Taps 3 set up and speed set help

[Chugh2o]

I'll have to play around and see if my R21 will even give me that info

I like to use the Vehicle Inclinometer on the App Store very easy to use also.


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[BurnMac42]

So I had the boat out yesterday and still the same result....I can get a great *looking* wave that doesn't feel to have any push or I can get a wave that looks like garbage but has great push....again, the Taps3 was set pretty high (7-9) to get any push out of the wave but it was short and like I said was practically spraying you in the face from the all the white wash on top....

I can get the wave to look great but doesn't have any push to it....

Ill caveat that with it wasn't a great day to be playing around with the boat because it was a 18 gust 24 day so it was pretty choppy (some whitecap). We were able to shield from a lot of it by running the shoreline but still windy..

I've gotten a great wave out of this boat but I feel that it's inconsistent even when I go back to the setting that worked great the time before....I'm thinking about calling my dealer and dropping it off just to confirm everything is working properly before moving on to playing with more settings..

[Germaine Marine]

So I had the boat out yesterday and still the same result....I can get a great *looking* wave that doesn't feel to have any push or I can get a wave that looks like garbage but has great push....again, the Taps3 was set pretty high (7-9) to get any push out of the wave but it was short and like I said was practically spraying you in the face from the all the white wash on top....

I can get the wave to look great but doesn't have any push to it....

Ill caveat that with it wasn't a great day to be playing around with the boat because it was a 18 gust 24 day so it was pretty choppy (some whitecap). We were able to shield from a lot of it by running the shoreline but still windy..

I've gotten a great wave out of this boat but I feel that it's inconsistent even when I go back to the setting that worked great the time before....I'm thinking about calling my dealer and dropping it off just to confirm everything is working properly before moving on to playing with more settings..

Does the ballast have all of the passive draining fixed? Cant remember if we covered this yet.

If you are running taps 3 7-9 you have a problem, either incorrect weight, speed or a mix of all 3..

Taps3 should be really solid around 4 with taps 2 around 3-4 speed at 11

[Germaine Marine]

Drop all of the bow weight.... rears full with the same settings. taps 3 1-4 and taps 2 3-5 crew depending.

Start at 10.8 and add speed.

These boats naturally need more rear weight. You should get 500lbs of ballast bags and split them underneath the rear bags however lets get the stock weight going first.

Dont go off the timers we can cover that later. Fill the rears until they are puking out the overflow. You may no think so but the bags lose even a smidge of water and its going to affect evyerhing in stock form. Do yourself a favor and plug them for now.

Fill the rears until puking, no bow weight and lets rock and see what that does to start.

[BurnMac42]

Does the ballast have all of the passive draining fixed? Cant remember if we covered this yet.

If you are running taps 3 7-9 you have a problem, either incorrect weight, speed or a mix of all 3..

Taps3 should be really solid around 4 with taps 2 around 3-4 speed at 11

Not yet....I'm going to order some valves from Chp when I get a min. I was trying to watch which port the water was coming out of and it looks to be my vent lines...

[Germaine Marine]

Should be both....

[BurnMac42]

Should be both....

Both vent and drain?

Went out again yesterday and albeit it was still choppy it wasn't nearly as bad as the last time where the winds were 25+ Went back to 10.8, 100% on the rears, and 30% in the fronts and definitely found more push in the wave again. The one thing that gets me though is my Taps3 to get a somewhat clean wave with push is between 6-9 so I'm still missing something to get a good wave with Taps3 at 1-3...

[Germaine Marine]

still running too much in the bow then... drop more weight

[BurnMac42]

still running too much in the bow then... drop more weight

Will do.....in regards to preventing passive draining i don't think the fronts were draining any but I'm definitely losing some in the rear...it appears to be the vent lines but you mentioned it should be both....I' about to order some of the valves from Chp and I'm curious how many I should order...

[Germaine Marine]

I would get 4 and valve the vent and drain on both sides

[Shamus 2]

Well a happy ending for me with this thread. Turned out I did have a faulty actuator, the boys at Riverside got it tested, changed, water tested and back to me in a couple days. The Z1 surfs both sides like a hot damn now! Especially after doing all the research on the ballast and taps settings. Setting the ballast timers to actual was a big help too.

Thanks to all those that chimed in for the help.

[Thegerman618]

100% surf side (let it puck water for 10-15 seconds before you shut it off)
100% Non-surf side.....then drain for 45 seconds. about 60-80lbs out.
TAPS 3- 2-4
TAPS 2- 3-4
Speed- Start at 11.0 you should start to see the wave wanting to form...speed up, don't move the plates yet. Probably find its 11.4-11.8 where its starts to look clean.
Then use plates after you find the wave to fine tune height/length/push.

There are probably hundreds of setups that all net near same results with different plate/speed/weight/depth/conditions/etc/etc/etc...LOL you get the idea. This is a basic general surf setup for a STOCK WEIGHT boat with Taps3. If you add weight anywhere else, you add 7 people when you normally have 3 all of this will effect how the system reacts. Basically from what I can tell, unless you are running 3400+lbs in the rear you don't need bow weight.