Looking for advice on a new family boat. Within our budget there are options for Sea rays, chaparral, 4 winns, Glastron, etc. I want a boat I can ski behind with little wake, but I’m a long way off being a great skiier and only open water. There are options for some older direct drives, but typically more expensive. Plus where we spend our lake time, we like to pull the boat up on the beach which would be touch with a direct drive.
is there a preferred type of I/o or bow rider that throws a smaller wake? Or will I just be disappointed with the size of wake and find a way to make an older direct drive work? (2001 tige, 2004 moomba are some options). As I said I love to ski and can still pull hard with good spray, and hoping to improve once we get a boat. Also we live in Canada so limited time to ski and options for boats.
Any advice on preferred options for I/o would be great!
Thanks!