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I'm not sure. I never use the no wake mode. Jet boats have the advantage of the reverse bucket so it's no problem to alternate between forward/reverse a lot. So when I pull on the trailer, I could alternate at least 10+ times. No throttle. Idling. Forward, back, foward, back, forward.. While turning the wheel to push the transom left, right, left, right... Master this technique and you can steer this boat literally anywhere that it can fit. Give me a canal 20ft wide and I can do a u-turn without any issue.
You do this exact thing, except bump No Wake Mode up to level 2 or 3. Works under the premise that if you have no thrust you have no control. So you need to increase thrust slightly to increase control slightly.
Can't come in in neutral, bump forward, then back to neutral as much as you need to maintain your straightness without picking up excess speed. And get some guide poles, my wife loads like a boss now and completely sucked last year. I do have cobra fins, which help immensely as well. I always think she's coming in too hot, but the bunks always stop the boat 3-4 ft from the bow stop
Coming in slow is a constant shift between forward and reverse.
The above replies are all accurate. No-wake mode is a combination of two things: TDE (Thrust Directional Enhancement) and no-wake mode itself. The picture below and video do a good job of explaining what TDE is/how it works. No-wake mode when engaged simply just sets the engine RPM's to a steady amount. Within no-wake mode there are three different speeds. I don't recall the exact RPM's but for example no-wake mode 1 is 1500 RPM, no-wake mode 2 is 1800 RPM and no-wake mode 3 is 2100 RPM. Essentially what this allows you to do when maneuvering around a dock or trailering is to have a more consistent and precise control of the boat as you alternate between the forward & reverse TDE detents because the RPM's aren't fluctuating, they are fixed depending upon the no-wake mode you have selected. So in order to "properly utilize no-wake mode" as you approach a dock, trailer, another boat, etc. you select no-wake mode 1, 2, or 3 and alternate between the forward and reverse detents. Some people choose not to use TDE/no-wake and they just alternate between full forward/reverse. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. For anyone who came from an I/O that's kinda how its done so perhaps its a holdover habit from that experience or old habits die hard (I know I suffered from it). The kicker however with doing it that way is you open yourself up to getting unstable as you approach a dock because you may be adding too much/too little thrust. In jet boats, more precise throttle control = improved steering and no-wake mode allows you to accomplish that quite a bit easier IMO.
