my first boat a 95' tige

[michaeldski]

I just bought a 95 tige from a guy who barely used it he was 65 and kept the boat in immaculate condition with only 73hrs on it for $11,500 this is my first boat and have taken it out a few times after some routine maintenance and the boat runs and handles like a dream. I want to add some features to it so I can wakeboard, right now it has almost no wake unless you have alot of people on board. can anyone suggest a quality with a good price tower and how would you go about adding weight, fat sacs or something of the sort. I figure I have come to the right place.

[wakeboarder247]

I just sold my 1995 Tige about a month ago and I used to wakeboard/wakesurf behind it all the time. It wasn't the best wake ever because, like you said, without weight the wake is flat as can be, but I was able to wakesurf behind it w/ no rope and wakeboard just fine!

EDIT: forgot to say that we were able to wakeboard/wakesurf fine after we added ballast.. not stock.. our model was the '95 2002fslm

[wakeboarder247]

oops forgot to ask.. what model is your '95 Tige?

[sparky216]

Mike,

What model?

Nick posted these sites on another thread for towers:

http://xplosiontower.com/index.html
http://www.samsonsports.com/index.html
http://dev.monstertower.com/homepage.htm
http://www.titanwake.com/index_flash.html

As far as the best for the money, that is like asking someones views on God. You will get 5 thousand different answers, go with what you like and you wont go wrong...btw I have a Samson.

There are also some good threads on adding a ballast system on here and I will look for those for you if you cannot find them.

Welcome to the board, and post pics of your new ride

[Razzman]

Hey another old school boat! YEAH! Congtrats and welcome to the forum! What model did you pickup?

[michaeldski]

it's the 2000/1 slm comp it's the true red white and blue all american I will post some pics after I give it a good polish this weekend!!

[michaeldski]

thanks for all of your imput

[michaeldski]

Has anyone heard about or owned the big air h20 it says it universal and around a $1000 bucks, also what kind of ballast works the best the 2 side sacs or one bigger one at the back of the boat??

[spharis]

Actually, I find sacs work best in my walkway, and by the engine. Being as ou are close bow, I don't know.

[chpthril]

Congrats and welcome to the site. you've come to the right place, a lot of knowledgeable Tige owners here.

Cant wait to see some pics

[wakeboarder247]

I had the 1200lb "Fat Sofa" by Launch Pad in the back of my Tige because we didn't want to compromise all the walking space in the boat with sacs. I needed more weight in the bow but never found a good sac for the front or walkway. The only time we tried to add weight to the front the wake washed out horribly. For 3 summers I boarded and surfed with just the "Fat Seat" in the back and it was pretty good for both wakeboarding and wakesurfing. The only downside was that with all the weight in the back (seat) and middle (engine) and not much up front, the surfing "pocket" wasn't that big and the wakeboarding wake had a great shape but was a little bit soft. It was still plenty good enough to get good air and throw inverts easily. Hope this helps!

[Jeff T]

Welcome!

[wannabewakeboarder]

I had the 1200lb "Fat Sofa" by Launch Pad in the back of my Tige because we didn't want to compromise all the walking space in the boat with sacs. I needed more weight in the bow but never found a good sac for the front or walkway. The only time we tried to add weight to the front the wake washed out horribly. For 3 summers I boarded and surfed with just the "Fat Seat" in the back and it was pretty good for both wakeboarding and wakesurfing. The only downside was that with all the weight in the back (seat) and middle (engine) and not much up front, the surfing "pocket" wasn't that big and the wakeboarding wake had a great shape but was a little bit soft. It was still plenty good enough to get good air and throw inverts easily. Hope this helps!

Did you still have room to walk between the engine and "fat seat" with it in there?

[spharis]

I had the 1200lb "Fat Sofa" by Launch Pad in the back of my Tige...

How are those things? I have seen them, but I haven't talked to anyone that actually owned one to know how good they are or aren't.

[wakeboarder247]

Did you still have room to walk between the engine and "fat seat" with it in there?

In the '95 the back seat is two pieces. The backrest slides in straight down via two clips that hold it in place and then the cushion just wedges in between the armrests connected to the backrest. The Fat Sofa will fit in the back with just the cushion removed but comes within about 4 inches of the engine cover. If you remove both the cusion and the backrest then there is about a foot of room in between the front of the sofa and the back of the engine cover.

How are those things? I have seen them, but I haven't talked to anyone that actually owned one to know how good they are or aren't.

It was great for us! The '95 didn't have much room and practically no storage (compared to newer boats) so taking out the back seat and putting the Fat Sofa in was great and dramatically changed the "Tournament Slalom Wake" into a pretty dang good wakeboarding/wakesurfing wake. It was great for our purposes but I am REALLY looking forward to the hassle free built-in ballast system that's coming on my 22ve!