One of the prior positive comments about these boats is they don't weigh as much as a surf boat....this is part of the reason why they don't throw as big a wake. If you are looking for this boat to be competitive with Wake boats for wake surfing....you are looking at the wrong boat. Can they be made to throw a wave - Yes. Will it be push button - No.
Just look at the stern of any wake surf boat - they are HUGE. Why? Because they need room to store all the ballast. This means that their transoms are not inviting from a socializing perspective - you are either IN the boat, or OUT of the boat.
Look at the back of these boats....its a huge chunk of space between the cabin and the stern....
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All so you can have these huge ballast capabilities:
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Now look at the back of a Yamaha from above and you can see how different the layout is:
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The only way Yamaha boats will be serious competition to the wake boat market would be to:
- Switch the stern layout to focus on nothing but ballast
- Continue to refine the jet pump outputs to improve wake shape
Until this happens.....these boats will remain well rounded boats that can do a lot of different things - but throw huge waves stock won't be one of them.