2008 22ve Wakeboarding setup

[Hammertime]

I want to take my brother out wakeboarding this Spring.

What is a good weight setup, speed, taps for an average rider? I have bags to use if needed.

thank you

[Brianrzr]

Depends on his experience. If he is a beginner, about 19-20 will work well. No extra weight is probably best. If you do use ballast, place it evenly in the bow and stern.

[Jetdriver]

I would consider myself above average rider, can do some spins and inverts, far from a pro but have been waking behind 07-08 22VE and a 2009 rz2 for years. I feel like the 22ve wake is horrible below 21 mph. There is quite a bit of wash at slower speeds but it will clean up nicely with a little more speed. I ride a 70’ line at 22.2-22.5 load dependent, TAPS at 5-6 and have about 300 lbs in the bow bag and about 150 in each rear bag with usually 3-5 passsengers. The wake is pretty decent with just passenger weight if you want a smaller wake. The 22VE put out a great shape wake and can be tuned nicely with addition of weight but they like the weight in the bow and they won’t clean up at slower speeds.

[Paul123]

Nice tips, thanks.

[sandm]

2012 22ve- old boat. factory sacs in the front. rear was factory hard tanks on each side and on the drivers side- factory upper bag. passenger side had one of MLA's upgraded enzo sacs. would fill driver side full and passenger enzo until boat felt level and wake wash was gone.
22-24mph.

I had a couple of good riders that threw inverts ride it at this setup and had no issues landing way out into the flats and inverts came easy for them.

I felt that it was more about passenger movement and ensuring as a driver you are watching the wake and adjusting the taps plate or moving a passenger until wash is gone. once it's gone boat will ride good all day with that setup.

[BCRider]

I was about the same as above when I wakeboarded more. Front about half full. 250 hard tanks full and both 400's on each side full. with a few people in the boat and a full -er tank of gas the boat put out a great wake. The issue was more with the 537 prop struggling to get the boat on plain as it took a while. Once I upgraded to a 1235 the boat didn't have an issue.