<P> Generally speaking, wakeboard specific boats are V - drive boats . This means they are an inboard boat with the engine placed backwards in the rear of the boat . This is done to keep more weight in the back of the boat and make the wake larger . Some wakeboard specific boat models are direct drive boats where the engine is in the middle of the boat . Most wakeboard boats will have several features that help to create large wakes . These include ballast, hydrofoil, and hull technology . Ballast is a simple term for weight . When wakeboard boats have ballast tanks, it means that they have room for extra weight to weigh the boat down for larger wakes . For example . If the rider is surfing on the starboard side of the stern . Then you want to activate the starboard ballast in order to give the rider a surf - able wave . All these key features would not be anything if it was not for cruise control . Cruise control innovated wake boarding . Throttles on v drive boats are extremely sensitive and it is hard to get to the desired speed of the rider . When cruise control is set the driver can push the throttle all the way down and the boat will not go any faster than the desired speed . It locks the engine in at that rpm . Cruise control is also very safe because when pulling a rider there is a lot to have to worry about . Cruise control minuses one less worry allowing for a fun wakeboard run . </P> <P> Many watersports boat manufacturers have developed systems to further enhance the shape of the wakes their boats create . These devices often help to lower the stern of the boat, which creates a larger wake and are very useful when wakesurfing as well . However, the quality and size of the wake is largely a function of the hull design and ballast weight of the boat . </P> <P> Malibu Boats' "Wedge" is a hydrofoil device that can be extended or retracted . When the "Wedge" is extended it creates downward force that pulls the stern of the boat lower in the water . Mastercraft boats use an "attitude adjustment plate" which is a large trim tab that allows the boat to be trimmed - enhancing the wake . Nautique developed the "Hydrogate" which uses Bernoulli's Principle to trim their wakeboarding boats . It works by creating a small channel along the stern of the boat at the transom - when it is closed, the nose of the boat is lower when on a plane creating a wake better for skiing . When the trough opens, approximately 1 / 2 inches deep, the higher velocity of the water through the trough creates a region of lower pressure, and causes the transom to settle lower, for wakeboarding . Epic Boats Integrated Wake Shape Plate and Dynamic Reduction of Pressure Zone Wake - Enhancing Technology . The hull is specifically molded to displace monumental amounts of water . Skiers Choice, manufacturer of Supra and Moomba, has created a wake plate that aids the boat in planing by allowing the driver to adjust the device (basically a trim tab). All manufactures have some type of ballast system in addition to the other devices . </P> <P> Hull technology is the innovation and R&D that the manufacturers put into their boats to ensure the best stock wake possible . Many boarders use aftermarket ballast and lead to further weigh down their boats for very large wakes or for sports such as wake surfing . Most wakeboat manufacturers have installed factory ballast but sometimes more weight is needed . Ballast can take the form of hard tanks or soft bags which are filled with water from the body of water the boat is being operated on . Wakeboard boats have a certain type of hull to allow for bigger wakes . The bigger the wake the more the stern is sitting in the water . These boats are not good for shallow waters considering their draft is roughly over 3 feet . There is a rudder propeller and shaft drive along with three fins directly under the boat . Shallow waters with that much instruments under the boat will call for disaster . These boats are not good substitutes for fishing boats for that reason . Most fishing boats have a flat bottom hull and an outboard motor which is completely retractable . They also have a plastic trolling motor in case they ever get into sticky situations . Wakeboard boats offer depth finders to keep out of the shallow stuff . People often think that if they ruin a prop on an inboard that it will be an easy fix . Inboard props do not come off without a special tool that can be costly . </P>

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