2003 24V or 2005 20V???

[talbertini]

Hi I am currently evaluating 2 Tiges and interested in others thoughts on which to go for...The 2003 24V has been a saltwater boat cut has a ceramic intake so as far as I can tell it has not been adversly affected by the saltwater. The 2005 20V is one of only 2 Tige US Open boats that they made and is loaded to the kilt including ballast. At the end of the day the 24V has about 100 more hours but is almost 10k less than the 20V. All I care about is wakesurfing to quite honest so your help would be much appreciated! Thanks

[mtnsmith]

I'd go with the 24v if wakesurfing is your desire...from what I've heard.

[TigeDuner]

Bigger is always better when you want friends around. You can add a ballst system (we ordered our system from SPBFAN today and hope to install in a couple of weeks) with your savings. We are on our second 24' Tige and love it.

[da.bell]

24V will have a much better wake for wakesurfing...

[ctcranor]

24 for the wakesurfing for sure. I have the 20V and love it for its all around performance. It does everything well and nothing perfect!!! My wife is a skier or we'd be on a larger boat as I love to surf.

[dogbert]

The longer boat will give you a better shaped surf wave.

[yllw20]

if surf'n is your purpose go w/the 24

[talbertini]

Thanks for the input, would anyone have any problem with the fact that it was a saltwater boat? Thanks!

[da.bell]

How many hours are on the 24V???? Of those hours, how many saltwater hours? What is the maintenance logs look like? Are they current? Have you checked inside the engine compartment for any salt crystals?

[talbertini]

200 hours and I will have to do some digging to find out about how many of them were salt. Also I have not seen the boat or looked at the maintenance logs yet but hope to this next weekend. Thanks for giving me a heads up on what to look for

[da.bell]

If done correctly, the owner should have been giving it a fresh water flush each and every time out. IMO, I don't think there will be that big of a problem but the salt crystals will kind of tell you how much he did to clean it up after the day. We do have a few members on here that run their boats in salt water a lot if not all of the time and they haven't had an issue.

[talbertini]

CTCRANOR, do you use ballast with your 20V? Does it atleast give you a no handle surf wake? Thanks

[balair]

I would definately go with the 24v. I have a 22v and i have problems as it is fitting everyone in the boat, I can't imagine having a 20v. Plus the draft on a 24v is 13 inches deeper giving you a much bigger wake for surfng.

Also with the 10k you will save you will be able to deck it out with some pretty sweet stuff that the 20v you are looking at could only dream of having. That or fill it up two or three times

[whitlock87]

I would like to say that the 20V will out handle the 24V and consume about 60% of the fuel that the 24V will


Somebody had to stand up for the 20V.

[TeamAllen]

The biggest problem I have heard, in regards to salt water, isn't with the boats, but with the trailer. They go down hill fast. Make sure to check that out as well.