Wake Board Wake Not Clean

[Going360]

Put the new Z3 in the water yesterday. Surf wave was fantastic at the push of a button, however wakeboard wake would NOT clean up unless I emptied the stern ballast completely, filled the bow ballast, taps at 8, put everyone in the obs seat or forward and was doing 22mph or more. That doesn't seem right. Any insight or help with cleaning it up would be great!

Of course I could always get one side or the other to clean up and it almost seemed as if one of the surf tabs was down just a bit or something. Kind of seemed like if i could have put one of the surf tabs down just a little bit it would help put weight on the opposite side. Anyway, complete noob when it comes to this taps thing so any help is greatly appreciated.

[Bamer]

I’ve heard rumors that you can get a clean wake on the new Z3 down at 18-19mph. Definitely having taps on 8 is the wrong way. Sets taps on 4 and leave it. Add weight up front…no weight in the rears.

Make sure you got all the water out of the rears. Sometimes you have to drive with the bow up to drain all the water out.



I have the old Z3 hull and my min speed is 20.5mph to get it clean. I put both fronts at 40% and taps at 4 for a clean wake at minimum speed.


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[Going360]

I’ve heard rumors that you can get a clean wake on the new Z3 down at 18-19mph. Definitely having taps on 8 is the wrong way. Sets taps on 4 and leave it. Add weight up front…no weight in the rears.

Make sure you got all the water out of the rears. Sometimes you have to drive with the bow up to drain all the water out.



I have the old Z3 hull and my min speed is 20.5mph to get it clean. I put both fronts at 40% and taps at 4 for a clean wake at minimum speed.


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Thanks, I must not understand taps. I thought the higher the number the lower down the center plate went therefore forcing the bow down effectively increasing the weight in the bow. Is it the other way around? I tried the taps at 4 and it seemed to be worse.

So much to learn... Today will only be my third day on the boat so realize there is a learning curve. My old maristar was simple. lol

[Zackdogg]

Thanks, I must not understand taps. I thought the higher the number the lower down the center plate went therefore forcing the bow down effectively increasing the weight in the bow. Is it the other way around? I tried the taps at 4 and it seemed to be worse.

So much to learn... Today will only be my third day on the boat so realize there is a learning curve. My old maristar was simple. lol

It can be a little confusing. The surf plates, the lower the number, the further they are in the water, the center plate is opposite. 1 on your center plate is furthest in the water, and 8 is all the way retracted. So 1, in your center plate, puts your bow lowest.

I was going to pretty much echo Bamer, I’m usually like 4 on the center plate. I won’t make people move around my boat, I just adjust with ballast to offset my crew. If I have some people up front, I might run a little less front ballast, if the bow is empty, I’ll run like 50% or maybe more depending on the amount of crew in the back, and I might add some left or right rear to offset crew and prop rotation.

We also wakeboard at 20mph+. Maybe 19.5, at very slowest.


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[Zackdogg]

Nope, realized I’m an idiot, it isn’t confusing. Lowest number on all the plates is the furthest extension.


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[lee]

On the center TAPS plate, lower the number lower the bow. Higher the number higher the bow.

[Matt Garcia]

More weight in the boat usually means less TAPs for wakeboarding.

If theres a lot of ballast lets say over 2500 pounds of ballast then the minimum speed is 21 and taps around 1-2. With a slower speed like 19 or 20 we dump a lot of weight and maybe put the taps at 3-4, typically riders at that speed dont need much ballast anyway since they are not jumping the wake. With those rules in place you will typically have a clean wake on both sides. However, in my boat we make people move around until the wakeboarding wake is clean.