[Jgos929]

How many people can I comfortably get on my 97 Shabah 180? My bday is coming up and we wanna go to the lake and take some friends. I got 7 people total including my wife and I. With that many people weight wise will we have any issues skiing or tubing?

Thanks

[theeasynine]

What are you rated for total? I don't think 7 should be too bad especially with one or two people tubing or skiing. The more the merrier I say.

[Jgos929]

Rated for?

[rajjneef]

7 people on an 18' boat is crowded. Hopefully they are all good friends!

[theeasynine]

Passengers/weight

[DFZ272]

If you want to be LEGAL, check your coast guard tag in your boat for #people and/OR WEIGHT. The only issue I see may be if most ppl are sitting in the back of your boat when you are trying to pull somebody on ski's, on take off you may have to tell them to sit up front if your boat doesn't want to plane out quickly.

Happy Boating
Dan

[Jgos929]

Originally Posted by rajjneef

7 people on an 18' boat is crowded. Hopefully they are all good friends!

Yeah that's what I think to

Originally Posted by theeasynine

Passengers/weight

Probably close to 1Klbs.

Originally Posted by DFZ272

If you want to be LEGAL, check your coast guard tag in your boat for #people and/OR WEIGHT. The only issue I see may be if most ppl are sitting in the back of your boat when you are trying to pull somebody on ski's, on take off you may have to tell them to sit up front if your boat doesn't want to plane out quickly.

Happy Boating
Dan

I really don't wanna hassle with all the shuffling around. Also I don't pick my boat up till Friday so I don't have a tag to look at yet

Thanks for the help guys. I'll probably just go with 6 to be safe

[Paul F]

My '95 Talari 180 says 6 people, 900 lbs.

I could be wrong, but it seems like that increased in later models.

[Jgos929]

I looked and mine says 9 people. Thats a lot of people on an 18' boat.

[mikeyt]

My 180 says 8 persons or 1055lbs. That's really packing them in on an 18'...