LTE

Thanks for your feedback.

I would recommend that you direct that question to the boat manufacturer (not the dealer) and in your inquiry state if you are pulling a single or multi-passenger tube.

I agree with all of your comments and always felt that the cantilevered design was not adequate for pulling inflatables. The dealer has suggested construction of a custom bracket with added supports as opposed to using a harness attached to the transom eyes as I originally intended. He says that the harness is always in the boat wake and is problematic. No doubt that one could build a tow bracket that would be structurally robust enough and hack up the boat trying to find a suitable location to attach the added supports, but why? Is it that much of a constraint towing off of the transom eyes?

I have a Hurricane 217 Sundeck that we purchased new with the factory tow bar option. The bar is a typical cantilevered design and is bent after a few seasons to the point of requiring replacement. We primarily tow a two person tube as opposed to skiers and so I see no value in replacing the bar with one of the same design (the dealers agrees and admits this is a common problem when pulling inflatables). Anyone out there have pictures and/or knowledge of a manufacturer of a better tow bar design that might retrofit on our boat?