Can a party barge pull you?

wkbrdlvr · Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 10 City: Hot Springs

I told her not to do it, but my mom just decided to buy a party barge. Rolling Eyes

She thinks it will pull me wakeboarding, but I'm not so sure. The boat is a 24 footer and has a 115 horsepower engine. Im going to look really dumb, but I just want to practice riding switch and hopping the wake, so will a party barge work???

bighitbiker3 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 386 City: Seattle

Is it like a pontoon boat. If it is yes it will pull you. There is another thread on here about a pontoon boat and wakeboarding you can search for that if you feel the need.

wkbrdlvr · Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 10 City: Hot Springs

Yeah its a pontoon boat...I'll have to look for that other thread on here. Thanks!

svt_gEEk · Outlaw Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 152 City: Tupelo

That pontoon will definately pull you. However, you're not going to be able to get a nice wake to jump off of. My friend and I wakeboarded behind a 50hp pontoon last weekend for the heck of it so you can definately do it behind a 115hp.

bmartin · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 794

Everybody in AR calls pontoon boats 'Party Barges' like southerner's call soda Coke.

numbfoot · Posted: Jul 25, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:

or like montanans call soda "pop". but i'm originally from california, so it's soda to me. i call pontoon boats poon boats cuz it's easier and they're usually really pussyish. Laughing

Mikey27 · Posted: Jul 26, 2005 4:53 am Post subject:

I have rode behind a pontoon boat before. It is ok for just learning the basics of boarding but you will not progress to doing any sort of jump tricks.

DunDunDun · Posted: Jul 26, 2005 5:45 am Post subject:

haha imagine behind a catameran Laughing

DLS · Outlaw Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 128 City: Modesto

A friend just got a 22' sweetwater with a 115 merc this spring. It tops out about 25mph.
It will pull you for sure but there is no wake. I thought it was Colorful

when he got it, but after we put a system in it seems like at the party cove everyone is on the party barge.

We put (2) 12" JL W-3 and (8 ) Eclipse 6.5" (2) PG amps an 800-2, 600-2, easy install on a pontoon and it sounds good.
And now he's polishing the alum pontoons, it looks good but I still think he's on crack!

Have fun.

Snoop108 · Criminal Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 59 City: iola

i done it before but dont be embarrassed just imagine everyone else in their underwear lol. nah just go at it and have fun and learn the basics and u can practice switch tricks too.