can older boat have big wake?

i love the older boats (1965-1979) but mainly want one for wakeboarding. do any of these older boats throw a big wake or are they mainly for skiing? have two obsessed kids that want to be pulled everyday!

This subject has been gone over in the past on this forum. The entire 80's run of the 2001 SN are hugely sought after by the wakeboard community. They throw an awesome wake without weight and it gets even better with weight. The later 70's SN are just as good but you may need to add weight. Those boats were smaller and lighter than the 2001's. Not sure if the 60's boats would be to your liking. They are even smaller and lighter than the 70's models and you would start to get into serious space constraints with them.

I love the old boats too. My $.02 would be to stick with an 82-89 if you are seeking an older boat for wakeboarding. Bigger than most of the boats from previous years; affordable; simple boats, not too hard to find parts; and very coveted as wakeboard boats. BKH

wow- thanks so much for the info- so far i have been told to look at the barefoot nautique 2001 editions (82-89's)...just not quite the old classic look i was going for, but may just have to go that route for the wake. thanks again...

You can defiantly get a good wake out of an old boat. like said above I have a 72 marauder and it has an amazing wake. I have been told by some reliable sources that I have a 50,000 dollar wake!

All three of these models I would assume have very good wakes they have very similar hall designs. "I would think you could get a respectable wake out of a Freeport, Marauder, Southwind all of which are of decent size ~20'"

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1983 2001

in that pic im running 440# on both sides of the motor and two peeps in boat. going to replace the 440#s with 700#. cause the wake with a full boat or another bag in the boat it gets even better. but 3 bags and there isnt any room for anything else. i ride 23mph at 75ft