Buy oars and a hard dink... much more enjoyable. You can get good exercise, enjoy the
water, and
work for your wake. Rowing really gives you an appreciation for the amount of
fuel wasted, erosion caused, and general negative effects of using a little "Wakemaker 9000" . The only time it is acceptable to be making a wake, is when there is enough
wind that you get up to
hull speed. At which point nobody is going to notice your wake anyway!
I have an
engine on my
boat, and I do use it, so I am not totally unreasonable, I just see a lot of "sailors" zipping around in their toy motorboats, and it disgusts me. Get in touch with nature!