Budget Wakesurf Boat, Z3 Adjustability & Noseriding

[topaz surfer]

My buddy has the same exact colors 22v he removed the stickers and she looks great, just fyi

Yeah next summer she is going to get new graphics. Not sure what yet and I did think about the naked look. If you have a pic of that I would love to see it.

[topaz surfer]

should the flap drag on the water or just catch the spray from the FAE?

Topaz... my crew is bailing on me in a couple of weeks and I'd love to get down to check your your setup weekend after next (9/8 or 9/9)?

I will be out of town that weekend but we can make something work im sure. We will be surfing as long as we can.

[Duncan]

I wonder if the FAE mounting bar would serve as an acceptable mud flap mounting point? Perhaps with a removable set of ring clips to be able to take the flap on and off easily.

I wonder if the mud flap could be lengthened to extend just past the trailing (rear) edge of the swim platform for those of us with pre-2011 no smooth edge fiberglass platforms?

Finally, I wonder if a mud flap with an "ear" that extended laterally past one side edge of the swim platform could be configured to as to provide at least some "delayed convergence" of the wake? Problem would be in switching sides (unless two ears with means to engage/disengage).

[ragboy]

Yes, definitely on your second point, but then the corners of the flap can make spray and wash of their own.

On the last point, I think they are too floppy, but you may have fun trying...

[talltigeguy]

That is a great price. I do not think most of us should expect to find such a thing.

[ragboy]

I have definitely seen them in the low 20s and still a good deal, but $17.5k? That was a steal, and look at that wake! RJ felt the wake had more in common with the Z3 than the RZ2 or 22Ve. It had more hook and the Z3 shape, not quite as steep as the RZ2.

[topaz surfer]

I wonder if the FAE mounting bar would serve as an acceptable mud flap mounting point? Perhaps with a removable set of ring clips to be able to take the flap on and off easily.

I wonder if the mud flap could be lengthened to extend just past the trailing (rear) edge of the swim platform for those of us with pre-2011 no smooth edge fiberglass platforms?

Finally, I wonder if a mud flap with an "ear" that extended laterally past one side edge of the swim platform could be configured to as to provide at least some "delayed convergence" of the wake? Problem would be in switching sides (unless two ears with means to engage/disengage).

My flap is mounted to the same bracket the deck is attached to. My fear with the fae brackets is they might be to weak to support the heavy flap and the drag it creates. It is also just thru bolted to it but my next one might have a removable set up. Have to wait and see what I come up with.

[duffymahoney]

Here is mine. This is the 3rd I have made.

[duffymahoney]

If I was to do it over i would probably use horse stall mats and no weight on the bottom edge. They are much heavier and should work better.

[Duncan]

Here is mine. This is the 3rd I have made.

Seems easier to mount to a wood platform -- a fiberglass platform is thick enough only in a few places.

My flap is mounted to the same bracket the deck is attached to. My fear with the fae brackets is they might be to weak to support the heavy flap and the drag it creates. It is also just thru bolted to it but my next one might have a removable set up. Have to wait and see what I come up with.

That FAE aluminum bar seems pretty darn tough to me. As for drag, there should not be a huge amount given that the rubber is flat (assuming no bolt on weights or other drag inducing mods) and adheres to the shape of the platform above it. I think it would be much less force than exerted by the FAE itself, which projects down past the bottom of the boat.

[houstonshark]

Does anyone have any idea what these flaps would do at wakeboarding speeds (22-23mph)?

[topaz surfer]

Seems easier to mount to a wood platform -- a fiberglass platform is thick enough only in a few places.



That FAE aluminum bar seems pretty darn tough to me. As for drag, there should not be a huge amount given that the rubber is flat (assuming no bolt on weights or other drag inducing mods) and adheres to the shape of the platform above it. I think it would be much less force than exerted by the FAE itself, which projects down past the bottom of the boat.

On my fae bar it was just barley long enough to reach each side where it needed to be lag bolted into the bottom of the teak deck and it only had one lag at each end so that's why I thought it would be better to use the swim deck bracket. It also is wider side to side for more mounting points for the flap.

[ragboy]

they don't seem to have any effect at wakeboard speeds. The stall mat is the way to go if you do this IMHO. We made it wide and long and then surfed it and cut it as we went to make it catch everything. No weight on the bottom, it is so thick and heavy that it just catches everything where the mudflap like the ones pictured didn't work as well for us. Squid was the one saw our flap and then tried a stall mat and turned us on to that.

[MooseX]

here's my 'Wake Rake'..also poached the idea from the Duf'..Used serious stiff multi ply conveyor belt rubber from Delta Rubber in RENO. Mounted on the platform frame>



Metal pieces are some space age hi tech bad *** aluminum I got off the net for next to nothing. All bolts/nuts/washers are stainless of course. I cut the the shape to mimic the boat hull

From the inside...rubber is sandwiched by another strip of alu'.


It def' smooths out the wave. I might make it longer next time...and a few inches wider extending down into the wave more

[Allan Kendall]

My flap after 100 hrs testing with the Tige R20.