Wake Size

[DoubleA]

Proper weight setup in 22i-R >'03

I also have a 22I-r and the weight distibution is very crucial, and also very sensitive due to the deep vee of this boat. If your tank is full (gas) I recomend a 440# side sac in each of the back lockers and a 550 -600# in the bow walkway. The less gas in the boat the less weight in the nose! The wash in the wake is due to too much weight in the back, oh yeah set your taps only at 4 or less I run @ 2 . Speed is on the upper end of 23 mph or 2600rpm with rope @ 70'+ ,this is how Bish runs the boat for Tige' clinics and works extreamly well. email me if you have more Q?

Cheers- Aaron

[aneal000]

DoubleA, thanks that is exactly what I was looking for!

[Shaz]

The 22iR I spent some time in had a 500 lb fat sack in the walkway/bow and one in the rear.
I ride behind a 21i and have ballast in rear, and two in front. All balancing the boat evenly. The problem I have is that my driver is large and his wheight causes the wake on the left side to peak and be a bit washy. We then have to put even wheight passenger opposite the driver to fix my problem and even out the wake. I am happy with my wake when we ballance the boat out in this way.

[typerider]

i ride behind a 22ir of my own and as of right now my set up isn't the most beautiful but its works pretty well... anyway i've been using a 750lb. sack in the bow... 560 lbs of phat buddies in the rear between the engine and rear seats and then 300 of barbells far back as possible in the rear side pockets... it totals up to 1610 lbs. in all i believe.. i generally ride with taps at a low setting but cranking it here and there depending on conditions and lengths... i ride at 70-75 feet out and at about 23-24 miles per hour so everything seems great to me... i'm about 6'1" and the wake is above my knees and clean so it works

[Sammamish22V]

Double A, that is exactly how I weighted my 02 22IR. I filled up 2 500# sacs as much as I could in the rear lockers, and a 600# sac in the front walkway and the wake was great. When I got more than 3 people in the boat, I would take some weight out of the back sacs and have them only half way full.

Aneal000, a lot of your issue depends on what year the boat is. The 01 and 02's had spray pockets and it was a little more difficult to dial in. If it is washy, put more weight up front, not back. The more weight you put in the back of that boat, the more washy it will be. In 03, they filled on those pockets and the wake is awesome now and should not have any problems with washing out.

Just curious, how do bubbles on the lip of a wake affect your riding?

[maroco]

how can i get my wake set

i am trying to get my wake set just right and it seems to be a bit hard. I want it to set more like the newer tiges and i will spend the money to do it. i have 2 275lbs in the back and 1 600 in the front. It seems to be caseing/washing over on one side most of the time. we can get it nice but it takes a lot of time. anyone have any suggestions i have read something about adding fiberglass to the side of the boat to make the sides flat is this an idea? or even a new prop?

[typerider]

maroco heres what i heard

hey haven't checkedup on this in awhile but heres the deal i figured it out. after talking to several tige' people who work for them and other sources we've cracked the 22i's mysteriously odd wake issues. i ride an '01 22 type r which is the origianl of the series so trust me i've found all the problems. the deal is that you have to front weight these boats no matter how many v drive guys tell you that all the weights gotta be in the back trust me. plus it'll save you so much gas money because the boat plains out much faster this way. anywhoo with mine correctly weighted and i put in 1610 lbs. the rear wood deck is flush with the water level but the boat is pretty low. when you stand on it however it does drop under the surface about an inch or so depending on what you weigh. my setup above says how i do it but i use more weight than the factory for my setup. and i have found out that if you move the side sacs directly behind the drivers seat and in the same spot on the opposing side of the engine it works even better. they are only 250 lbs a piece so you can move them about enough to get ur wake just dialed in but trust me its good as is. you have to remember that if its just you and a rider that you have lose a few pounds on the drivers side to get it even as well. as for what tige' does... on all the new boats they put a 60% weight in the rear and 40% up front thats how their ballast system is set up. works great on the newer ones. not so great on mine. honestly anyone can tell you hey man i've done this and it works but the only real way to find out what really works for you is just to go out there and jack with it until you get it super dialed in and your rider likes it. from there just remember the spots you put the weight and you'll be good. i mean its not hard to calculate roughly how much to subtract and add depending on the people weight...ice chest weight... battery(s)... and other random crap you keep in the boat thats heavy. 22i's are twitchy on the setup but you man handle it and get it setup. just mess with it you'll get it.

[mjirving]

To get back to the original question I rode on an Air Nautique with a wakesurfer and could not ride the wake without the rope with or without ballast at any speed. It was bizarre. I ride my '03 22v all over without the rope on both sides of the wake easy at 12.5 mph.

[Gardyloo03]

i like it better with about 1500 pounds in the boat

[Matt Garcia]

Re: how can i get my wake set

Originally posted by maroco
i am trying to get my wake set just right and it seems to be a bit hard. I want it to set more like the newer tiges and i will spend the money to do it. i have 2 275lbs in the back and 1 600 in the front. It seems to be caseing/washing over on one side most of the time. we can get it nice but it takes a lot of time. anyone have any suggestions i have read something about adding fiberglass to the side of the boat to make the sides flat is this an idea? or even a new prop?

What speed are you at and what TAPS setting? I used a similar setup (but a bit more weight) with the TAPS at 2 or 3 and a speed of 23 and had no wash, in fact the wake was very nice. This was on an 01 23V.