat that conforms your lake's codes, then a SN2001 with about 100 lbs of ballast is a good way to go, and can you ever have enough Nautiques on your dock???

[BigBald]

I agree....go with the smaller boat and stick with your private lake. Maybe you should start hanging out with some "heavy" friends...or as I refer to them....Mr. and Mrs. Ballast... Yellow_Flash_Colorz:

The only other thing that I thought of....I wonder if your association will start putting pressure on wakeboarding in general. Prehaps limiting the amount of ballast or the wakeboarding activity totally?

[gotpwr]

Here you go, the elusive Air 196, only made for two years. :mrgreen:
http://www.whitelake.com/snob%2002.htm