weight placement

[rensink]

ok so i have the tige rz2 with stock ballast of 900lbs and we load maybe another 200....or so into the locker in the back and yet the wake doesnt clean up and we dont want to go any faster then what we are (10.6mph) anybody know how to or how much weight should we run in the front or how much weight total or just wtf should i do lol

[hoopykat]

ok...well first, you need to study up on punctuation and get familiar with your period key!

LOL


rensink meet wannbewakeboarder....wannabewakeboarder meet rensink!

Mike

[chpthril]

ok so i have the tige rz2 with stock ballast of 900lbs and we load maybe another 200....or so into the locker in the back and yet the wake doesnt clean up and we dont want to go any faster then what we are (10.6mph) anybody know how to or how much weight should we run in the front or how much weight total or just wtf should i do lol

Based on your post, sounds like you still have the front sac filled....GOOD. First, empty the rear tank for the side you DO NOT surf on. 2nd, I think you may need 400-500 in that rear locker in addition to the stock tank.

You didn't say what your TAPS is set at? Ours is best at 3-4.

Try this and then play around with diff speed/TAPS combos till you find what works.

Let us know how it turns out

[dogbert]

Chptril is right on with the speed/TAPS/ballast recommendation. The only other thing I'll add is that you can make your wake's sweet spot longer by adding more weight to the front. Instead of adding the 200 to the locker in the back, try moving it into the ski locker under the seat. When we're surfing, I always have a 350 tube underneath my seats. Then, depending on how many people we have in the boat, we may throw another 350 on the seat above the tube and some additional weight in the back locker. Your rear tanks on the factory ballast is pretty far back, so you really need to add the weight forward of your engine to clear up your wash. TAPS can do some of it when you put it down (start at 7 and work your way down to 1), but if it doesn't do it all, you'll need to add some weight towards the front of your boat.

[Steve Walsh]

A little balance pays off . . .

Too much weight in the back seems to wash the wake out especially in the new hull designs . . . you need to weight the entire boat to sink it to create the best wake . . . too much weight in the back and the platform cuts the top of your wake off and you lose the energy of the wake . . . sometimes, less is more, a small tilt toward the side you're surfing on and lower the speed . . . Oh MY a great wake to surf on . . . by the way, the 2001 21V has a great wake with no blast, one person driving at 9.5 miles per hour and a patient wife who likes to drive . . . Steve

[rensink]

haha ok i'm just to lazy to do correct punctuation haha. we use taps around 3-4 depending on the people we have with us. We empty the all the weight from the opposite side we surf on. I'm going to try and put like 200-300 up front with the ballast and then maybe a couple hundered in the back and see how that goes. This is what our wake has looked like here a few pictures. The first are with the stock ballast and with 200 extra pounds and 10 people or so.

[ascboards.com]

wow

not to change the subject or anything...but your green water in iowa might be the prettiest i've ever seen inland.good for you guys.keep rippn

[rensink]

Thanks sometimes it in a couple spots it turns like silvery blue it looks pretty sweet i will see if i can get a couple more pictures for you this weekend.

[spenchey2]

Those second and third pics are by far the best wake we have every gotten and they were huge.

BTW acboards, i got a chance to see the mediterranean sea this summer and that is the most beautiful blue you'll ever see.

[rensink]

hey spencer hows it going we gotta try some of this stuff behind my boat this time or yours if you want to deal with fatsacs

[sacnvr2l8]

When the top gets foamy like in some of your pics it is almost always cleaned up by adding a person to the front...Even moving my 70lbs son can really change the wake.

[sagmanaur]

When we have only 1 person in the boat (besides the driver), just moving that person from the back corner to mid boat makes a pretty good difference with foam and shape.