wierd wake and no power with fat sacs full

[dmgski22ve]

I have 1500 pounds of fat sacs (500 on each side of the engine, and 500 in walkthrough) in my 06 22ve and last time I was out at the lake my surf wake was not shaping up right and the boat wouldnt plane out when I wanted to wakeboard after surfing... unless I put the taps at 1 (for waterskiing) and then at 22 mph I would drop the taps back to 6 or 7 and the boat would slow down to 15 mph and not plane out again... does any one have any suggestions?

[rogersbm82]

Anytime you bring the taps plate up to raise the bow, it will slow down unless you give it more throttle. Adjusting taps is taking it off a plane and is pushing more boat through the water, requiring more power.

[zad0030]

The taps at 1 is there not just for waterskiing but to help the boat plane out. When at 1 the taps is pushing the stern up, and the bow down, making the boat more level to the water displacing less water, therefore taking less power to get on plane. When at 5 6 7 the hull is riding in its natural position, which is to plow through the water, displace more, and in turn it causes more drag which means it needs more power.

[chpthril]

Was this your normal lake, no hi-altitude vacation spot?

(1) Check you prop for dings or bends

(2) Is the fuel fresh? Fuel filter been replaced and flame arrester clean?

(3) Will the run out like normal with no ballast? Should run 40+ easy turning about 4,800 rpm's

(4) may want to verify that the speedo is still accurate.

[dmgski22ve]

This is my normal lake... still at 5500 ft (mile high) but the boat ran perfectly the week before with the same weight... and I did push the throttle down all the way and it would not respond and then I thought it was the tige speedset but i had that toggle switch off... I will take it out this weekend and see what it does...

[dmgski22ve]

also the wake was not shaping up right like it normally does for wakesurfing... is that from the swim platform being deeper in the water...?

[chpthril]

This is my normal lake... still at 5500 ft (mile high) but the boat ran perfectly the week before with the same weight... and I did push the throttle down all the way and it would not respond and then I thought it was the tige speedset but i had that toggle switch off... I will take it out this weekend and see what it does...

Do you have the Tige EIDB duel battery, if so, check the static charge of the ACC deep-cycle battery. Low levels will cause the ECM to go into reduced power mode.

[chpthril]

also the wake was not shaping up right like it normally does for wakesurfing... is that from the swim platform being deeper in the water...?

Any time we add, subtract, move weight, the speed and TAPS settings change.

[dmgski22ve]

thanks... i will check that... also what do you set your wakesurf taps setting at? and do you ride at 10mph? and put more weight on the surfers side of the wake... ie... move people over to one side? thanks again...

[chpthril]

thanks... i will check that... also what do you set your wakesurf taps setting at? and do you ride at 10mph? and put more weight on the surfers side of the wake... ie... move people over to one side? thanks again...

We run about 1,000 + peeps on the surf side, none in the bow or non-surf side.

10.5-11 and TAPS @ 4-5.

[sledhead54]

I have 1500 pounds of fat sacs (500 on each side of the engine, and 500 in walkthrough) in my 06 22ve and last time I was out at the lake my surf wake was not shaping up right and the boat wouldnt plane out when I wanted to wakeboard after surfing... unless I put the taps at 1 (for waterskiing) and then at 22 mph I would drop the taps back to 6 or 7 and the boat would slow down to 15 mph and not plane out again... does any one have any suggestions?

I have noticed if I am in less than 8 feet of water it is hard to get a good wake with all that weight on the boat.

[skyski_tige]

I have noticed if I am in less than 8 feet of water it is hard to get a good wake with all that weight on the boat.

Deeper water produces a much better wake. We try and stay in a 20' channel and the wake does nicely.

[eks]

This is my normal lake... still at 5500 ft (mile high) but the boat ran perfectly the week before with the same weight... and I did push the throttle down all the way and it would not respond and then I thought it was the tige speedset but i had that toggle switch off... I will take it out this weekend and see what it does...

What lake did you go too? The reason why I ask is that I had the same issue on my RZ2 at Utah Lake. The lake is so shallow that some days I just can't get a good surf wake, it does not matter how much weight I put on or off. On those days I have to put the tabs to 2 or 3 and put a lot of weight on front. And most important is to add the weight to only on side.

As far as not planing out enough to get up to speed for wakeboard. A couple of weeks ago I did fill all my ballasts 2100 lbs and had the tabs at 7 or 8, the boat would not go faster than 17 mph. I changed the tabs to 2 or 3 and emptied the ballast on the side that I do not jump and the wake was Huge and I was able to get the boat up to the desired speed. Once I reached the desired speed I changed the tabs to 5 -6 and the wake was perfect.

[laketime]

i wakeboard with 2250 ballast plus at least 4 peeps. i've got 600 up front, 800 in the walkway, and 880 in my rear lockers. in order to have a good wake i have to go 25-26 and i like taps at 4 with that much weight and it make's it easier to keep the wake cleen compared to 7-8. and at 7-8 it's to steep to really be consistant. and my speedset holds real well
it takes me a while to get to speed but not to bad. like alot of people i put taps all the way down to get out of the whole then put it up. if i go to hiugher elevation then it struggles and i almost cant have thtmuch weight. and also if you have full ballast and tons of people your going to have a hard time making the wake good. i usually dont fill my ballast full if my boats full of people

[dmgski22ve]

Thanks guys... I for some reason had a wierd day at the lake that day... normally I have no problems... and I took the boat to lake powell and didnt fill the ballasts b/c I had 10 peeps in the boat and i moved them around from side to side and it was great... I dont know why anyone would buy another boat... tige's are amazing... their multi functionality is phenomenal and even when they are not performing optimally they are still better than any other boat out there...
thanks again for the great info...