If you or your loved ones and friends love watersports like water skiing, wakeboarding, or riding in inner tubes, then you’ll need a wake boat that will make performing these sports feasible. Wake boats come with a number of features, so it’s important to consider which ones you need before buying a wake boat of your own. Here’s what to know when shopping for the perfect wake boat.

Purpose & Design

Wake boats, also known as wakeboard or ski boats, are powerful motorboats designed to tow water skiers, wakeboarders, wakesurfers, and people riding inner tubes. If you’re not towing anyone, you can simply enjoy the ride by taking your friends out to the lake for a speedy cruise on a sunny day.

The features that come standard on most wake boats include cruise-control systems to control the speed of the boat, hydrofoil plates to help you shape the wakes, a rear-facing inboard or sterndrive engine, and ballast, which is another term for weight. Adding weight to the stern of the boat helps to push it deeper into the water to generate larger wakes.

Speed & Capacity

Wake boats might come with high-powered or low-powered engines, and they might be larger or smaller to accommodate more or fewer passengers at a time. You’ll need to think about whether you want a more or less powerful boat; if you’re a novice, a boat with less horsepower might be best. If you’re not taking many people on board at once, you can get away with a smaller boat.

Stop by one of our Utah dealership locations in Centerville or Hurricane to take a look at our wide selection of new and used wake boats for sale. Roger’s Performance Marine is proud to serve our customers in greater Salt Lake City and St. George, UT.