Obviously, you need enough speed to be able to ski behind a boat, and to get speed, you need enough horsepower in the engine.
The following are 3 very very hasty generalizations about what horsepower engine you'll need on a pontoon boat for skiing. Each boat performs very differently, ...
to operate a power-boat (including a PWC) with a motor greater than 10 hp.
While a 40 hp engine might be okay to push a pontoon boat around the
Agree with REW, you can ski behind most motors if you prop it right. Drop 2-4" in pitch and use only for skiing. You can't go WOT with this setup ...
i have a 15 ft tri hual with a 70 hp johnson i can not get up on skis it
2 bladed prop. So small the motor would turn 7,300 RPM at full speed. 0.
In order to get enough speed, you need enough horsepower in the engine. Generally speaking, if you want someone wakeboarding or water skiing behind you ...
i skied 15 off with a wooden ski when i was a kid. he looks at my boat
under the age of 16 to operate a vessel powered by a motor of 15 hp or more,