Breakin' in the New Wake9 2010 Tige RZ2

[fog_ducker]

I haven't talked to anyone who knows how to do this. Please keep me informed, heck, put me on your friends list. I only have 1!!

[ragboy]

don't worry, I will post.

[ragboy]

About the Weight rating in the boat.

1. people that buy a boat, can be concerned about that number. I think it is a big plus to get a great wake, and be under that number.

2. Sheriffs and people that pull you over use that number and passenger figure and will give a ticket if over.

3. Manufacturers are concerned over building a boat with stock ballast that puts a boat over.

I mean, there is the saying, "if momma aint happy, ain't no one happy." Wives look at that number and bitch when dads load there boat over that number. If you aren't concerned with that number, cool. Don't worry about it.

During this break in, we wanted to set 3 benchmarks on my boat. The Sac'd out mark, which you saw first, with pics of Chase and James launching into orbit. And then stock, we did that in the review, and will do again, and then lastly, what we want our DAILY ballast to be. Custom sac, all automated, and under weight rating.

Daily weight is with 250 hard tank on surf side filled. 565 lbs in rear locker, surf side filled. To simulate a custom sac. 400 lbs in front on surf side. No other ballast. So that is:

250
565
400
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~1250 ballast.

me, RJ, maddie, Thomas, Jessie in boat. That adds MAYBE 750.

That is 2000 lbs, well under the manuf. weight rating. Here is the amazing thing. We ran this setup with dennis IN the boat and Thomas and Maddie surfing. Wake was great, here it is:







And here was the attitude of the boat, kissing rub rail, with dennis IN the boat. Taps was at 2-3, speed 11.5 or so.



Now, here was the amazing thing. Dennis gets in the water, he is 260lbs. Maddie and Tbone are maybe 60-80lbs wet. We get him up, and the wake is a bit smaller, and also I look at the rub rail, it is about 1.5 inches above the water. So I tell RJ to set TAPS to 5. He does, and then I look down, and we are kissing the rub rail again! My 24Ve didn't react this easily to taps or weight. We were able to compensate for lost weight with taps, the convex V hull sank in the water.

Here is the pic showing the attitude when dennis is OUT of the boat, and everything else the same.



And the wake had plenty of push.



You can see all the pics here:



NOTE: We didn't have Bre with us, or her camera. She had a Canon EOS 7D with a wide angle lens and was laying on the sun deck, she took the pics with camera laying on the sundeck, which I think is a great position, it is level with the approx top of wake.

On this day, goofy day, we had our Rebel XT with normal 28-55 lens, and also I had to monitor video cams, do rope, and take pics. Pictures were taken from EYE level from a 6'2" dude sitting in ballast seat.

[ImaPigDog]

@Ragboy - Excellent write-up!

[ragboy]

Somehow I missed these 2 images that really show off the wake.

[Timmy!]

You guys have way too much fun!

[eks]

That is one huge wake!

[ragboy]

Yep, it was. Dennis and I had a goal that day. We looked at the RZ2, and said, "OK, lets REALLY see what this baby can do."

It was fun, but def not a daily setup. We have dialed in the daily setup, I will post that later today.