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[TeamAllen]

That's OK to forget a few things. It's one of those Senior moments. Here is a picture to remind you.

[NICKYPOO]

Nice! With as many things that are just completely dangerous and illegal with that set up, it's got to be a fun wave. Hi Alvie!

[dogbert]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
I forgot about 'ol Alvie.

I see I'm not the only one having a Señior moment...

[NICKYPOO]

"Doh! Ya got me."

Will Nickypoo survive this time? Will Sheriff Dogbert get his way? Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion to The Nickypoo Kid.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
[BWill Nickypoo survive this time? Will Sheriff Dogbert get his way? Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion to The Nickypoo Kid. [/B]

That made my day! Very funny!

[TeamAllen]

I thought it was Mr. NICKYPOO? Whatever? The NICKYPOO Kid. Doo a Loo a Loo... Whaa Whaa Whaa. (Music plays in the background)

[dogbert]

Originally posted by TeamAllen
I thought it was Mr. NICKYPOO? Whatever? The NICKYPOO Kid. Doo a Loo a Loo... Whaa Whaa Whaa. (Music plays in the background)

Hey, that sitcom has been moved to another forum.

Meanwhile, back at the thread...

[talltigeguy]

He looks like more than 265 on the back of that boat! I need a friend like that - movable ballast!

[NICKYPOO]

It's Mr. Nick E. Poo.

This thread is going nowhere without surfdad. He did say he was going out to fine tune the wake this morning so maybe he'll give us something to chew on later. I'm deffinately interested in a shallow water set up.

[Surfdad]

I leave you guys alone for 4 hours and THIS is what happens!

Ok, well the BOATS that we have for the series are an '05 and '06 Nautique 210. Throws a better starboard/right side wake. It's easy to see when you motor out without ballast, the right side is clean the port/left side is washy.

The boat has the "wedge" tanks which add an extra 65 pounds of water ballast. Needless to say, the Nautique are NOT throwing monster wakes, even in the best conditions.

We placed about 400 pounds of lead in the nose, filled the center and either port or starboard tanks. Then another 200 pounds of lead in the rear compartments. That was all the adjustments to the boat. THEN added about 750 pounds of people, the heaviest person in the rear corner seats, moving forward heaviest to lightest.

Nick you were correct, the shallow water setup was very sensitive to weight in the bow. With no weight up front the wake was not clean, adding the 400 or so in the bow, cleaned it up.

Speed settings were between 9.0 and 9.8 with 9.3 to 9.5 being the best settings.

No one will walk away from this saying: Best wake ever! But, it does open up venues where there are wakeboarding contests in man mad lakes.

So to recap, some weight in the bow, an even amount of weight in the rear and then as much weight as possible to help the boat list.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by Surfdad
I leave you guys alone for 4 hours and THIS is what happens!

Well, there's an explanation...

My neighbor's wife
Where were the adults when the kids trashed the place?

[NICKYPOO]

Originally posted by Surfdad
Nick you were correct

That's right, I CALLED IT. Now then, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, waves.

Thanks for the report! Same day service even. I'm glad to here that you guys will at least have some sort of surfable wave. Look at it this way, it will separate the men from the boys. When is the first comp goin' down?

[Surfdad]

The first competition is tomorrow from 3:00 to 4:30...not much time, but hopefully we will have the 15 or so riders to squeeze into that time slot.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by Surfdad
The first competition is tomorrow from 3:00 to 4:30...not much time, but hopefully we will have the 15 or so riders to squeeze into that time slot.

It would be super cool to get pictures or even video clips posted somewhere!

[Surfdad]

I'm hoping to get a ton of photos, if I can, I'll try and get WW to post an article, I can't ever seem to get that to happen, so probably just in one of the threads at WakeWorld or WakeBoarder. Everyone wish us luck!