Hello, and thanks for any advice. I'm 31 and looking to purchase my first boat. I grew up boating and for the first 14 years of my life i actually lived at a lake. Sadly I haven't been to a lake in 10 years. I have no contacts in the local boating community, except old bass fishermen like my father.
Now back to the question, I'm looking for boat to hold 8 people around 1600lbs. It would have to be able to pull multi person tubes. I haven't had the chance to wakeboard yet but it looks like something i would really enjoy. My big fear is to purchase a boat today and then want and possibly turn around and purchase a wakeboard boat later in the year or next. Will wakeboarding still be fun or will I outgrow my boat quickly? I'm comfortable spending 25k but my wife is more on the 15k range as she has never been boating. I've found a 2000 wakesetter that I like, but the wife is leaning towards something like newer bayliner or four winns.
I live in a windy area, the lake usually white caps but you can find a nice cove to play in if you don't mind the ride, afternoons wind does die out. Lake size is around 10k acres 65ft deep which just came up from about 45ft 2 years ago, but use to be 100-80ft when I was kid.
Now back to the question, I'm looking for boat to hold 8 people around 1600lbs. It would have to be able to pull multi person tubes. I haven't had the chance to wakeboard yet but it looks like something i would really enjoy. My big fear is to purchase a boat today and then want and possibly turn around and purchase a wakeboard boat later in the year or next. Will wakeboarding still be fun or will I outgrow my boat quickly? I'm comfortable spending 25k but my wife is more on the 15k range as she has never been boating. I've found a 2000 wakesetter that I like, but the wife is leaning towards something like newer bayliner or four winns.
I live in a windy area, the lake usually white caps but you can find a nice cove to play in if you don't mind the ride, afternoons wind does die out. Lake size is around 10k acres 65ft deep which just came up from about 45ft 2 years ago, but use to be 100-80ft when I was kid.