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Here's a pic of the hardware that is on the inside of the boat, the other end of the bow eye shown in my first post.

My original plan was to make a bridle that would attach to the Whaler at three points--the two stern lifting eyes and the bow eye, which I thought was a tow eye, with the three lines joining at a ring several feet in front of the boat. This would spread the load and also tend to keep the boat in line behind the towing boat.

It would be attached (via the long tow line) to a bridle from the towing boat. I expect the total length of the tow setup to be somewhere north of 100' in length.

Joe, I looked in the owner's manual in the download section and there is very little mention of towing. It talks about the light weight of the 13 but I suspect that's referring to some of the older models. The 2010 130 Supersport is not a light weight boat. Like Blake mentioned above, this thing is probably going to tow like a drogue. I also have a 1981 13' Whaler and there's a lot of difference between them in weight.

Weatherly, that tow eye you linked to is definitely heavier duty than what I have. Do you know if I can just order that tow eye and replace mine with it? Is it hooked to the same setup I showed in the photo above?

It's hard to tell in the photo above, but it looks like the interior end of that bow eye could be removed and a plate fabricated that would spread the load. At the aft end of the fitting pictured above is what appears to be a stainless cap nut.

Am I correct in assuming that if this nut were removed that the interior piece could be lifted off and the piece on the outside of the hull be removed? If that's the case, a stainless plate could be made up for both the inside and outside of the hull. That would require rebedding the whole thing and a longer threaded rod to connect it all back together.

Your thoughts on this?

BTW, I appreciate all of your responses.

FYI, I did contact Rope Inc for a quote on a Mighty Tow! setup.