the answer...

[tdc_worm]

... http://www.alliancewake.com/default2...article&id=385

[AbunDiga909]

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Boat: Correct Craft Super Air Nautique 220 Team Edition
Additional weight: ~4,000 lbs. (no driver or passengers)
Speed: ~ 25.5 MPH (Rob Jacques)
Rope length: 88’ (Rob Jacques)

Acceleration to 30 MPH: 6 min

nonetheless.. thats awesome...

[surroundsound64]

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Boat: Correct Craft Super Air Nautique 220 Team Edition
Additional weight: ~4,000 lbs. (no driver or passengers)
Speed: ~ 25.5 MPH (Rob Jacques)
Rope length: 88’ (Rob Jacques)

Acceleration to 30 MPH: 6 min

nonetheless.. thats awesome...

Do you mean 6 seconds?

[ag4ever]

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Not with that kind of weight.

[Hollywood]

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I think Austin completely made up that figure.

[DRAGON88]

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I actually hate riding boats with that much ballast, they're terrible for learning anything new. At camp I rode behind an SV23 (old VLX current V-ride) with about 3200lbs of ballast the wake was great, but it took it literally 3 minutes to get on plane.

I think the 220 is fully capable of making a good wake without 4k lbs of ballast however.

[AbunDiga909]

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yes.. props to hollywood... i was making fun of how long it takes to get 4 tons of boat going 30 mph

[redelf75]

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So, let me get this straight...You want me to lay out $60,000 and even before going aboard, be in violation of the Coast Guard weight limit by 2000 lbs? No thanks.

I'm sure there is a better way to have some fun on the water. Wakeboarding is a huge sport and the trend to overweight the boats is not going to go unnoticed by the authorities or the manufactures forever. One day, the bubble's going to burst and the fat sack business is going to go flat. IMHO

[MHayes]

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I agree with redelf75, you shouldn't have to load the boat with that much weight to achieve a "good" wake. And to be honest, looking at the wake picture they have on that site, I would expect a much bigger wake with that much weight!

[tdc_worm]

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So, let me get this straight...You want me to lay out $60,000 and even before going aboard, be in violation of the Coast Guard weight limit by 2000 lbs? No thanks.

I'm sure there is a better way to have some fun on the water. Wakeboarding is a huge sport and the trend to overweight the boats is not going to go unnoticed by the authorities or the manufactures forever. One day, the bubble's going to burst and the fat sack business is going to go flat. IMHO

nope. that is not what i want you to do. as a matter of fact, i dont think that is what the projects wants you to do. correct craft doesnt want you to do that either. it is apparent that you dont want to do that...congratulations.

and there are better ways to have some fun on the water; depending on who you are. go get a bass boat and catch some fish or go get a baja and see how fast you can go. both of those are good clean fun, but they dont fall into the "better" category for me. if i want to weight the heck out of the boat, here is an example of how somebody else had success...

the industry is fully aware of what people are doing to these boats and you better believe that they are constructing boats to handle those sorts of loads. to not do so would be a certain as far as the lake police are concerned, the Coast Gaurd Capacity plate is only required on boats less than 20 feet in length. if you are worried, then pull the plate out...because it isnt mandated anyhow...

[redelf75]

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tdc,

With all due respect, if the marine patrol feel that your boat is overloaded, they will find away to fine you, plate or no plate. As far as the manufactures are concerned, as soon as there is an incident, they will stand safely behind that plate. Why do you think it's there?

I'm not trying to stop anyone from having fun, I just think that weighting the boat is not the correct answer to a good wake.

[Onthewater]

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what is?

there is no replacement for displacement.

[Nates78Ski]

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Haha, granted this boat is weighed pretty heavily, but I'm not sure if you guys remember the all black "2001" that some guy posted on here with the transom awash, up to about 3-5 inches from coming over the back of the boat. Now THAT is stupid and should be fined by the coast guard if they're caught before they sink their boat, but this one doesn't look that bad with the exception of water being a few inches over the swim platform.

Nate

[TRBenj]

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I dunno, looks reasonable to me.

[Nates78Ski]

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haha YEP! That's the one...

Looks like they're about one quick let off the throttle from watching the stern go under water soon followed by the remainder of that nice boat. Hopefully that was only a one time thing, just to say "look what we did".

Nate