Imagine Skiing Behind This Boat.............

[JonB]

1939 - 55' Thunderbird - John Hacker Design - Twin V-12's - 550 hp each.

Begs the question......what is the biggest boat you have ever skied behind??

(35' houseboat for me - wakes were waist high, 100' behind the boat)

 

[Jody_Seal]

Cool!! As a kid hanging around on Flathead lake there was an old guy that had a big Stan Craft with a HEMI and he used to give us ski rides around Woods bay on Flathead lake.. We were just happy as can be just to get a ski ride back then..

[mikegile]

Nice!

 

I grew up skiing behind a 1965 Century. Wakes were not quite as big as that bad boy, but they got your attention!

[mlange]

1965 Chris Craft SuperSport.

 

My family still has that boat today. Such a cool boat to own, but awful to get a pull from.

[mwetskier]

second for the 65 century resorter. had a marinized rambler engine.

[Nando]

That is one of the coolest boats I've ever seen! Of course the wake would suck, but who could pass up the chance to ski behind it? One of the few boats that driving would appeal to me more than skiing behind it, though. That is awesome!

[ski6jones]

I have no idea how you could see to drive if the picture is accurate. Cool looking boat though.

[ForrestGump]

32ft Chris Craft cabin cruiser on Chesapeake Bay.

[lpskier]

I tricked behind a 50' cruise boat at my bachelor party (the party started with a cocktail cruise). It sucked. The skiing, not the party. Actually, the party was pretty out of control...

[Wish]

Imagine skiing behind this....

Frothy between wakes?

 

[GregHind]

Biggest boat I have ever skied behind was 5 years ago today exactly. 3100hp. 154 skiers from a deep start. Lost 9 mostly due the domino effect.

 

[Shortenit]

I skied behind my 41' offshore back in the day. On the Hudson River no less. Went under the George Washington, Tappan Zee, and Bear Mountain bridges. (But not continuously).

Wake crossings weren't as bad as you'd think, but the wakes from passing ships were another thing entirely.......

[Hockdog]

15' 1958 Chris Craft Cavalier and then a 1964 Chris Craft Super Sport, still in the family.

[socalskier]

The original boat in this thread, the thunderbird, still is alive and well on Lake Tahoe. Google it, it has quite a history. It is rentable, but pricey!

[Nando]

And here's the Thunderbird's web site: http://thunderbirdtahoe.org/yacht-history

[Roger]

You link seems broken, here is one that works:

Thunderbird Yacht History

[MISkier]

On a episode of Mythbusters, they had one of the team ride a wakeboard (I know, not skiing) behind a cruise ship. They got them up with another boat, caught up to the cruise ship, and grabbed the rope from the ship to switch.