Can you goWakeboarding/Water Skiiing behind a 17 Foot Carolina Skiff with a 60hp Yamaha 2 Stroke?

I have a 1997 Carolina Skiff that has a 2001 Yamaha 2 stroke 60hp on the back, the boat does not have towing clips on it just cleats on the back that Carolina Skiff put in. My question is that can I water ski or wakeboard using the cleats, I have a tow harness that distributes the weight to either side? Also If I have two 160 pounds people in the boat and one 140 pounds person being towed on water skis will it work?|||I would put two tow eyes on the transom and not use the cleats. But a lot of Carolina skiffs have them, so you might be calling them cleats. It's a 20 min job to put on the tow eyes. Drill the holes, caulk and tighten up. You should do fine towing the skier, and you should get enough wake for beginners to wake-board You might need to change the prop to a lower pitch, but you might be fine with the one you have.|||I can pull a wake boarder with a ten and a half ft inflatable with a 20 horse so you can most definately do it|||yes...|||i kinda doubt it.


tubing and kneeboarding and a lot of other things, certainly. and the boat is probably plenty of fast enough (25 is generally the fastest safe recommended speed).





but skiiing and wakeboarding, you need to be able to get going quickly so the person riding one of those can get lifted up on the top of the water quickly instead of dragged through it.





and it helps to have the rope tied somewhere high above the water, which is the main purpose of those towers most ski boats have. the lower the rope is to the water the more it pulls the rider DOWN, especially as the boat accelrates and lifts its bow.





having a 60 hp outboard on my boat, i dont doubt your has the top speed. and it might even get up decently and be capable of lifting a SKILLED skiier or wakeboarder.





but its far from ideal for the purpose of pulling skiiers or wakeboarders.


and you arent gonna be happy if you buy one of them and nobody can get up on it behind your boat, i'd try to borrow one, possibly along with an experienced user that owns one, and find out if it works before i spend any money.








the weight of the 2 people in the boat and the rider is pretty insignificant. you cant really safely pull somebody without both a driver and a spotter, it may even be legally required to have a spotter.


and you want somebody more on the mature side, not a 50 lb KID.