If you're pulling skiers, or outfitting a bass boat and hole shot as well as top speed are concerns, I think you'll want to stay under 18'. If it's a deep water fishing rig (not hole-to-hole zippin' bass boat) and getting up on plane quickly isn't a concern, 20' isn't out of the picture. More @Wikipedia
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