Weighting my 2003 tige 20v for wakeboarding

[manuntguy3]

alright i really need some advice for weighting my boat.. with no ballast my boat throws a pretty wide wake thats not very steep. we usually sit people in the front or in the middle to narrow up the wake.. im looking at buying a 750 pound sack and putting it in the aisle while sitting everyone in the back.. will this make my wake taller and narrower? please help..any advice appreciated..

[robert theisen]

tige's like weight up front, taps controls steepness of the wake as well as weight in the back. weight up front makes the wake more rampy.60/40 front/rear is what is recommended for a good wake on a tige.

[manuntguy3]

so my setup sounds average with 750 in the aisle and 4 or 5 people in the back?? just estimating..

[robert theisen]

the 750 would work better in the bow.

[hycosurf]

I had an 04 tige 20v and I put two 750s end to end starting in the bow aisle. I thought that was the best wake I could make. With just one I would still start in the bow aisle. Always your speed contributes directly to the width of the wake. I liked it at 70 foot rope and 23.6 speed. Very clean poppy and easy to clear. But the wake is very nice with two 750s.

[manuntguy3]

I had an 04 tige 20v and I put two 750s end to end starting in the bow aisle. I thought that was the best wake I could make. With just one I would still start in the bow aisle. Always your speed contributes directly to the width of the wake. I liked it at 70 foot rope and 23.6 speed. Very clean poppy and easy to clear. But the wake is very nice with two 750s.

did you sit people in the back?

[hycosurf]

With the weight up front the people in back could sit where ever so long distribution port to starboard was fine. And taps was just for fine tuning. I usually stayed 2-4 on taps.

[robert theisen]

it's all a preference. i have a 22ve i put 2 350 lb sacs in each locker and a 750 in the bow. 75' rope at 22.5 taps on 5 makes a sweet wake, but i like to go big.the slower you go the meatier the wake,but it has to be clean to boot you. the faster you go the harder the wake, it also narrows the wake.it depends on what you want. in tiges new pro ballast system they have 1200lbs up front and 800lbs in the rear.60/40 split imagine that?

[hycosurf]

it's all a preference. i have a 22ve i put 2 350 lb sacs in each locker and a 750 in the bow. 75' rope at 22.5 taps on 5 makes a sweet wake, but i like to go big.the slower you go the meatier the wake,but it has to be clean to boot you. the faster you go the harder the wake, it also narrows the wake.it depends on what you want. in tiges new pro ballast system they have 1200lbs up front and 800lbs in the rear.60/40 split imagine that?

Pro ballast is 800 up front and 1200 rear actually the 20v doesn't like weight in the rear. The weight up front will sit the boat further in the water and the taps will adjust steepness. And yes faster speed means firmer more narrow wake.

[robert theisen]

sorry hycosurf my mistake the new pro ballast is 800 in front and 1200 rear. i just found if i have more weight in the front it makes wake more rampy. my regular set up is 750 front aboht 600 to 650 rear. then i have a 540 i put up in the isle as far forward as possible for a monster wake.

[T.J.]

This is probaly over kill but I have an 08 20v that throws a massive beautifully shaped wake. I have a 750 sack up front along with 400lbs of sand under the front seats. one 750 in each rear locker as well as 400lbs of sand and lead in the rear. run taps between 4 and 6 depending how many people are in the boat. spent alot of time weighting the boat and this seems to be the best. lived with tige pro rider cathy williams for the winter and she helped make one hell of a big nice poppy wake!
Below are some pics of me hitting the wake. I have many more pics of the these are jus the best quality they were taken by a local photographer

[hycosurf]

Nice pics. Is that a back roll? I never thought of sand, that would fill more gaps under the seats. Hope you don't let the kids play in the sand boxes .

[T.J.]

I sealed my sand bags up good they dont leak all over the place I actually did give the neighbor kids my left over sand to play with haha. and the invert is a tantrum the other pic was an switch off axis 5 that went wrong from the start haha. sand is awesonme for tucking under seats pretty much anywhere its very cheap ballast also.

[hycosurf]

Sand is also very solid and doesn't move. I never used much lead, mainly water so I could pump out when done and let the wife have a turn. And thank God she likes to go because she was encouraging of getting the new boat for the built in ballast.

[Ewok]

I had a bunch of sand bags in my old boat, wrapped them up in heavy duty tarps and duct tape sealed them so they wouldn't leak. They worked very well but I'm glad I have auto ballast now.