So my local dealer bought the blue preproduction Z3 and he really wanted to get the local wakesurfers opinion so when I dropped off my RZ2 we set up a time and it was this morning. 45 degree air temp was not stopping us. I brought along 2 400 lb bags assuming factory weight wouldn't be enough.
First impression...I liked it alot!
Swim platform
Narrowed and finished undernieth. I was really excited to see what this would do to the wave. Interestingly enough there was zero effect on the wave. It almost seemed as if it was mounted too high on the boat it hardly even touched the water under power. There was also a wierd hole in the wave just behind the platform and exhaust was escaping. Could be a preproduction flaw, but a little wierd.
Drivers helm gets a 10 out of a 10
5 cup holders around the driver. 2 down to the right and 1 raised up about 12 inches. I always hated the long reach down for a cold beverage while the drivers seat is flipped up. New steering wheel, optional, but I like it. New shifter, like it. LOVE the new drivers seat! I know so many people on here love the vision air seat, but I really like the new seat....why....its comfortable!
The rear deck is changing for the production models, going to be flush all the way accross with the pad side up. Flipped over will have the center walkthrough. Only thing I would like to see is where you step from the rear deck into the boat would be a flippable seat so you are not constantly stepping on the seat.
I love the cooler moved into the bow walkway. I can see this is one of those things some people won't like, but whenever we USE the bow for seating in our boat the bow filler is in. Who REALLY NEEDS to have a walkthrough? Also that frees up the old cooler space for BALLAST! Plenty of room up front despite it not being a pickle fork.
The most important part, the wave. As I said I brought along 2 400 lb bags and 2 other people. I went first stock ballast full surfside TAPS 4 speed 11. OK wave, very clean, but very small as expected. We filled one 400 lb, and I went again. Better but still small. We filled the second. Now you have to remember this boat has the most freeboard of any watersports boat on the market. It can handle ALOT more weight then we were throwing at it, but we had to start small. After filling the second bag we actually had a wave, and a very clean one at that. So we started to increase speed. Went from 11 all the way to 13. At 13 the wave was so long it was ridiculous! With about 1000lb's more weight this wave would be sick and I think that would sink the boat further into the water where the swim platform may actually help and the wierd hole where the exhaust was escaping would dissapear.
Here are some pictures.
More than 1/2 of my pictures wouldn't load. THis is what did
First impression...I liked it alot!
Swim platform
Narrowed and finished undernieth. I was really excited to see what this would do to the wave. Interestingly enough there was zero effect on the wave. It almost seemed as if it was mounted too high on the boat it hardly even touched the water under power. There was also a wierd hole in the wave just behind the platform and exhaust was escaping. Could be a preproduction flaw, but a little wierd.
Drivers helm gets a 10 out of a 10
5 cup holders around the driver. 2 down to the right and 1 raised up about 12 inches. I always hated the long reach down for a cold beverage while the drivers seat is flipped up. New steering wheel, optional, but I like it. New shifter, like it. LOVE the new drivers seat! I know so many people on here love the vision air seat, but I really like the new seat....why....its comfortable!
The rear deck is changing for the production models, going to be flush all the way accross with the pad side up. Flipped over will have the center walkthrough. Only thing I would like to see is where you step from the rear deck into the boat would be a flippable seat so you are not constantly stepping on the seat.
I love the cooler moved into the bow walkway. I can see this is one of those things some people won't like, but whenever we USE the bow for seating in our boat the bow filler is in. Who REALLY NEEDS to have a walkthrough? Also that frees up the old cooler space for BALLAST! Plenty of room up front despite it not being a pickle fork.
The most important part, the wave. As I said I brought along 2 400 lb bags and 2 other people. I went first stock ballast full surfside TAPS 4 speed 11. OK wave, very clean, but very small as expected. We filled one 400 lb, and I went again. Better but still small. We filled the second. Now you have to remember this boat has the most freeboard of any watersports boat on the market. It can handle ALOT more weight then we were throwing at it, but we had to start small. After filling the second bag we actually had a wave, and a very clean one at that. So we started to increase speed. Went from 11 all the way to 13. At 13 the wave was so long it was ridiculous! With about 1000lb's more weight this wave would be sick and I think that would sink the boat further into the water where the swim platform may actually help and the wierd hole where the exhaust was escaping would dissapear.
Here are some pictures.
More than 1/2 of my pictures wouldn't load. THis is what did
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