09 RZ Swim Platform Group buy

[bentone]

I was on the new RZ2 factory demo boat with no ballast and I assure you the redesign of the deck has corrected that issue. No ballast and one huge surf wave for sure.

put some ballast in the boat to the point where the platform is in the water and you will see what I mean. To get the biggest surf wave, you will have to be running with extra ballast. Its not all about size, one that packs a punch is the best surf wave.

[lee]

if you guys are going to buy these platforms to get a better surf wave I would think twice before pulling the trigger. The square corners on the platform are what is making the annoying riffle in the wave. This is why I think that the ve's make a better wave, they have a rounded corner verses the square. We never could get my buddies z1 to shape up nice like my ve or my buddies rz2. If it were me, I would being playing around with design out of something cheap like pine until you get what you are looking for as far as wave is concerned.

We might have that addressed.

New Platform Design

[eks]

put some ballast in the boat to the point where the platform is in the water and you will see what I mean. To get the biggest surf wave, you will have to be running with extra ballast. Its not all about size, one that packs a punch is the best surf wave.

Check out this thread.
Who got lucky?

In this thread the swim platform is a teak one but still have the sharp angle and the problem was solved.

I believe that the new platform will have the same result.

[balair]

My guess is that they did not had both platforms to compare and since most factory Tige's do not have tons of ballast, it was overlooked. After many customers complaints they had to look at it and re-designed the swim platform.

In their defense, Tige is not the only company with that problem, MC also have boats that the swim platform cuts into the wake. I surfed on my friend's X2 and the swim platform cuts the wake just as bad.

The good part is that they did listen to customers feedback and in 09 the new swim platform is great. The bad part is that we (the 07 and 08 guinea pigs) do not have the new designed swim platform.

Again, that is just my humble opinion.

Agreed....

It's hard to look at every single little piece of a new product coming out......well unless your name is Steve Jobs, that man is crazy meticulous with his products. I heard he once yelled at an engineer because the new Macbook Pro had too many screws on the bottom.

[bentone]

dont get me wrong, I have a immitation teak platform and love it. Whoever made that custom did a nice job. It just looks exactly like my buddies z1,and rz2 platforms out of fiberglass. I still say it is the square corners, but what do I know, I never really had a problem making one of the sweetest waves I have ever seen with my boat.

[bentone]

Here are a few of my wave, the tranny in the wave is perfect, nice and smooth

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7898

[chpthril]

I thought the issue RZ folks were having was with the "loaded" surf wake?

*EDIT* oops, got answered.

[eks]

Here are a few of my wave, the tranny in the wave is perfect, nice and smooth

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7898

That is a nice wake, but again I believe that the RZ2 with the new swim platform can get the same nice wake or better with the same weight.

I guess we will have to wait and see when someone post pictures of the surf wake with the new platform.

[bentone]

That is a nice wake, but again I believe that the RZ2 with the new swim platform can get the same nice wake or better with the same weight.

I guess we will have to wait and see when someone post pictures of the surf wake with the new platform.

Let me know the results, my buddy with the rz2 is pretty frustrated seeing how his 03 20v made a beautiful wave. He is not running any bow weight and this could be the problem.(too much in the rear causing the platform to sink in the water)

[phirates]

Check out this thread.
Who got lucky?

In this thread the swim platform is a teak one but still have the sharp angle and the problem was solved.

I believe that the new platform will have the same result.

With our teak platform we wanted to keep the RZ "look" - I actually thought about making it a rounded platform but thought I would try a narrower/shorter version that still kept the RZ lines, and we are really happy with how it turned out.

We tried to show the improvements with the pictures in the "who got lucky" thread, but they are really evident from the surfer's perspective...I don't think any of you are very close, but if anyone finds themselves near Indiana, I would be happy to show you first hand!