Ski boat will be way better. You have the swim platform to work/troubleshoot and no engine in the way back there at the transom. The spool of rope sits perfectly on the engine box.
Deploy with the wind, retrieve against the wind (if there is wind). Driver not even required for retrieval as you pull yourself along with the rope anyway.
In between each rope diamond, I prep each arm by putting the 3 sections across the gunwhale, unclipping the buoy lines, clipping on buoys, while they are still not telescoped out. Then when the rope diamond comes out of the spool, put that on the center section, then extend the outer section (with turn ball on it already), connect to middle section, extend that, connect to boat lane section, and then extend that. Basically telescope, connect, telescope, connect, telescope. Drop in, start staging the next arm.
20 minute process once you get the hang of it.