2013 Sea Ray SLX 230

[matias]

Guys, im looking to buy a 2013 sea ray slx 230. 

Do you think is good for Slalom Ski? 

Thanks.

 

[ETskier]

Nope

[6balls]

It will pull a skier, but if wake matters at all it's going to be really big.  That is a deep v-hull that will ride nice in big waves, bank/tip in the corners in the direction of travel, and have lots of space.  It's very far from what we around here would consider a ski boat.  

[Horton]

it depends on what you want. If you want to progress as a slalom skier then wakes matter - a lot.

[matias]

12 hours ago, 6balls said:

It will pull a skier, but if wake matters at all it's going to be really big.  That is a deep v-hull that will ride nice in big waves, bank/tip in the corners in the direction of travel, and have lots of space.  It's very far from what we around here would consider a ski boat.  

 

12 hours ago, Horton said:

it depends on what you want. If you want to progress as a slalom skier then wakes matter - a lot.

Today I ride a Bayliner 180 with a Evinrude 150HP. Do you think it would do a much diferent Wake? 

Thanks

 

[skibrain]

The slalom wake would be larger (worse)  behind the Sea Ray. The Sea Ray likely weighs twice that of your Bayliner. More passengers onboard (which I suspect is the reason to buy a larger boat) will add to a problem of a wake shape and firmness that is undesirable for skiing back and forth through that wake quickly. 
 

Ski boats are designed with, among other things, a flat or very minimal dead rise (v-shape) to the hull.  

[6balls]

My guess is a fair bit bigger than the Bayliner, which is a fair bit bigger than any true ski boat.  

[ScottScott]

• Brand not terribly significant as far as it goes with a bow rider. A smaller 18ft boat is reasonable to start slalom with. I ran the course at 28 mph behind an 18' sea ray 180 before we got our prostar. Not long ago I skied behind my brothers 22 ft Chaparral and got launched over the wakes. No way I could run the course behind that boat. 

[escmanaze]

If you want to ski like what you see at the 5:00 mark of this video, then the boat will be fine and dandy

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=462203897808301


If, however, you ever want to learn to ski more like this video, then you need a real ski boat.  
 

 

[VONMAN]

@matias Try before you buy. If you do get bit by the ski bug you will be wasting time and money in the long run.