Taking a dip

[XBIGPUN66]

This is the reason that our boat engine is never shut off during changing riders etc. You can be sitting there and you see rollers coming (from other boats in the cove). You have to power up, drive perpendicular into the waves and get the bow up. When you are driving the boat the right way you will not dip the bow with your own wave. It takes concentration and effort.

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[brit_hunsicker]

This is the reason that our boat engine is never shut off during changing riders etc. You can be sitting there and you see rollers coming (from other boats in the cove). You have to power up, drive perpendicular into the waves and get the bow up. When you are driving the boat the right way you will not dip the bow with your own wave. It takes concentration and effort.

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You must be on one hellacious lake with monsoon size waves. Usually sitting at an idle, you should not have waves coming over any part of the boat. The issue is usually when you are in gear and the nose plows through the wave. I could see that being an issue maybe in a direct drive ski boat that is low profile but any newer wake boats are going to sit high enough out of the water that it would take one **** of a wave to come over the side or nose of the boat just sitting there.


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[XBIGPUN66]

Big rollers happen regularly on Mendota. Big yachts and also other surf boats in same cove.

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[Tallredrider]

You must be on one hellacious lake with monsoon size waves. Usually sitting at an idle, you should not have waves coming over any part of the boat. The issue is usually when you are in gear and the nose plows through the wave. I could see that being an issue maybe in a direct drive ski boat that is low profile but any newer wake boats are going to sit high enough out of the water that it would take one **** of a wave to come over the side or nose of the boat just sitting there.


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BigPun's profile says he is in a 210, which would explain it to me. I never took a roller over the front while sitting still in my G23. I could imagine that happening in a 210.

[functionoverfashion]

We call this an "uh-oh" for obvious reasons. But in particular, with a closed bow 2001, the driver sees it coming and says "uh-oh" right before the spotter gets drenched.

[scottb7]

I have to agree with few other people. My 210 was way more prone to take water over the bow then my g21. This was true if another boat was creating a massive wakeboard wake or if someone else or myself was surfing.

[Evening Shade]

My Malibu 23LSV was horrible about taking rollers over the bow. My 210 and GS210 aren’t nearly as bad, but it may also have to do with the fact that I’m a much more experienced driver now. You still have to bump the throttle with the 210 and GS20 to get the bow up over big rollers.

My Malibu was my first wake boat and while I had driven boats since I was kid, I didn’t even know what a power turn was back when I first got that boat. I’m happy to say I’m not one of “those guys” any more. I sure wish there was a way to teach boating and in particular tow sports etiquette to the masses.