My local lake is largest on the south end and the wind is usually out of the south during the summer but most of the boat ramps are on the northern half of the lake. Since the lake is usually choppy on windy days you either have to go all the way south to find smooth water or like most you go a little further north and tuck in behind a major hwy crossing. This area offers good tubing, sking, and wakeboarding but the problem is over crowding on the weekends. Is there a good method for getting thru the chop quickly that I have not found? I usually just trim down and motor along at 20mph to cut out the bouncing but was wondering what others do in boats the size of the 185 and 195 sport. I always see these larger 24' range boats just flying thru the choppy conditions and wonder did I buy to small of a boat? Right now I just could not see spending $25,000 on a used 24' range boat as a starter but now I think we maybe looking at new boats next spring...lol