Wake tower factory weld just broke, may ditch tower in the woods

[H20isWet]

Our 2007 Speedster 150 with the factory wake tower just had a weld break on the tower, which caused or 3-day boating trip to come to an abrupt stop today. We are thinking of heading over to the local marine shop and giving them the tower. Seeing that this was a $2k option when new how much boat value an I giving away? We don't wakeboard, but do tow tubes and skiers occasionally so it's been nice having the high rope mount. The tower has always been a PITA since we keep the boat in the garage and it takes an extra 5 minutes to raise and lower it reach time it comes and goes.

How is the low (regular spot on rear deck) rope spot for skiers and tubers?

 

[jomamma]

Per the owners manual you are not to pull tubers with the tower. I believe its too much drag.

 

[Pirana]

take to an aluminum welder shouldn't be more than $200 to weld back

 

[SeaDoo Fan]

Get it TIG welded and keep it. If anything, you will have use of a bimini top. After I got my 2008 Speedster 150 I found a 1.5 in gap in a tower weld joint. Rather than fixing it, Seadoo replaced ,under warranty the entire tower with a newer style tower. So I have a 2008 boat with a 2012 tower. There was a big batch of bad towers in that time period.

 

[rcguy]

I have that weld fixed. The boat is worth more with the tower.