Wake Size

[jeffro]

that sounds strange aneal000, at first i would say maybe the speed isn't correct. with that weight and with 4 people in the boat, the wake should be clean....how long of a rope were you on? it is possible if you were on a 80+ foot rope that you were back in the wash if the boat was doing 22-24 mph.

with what i described above in weighting my 21i, it's got a large wake..the 22i should be able to do at least the same if not bigger than mine.

[aneal000]

jeffro, thanks for the reply. I usually ride at 70' sometimes 75'. When I was behind the Tige I was more than likely at 70' and usually ride in the 23 mph range. The wake seemes to have a bubbly lip to it, whitewash on the top, which made it hard to get thru. A good friend of mine owns the boat and I would like to be able to offer a suggestion or solution to make it better for all of us when we take it out. I have rode behind some other tiges and have not noticed the whitewash, just this one.

[Banks]

If he is the one who owns it how come he is not asking the question?
it being his boat and all

[jeffro]

aneal000 , very odd...at 23 mph and 70' there should be a clean wake. maybe his speedo is not calibrated or set correctly?

outside of spreading the weight around evenly with a little bit more towards the back, i'm not sure why his wake doesn't add up to what it should be? what year was it? if it was older than an 2003, i would understand the issues as i think the hull design changed for 2003 in the 22i.

[Banks]

yeah i have 21i 2003 and the wake is clean no matter

[Domsz06]

i have an 03 21i and at 70 feet, with the speed at 21 and about 1200 lbs it's a nice clean, big wake. and the taps was at 7

[Tige22ityper]

My 2002 22i has a great wake! It did take some time to dial it in without adding weight. We have found that the best rope length is 65' (seems short to some) and about 21.5-22.5 mph. TAPS set at 6.5-7. The wake has good shape and is not that hard to get a good launch. I would like to try to add some ballast this year, maybe 250# in each locker in the back and then some in the walkway just to see what it will do. Me and the guys I ride with are not real good yet though, so we want to get better before we start building a bigger wake.

[aneal000]

Banks do you have anything better to do than be an *** hole?

I spend a lot of time online and a lot of time behind different boats. My opinion of his wake is my own. I feel it could be better and would like to see if anyone out there has suggestions on how to make it better! I don't even know if he knows about this site, much less cares that his wake has a bubbly lip to it. When I ride behing the boat I do care. I thought I would ask the question. If someone on here says, oh yeah, mine used to do that, try moving more of the weight to the back, or to one side or ditch 500 pounds, or that boat really needs 2000 pounds before the wake gets good... then I would suggest that to him next time out.


To everyone else, thanks for all of your responses.

[Cheeky]

Move weight to the back. I can not imagine any boat that does well with the exact same amount front and back. My 21 V runs with 700 in back and 400 in front. Even thought it is different boats, I would think the ratio should be more like that.

Also, wakeboard magazine ran an article on this and I believe their advice would be to move some back if the wake is washy. Leaving Taps set on 8 is not always best. Sometime based on the # of people and ballast, you can clean the wake up by taking Taps down a notch (to say 5 or 6)

[aneal000]

Cheeky, thanks for the info... I guess considering it is a dd that might help, adding more weight to the rear that is. I have alway had good luck with even weight distribution in various other boats, it always seemes to make the wakes harder. Just not in this one. I will see how it works next time out. Thanks again.

[tigebill]

It will also depend on what year the boat is. Tige chanced the hull design and filled in the spray pockets in '03. This took care of a good part of the washy wake. However, I never have had a problem with the older 22i's. I think the guy from American Lake has it dialed in on his 22i and should answer your question just fine.

[aneal000]

I'm not for sure the year, I think 2000 or 2001??? not for sure, but I do know it is not a 2003.

[Cheeky]

Actually, didn't they fill in the soray pockets in 02 on the 22i? They released the 22v in 03 and I could have sworn the 22i was reintroduced the year before. They quit making the 22i for a few years.

I would still try to move some weight back. Several guys I ride with have Tiges and I have not seen any with even weight. The older Tiges can be finicly as to weight placement and getting washy versus a lip.

[Tige22ityper]

22i had spray pockets filled in starting in 2003.

[Cheeky]

But it is a redesinged hull in 02 versus the older ones, correct????

I am almost sure it was different from older models...