NICKYPOO's Ballast Thread

[Moki]

I've got the two captain's chairs in the main area and long bow seats upfront.

It looks like it is going to cost me around $4K to get everything reupholstered. Ouch!

I am going to go with a gray and darker carbon looking gray on the seats.

I still love to waterski and the 2300 wake is not nearly as flat as yours, let's trade!

[IDBoating]

It looks like it is going to cost me around $4K to get everything reupholstered. Ouch!

Is most of the money in the fabric, or the labor?

[NICKYPOO]

I can always see how much fuel I have.

[NICKYPOO]

I've got the two captain's chairs in the main area and long bow seats upfront.

It looks like it is going to cost me around $4K to get everything reupholstered. Ouch!

I am going to go with a gray and darker carbon looking gray on the seats.

I still love to waterski and the 2300 wake is not nearly as flat as yours, let's trade!

My guy quoted me 2k to do all of mine. That would be about 1k in material.

Man, I'm on your side but, half of my boat belongs to the wife. She just hit her first ball in the course on Sunday. You might have to fight her for her half. She is turning into a slalom junky.

[NICKYPOO]

Update! Transom lights work. I didn't run with them, just flipped em on in the marina to check them out.

[topaz surfer]

looks good have you been out testing your new ballast set up yet? What marina is that?

[NICKYPOO]

I have been doing some testing. I just got back from 5 days at Shasta (Antlers). I'll get some pics up as soon as I get the pics from the real camera downloaded. What I have found though is my platform is dragging. I'll need to clip it. This really wasn't an issue before so, I guess its a good thing and shows the ballast is effective. The thing I'm not used to? Taps. I've always run taps on 8 for surfing my boat. I've found 4 to be optimal so far. That might just be the platform issue though. The wakes that look really good though are the wakeboard wakes. They made me want to strap one on and have a go. They were super nice. My sister was the only wakeboarder out with us and she is not good but, she was the only one with a wakeboard. It was all she could could do to get over them. She definitely wasn't expecting them to be as big as they were and strugled a bit at first to get over them and, on one occasion, got stuck outside of them until she figured out that she would have to edge up the face of them in order to carry enough momentum to get over them.

The Double O got extremely good reviews from all who road behind and in her. They were all somewhat said under their respective breaths since my uncle's pride and joy (the red Malibu in the pic above) was always right next to it and nobody wanted to hurt the owner's feelings. I insisted they were just being polite and a bit paranoid but, they all insisted they liked the Double better. From wakes to interior to ride, the comments from those that have been in his 'Bu and were just getting to know the Double for the first time, were all the same. "That wake is awsome! Now this is a comfortable boat. It's so quiet. It's just nicer to be in." All common comments from the week, always said after checking around for the 'Bu to make sure it's owner wasn't within earshot.

I'm taking this weekend off from the boat and I'll be out watching aircraft through Saturday so, not sure when I'll get to the pics but I will get to them.

[topaz surfer]

Nice, shasta for five days lucky you. Well I cut down my deck last week and now im working on my fae flap to cut down some new spray. Don't think I will be able to get out this weekend either to test the flap but soon. Well im still playing with my taps but I have to run mine below 1 so not sure what to tell you there. Sounds like you made a good improvement on your wake. Can't wait to see the pics.

[dgalindo1987]

what year boat is that? is that the orginal tank in the rear? i didnt think they were aluminum like that.. good to know.. My fuel gauge is all wacky and i would like to fix it but i wasnt sure on how but it doesn't look to hard.

[Moki]

Is most of the money in the fabric, or the labor?

I found a place that will do it for 2K as well. Most of the money is in the labor. It is in the shop now.

[Moki]

Update! Transom lights work. I didn't run with them, just flipped em on in the marina to check them out.

Those lights are the shizzle dizzle. Why buy a new boat when yours looks better than that Malibu?!

[Yessup]

Im dying to see the updated pics of your wake. What an outstanding job you have done. How much would you charge to come to California and dial in my boat?

[NICKYPOO]

Damn, I know. Sorry. I'm super bummed about all my surf wake pics. They all, and I mean all of them suck. I seem to be the only reliable camera operator on the boat and when I'm not riding, I'm driving. I've at least 200 crappy wakesurf photos. I'm kinda bummed. To be fair, me and the wife are the only reliable surfers in the family. Everybody else is still hanging from a rope. They're yanking on the boat, floundering up and down the wake, sigh, it gets kinda old but, I love my family so...

I still need to trim my platform too. That should help a lot. Still getting it dialed in. Once I get my fat homies out, it'll be game on. Stay tuned dude, I'll get some decent shots soon. Hopefully ridin on Sun.

4k + travel expenses.

[Moki]

You need to check out my upholstery pics in the General Thread, I used this Spray-on upholstery from the makers of Chia Pet. You just spray, water, and watch it grow. It turned out great!

[Yessup]

Very tempting, I need to see some wake pics tho