We upgraded to a 22 ft Signature Series this year and have friends with a bowrider. This past weekend we went to some cooler water to swim for the day instead of the murky warmth of our typical sandbar. We tied the boats togather and had a ski on either side. Some old guy in a gazillion footer was pulling a skier and for 4 or 5 passes failed to see the wide open lake with no boats all around and insited on driving huge wakes into us. We finally did some waving and yelling and chased him away, but the damage was done. Slightly dented toon from one of the skis and a pretty big gouge on the other siderail from the bowrider's wakeboard tower. No damage to skis or bowrider, thankfully.
My question is, when tieing two boats of such dissimilar size and rail depth, what has anyone had success with? We used three bumpers and it worked well when there wasn't a tidal wave on us, but we had to watch his tower didn't roll into our bimini frame, and then there was how tight do we tie them together, etc. etc. It was both our first time trying it so we were definately winging it, but we both have been baoting for years and aren't dummies. Advice?
My question is, when tieing two boats of such dissimilar size and rail depth, what has anyone had success with? We used three bumpers and it worked well when there wasn't a tidal wave on us, but we had to watch his tower didn't roll into our bimini frame, and then there was how tight do we tie them together, etc. etc. It was both our first time trying it so we were definately winging it, but we both have been baoting for years and aren't dummies. Advice?
