Largest vessel waterskied / wake boarded behind

The largest vessel water skied /wake boarded behind is the AIDAbella operated by captain Josef Husmann (Germany) with a gross tonnage of 69,203. Galileo TV reporter Jan Schwiderek (Germany) successfully water-skied for six minutes 25 seconds at 14 knots (26 km/h, 16 mph) behind the ship outside of Alicante, Spain, on 1 October 2010.

AIDAbella has the following dimensions: Length Overall 252.00 m, Breadth 32.20 m,
Air Draught @ Design Draught 48.00 m, Design Draught 7.30 m, Passenger Cabins 1,025