New R23 Party!

[Sublimer23]

freeheel4life I'm guessing you didn't get in the water..?

[freeheel4life]

freeheel4life I'm guessing you didn't get in the water..?

Lol, no!! The water from the shaft packing that was being adjusted was enough. Honestly tho, a good suit, booties, and a good and you could be surfing. Ol Larry Gebhart supposedly gets a slalom set once a month every month of the year..
That and I just got 13 screws in my shoulder. Got Bogus'd hard. Hence why I'm trolling the forum so hard lately.

[smoothtoup]

Good looking build. No-one has been brave enough to build a purple flake boat in our area. I love that old school muscle car color. I wonder what the hull would look like in stone.

Thanks, my dealer had a purple Tige and that color really popped in the sun. Looked Great! Hull in Stone looked good onlune, but it has a better contrast with the white imo

[Sublimer23]

Haha. I know he's crazy. Last year I went out to lucky in mid March. air temp was 54 and water was 39. I had a dry suit but it still gave me brain freeze going under. Sorry to hear about your spill at Bogus that sucks

[freeheel4life]

Thanks, my dealer had a purple Tige and that color really popped in the sun. Looked Great! Hull in Stone looked good onlune, but it has a better contrast with the white imo

I agree white for panels, I was thinking stone for bottom panel of hull. I am not a huge fan of black on bottom, especially if you trailer your boat a lot. Dry, dusty carpet starts to show scratches in the black. Backing trailer all the way in to lube carpets then pulling up to recovery depth helps but it's a hard habit to keep, especially of its someone else driving tow vehicle. Just my preference tho.

[Thegerman618]

Just catching up on the thread, congrats on the new boat.

You are correct that the more weight you load into in the better the wave will get (with this hull). We are running 3000lbs+ in my Z3 and the wave is solid. I have been to Lake Powell and was worried about the weight boat ran fine no problem with 600lbs in the rear plus 6 adults little bigger prop with the 400HP. I could have easily added a few hundred more and been fine.

Depending how deep you plan to sink it for surfing, get yourself some foam ear plugs and plug the drains in the rear activity center lockers to keep the water out otherwise the bilge will kick on from time to time if you have it slammed hard.

Bow weight is okay on these boats but not to much it will flatten it out to much. (at least for my style of surfing). Here is a solid setup that should get you a peeling wave from the start.

FULL on the REARS
50% Bow Surf Side
30% Bow Non Surf Side
10.8-11.0 Speed
TAPS 3 @ 4
TAPS 2 @ 3

This hull likes just a touch of a roll to the surfside, maybe 4 degrees or so. You can drain the rear non surf side about 10% to get it to roll over a bit. Cant wait to see some pictures of the wave!

Check Out the MEAD 18 Thread as well.

[Sublimer23]

German618. That goes along with what the salesman told me. He said without extra lead in the rear you wouldn't want to fill the bow the entire way. Therefore with few 100 lbs lead the big advantage is being able to go 100 percent full on all tanks regardless of the size of crew etc. But i will try slightly less on the surf side and see what that does also slightly less than full in the bow. Might even try your settings with no lead for a starting point. Ill post wave pictures as well. Thanks!

[Thegerman618]

with no lead and only factory weight, I wouldn't run any bow weight. With TAPS 3 and TAPS 2 you will get plenty of lift from the plates to push the bow over. I am running 400lbs a side in the rear (800 total) then another 300 split into 150 a side under the arms of the ballast. I am gonna try something new this year and see if I have room on the sides of the fuel tank under the floor and sink the boat straight down vs. just slamming the rear. I might try and get it done in the next few weeks, could be awesome could be an epic fail.

[Germaine Marine]

German618. That goes along with what the salesman told me. He said without extra lead in the rear you wouldn't want to fill the bow the entire way. Therefore with few 100 lbs lead the big advantage is being able to go 100 percent full on all tanks regardless of the size of crew etc. But i will try slightly less on the surf side and see what that does also slightly less than full in the bow. Might even try your settings with no lead for a starting point. Ill post wave pictures as well. Thanks!

Dont drop offside rear weight... completely counter productive in the Z. Rock it over with a greater split in the bow. Meaning if you were running 70/30 bow to surf side and it wasnt enough then drop 10-20 out of the offside bow bag. that boat wants every bit of rear weight it can get and then some. Just my .02.

[smoothtoup]

I agree white for panels, I was thinking stone for bottom panel of hull. I am not a huge fan of black on bottom, especially if you trailer your boat a lot. Dry, dusty carpet starts to show scratches in the black. Backing trailer all the way in to lube carpets then pulling up to recovery depth helps but it's a hard habit to keep, especially of its someone else driving tow vehicle. Just my preference tho.

Got it, I'm actually not even getting a trailer. Boat stays in the water year round and dealer is 2 miles away and does house calls, and will loan me a trailer for warranty work.

[Sublimer23]

Dont drop offside rear weight... completely counter productive in the Z. Rock it over with a greater split in the bow. Meaning if you were running 70/30 bow to surf side and it wasnt enough then drop 10-20 out of the offside bow bag. that boat wants every bit of rear weight it can get and then some. Just my .02.

Got it! Top off the rears and plug 'em up!

[tgmind]

What a cool thing for your friends to do. Congrats! Thats a beautiful boat!

[smoothtoup]

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[Germaine Marine]

Got it! Top off the rears and plug 'em up!

I personally dont want to leverage the hull out of the water by using the plates. To me, get the boat ballasted correctly including the bow weight and use just enough plate to make everything sing.

You can run little to no bow weight, and use the plates to push the nose over however in my opinion you are countering what you did with running the rear weight to begin with.

I would rather run rear weight, and run enough bow weight to get the orientation correct and then run just enough plate to make it all work without taking anything away.

When I have it all weighted correct my plates are around 3-4 across the board.