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Finally had a perfect day to try everything today.
With 2 people on the boat and nearly full fuel, the ski wake is very nice at 15 off and 32mph, there is a bump and some prop spray, but its a soft transition, it's definitely not a Ski Nautique wake, but that's impossible with a boat this size. 22 off is a little better and there isn't any spray. Speeding up only makes it better. I'm looking forward to skiing with much less fuel. One thing I have found is that the boat is very sensitive to weight side to side, it really needs to be balanced to produce a decent ski wake (other wakes can be tuned using the ballast shift).
We're experimenting with the surf wave a lot, trying to find the sweet spot for everyone (it seems everyone want's something different), it's getting better, the best part of it is that we can tune it to the riders preference, changing the NSS changes the shape dramatically. The stock wave (11.2mph and NSS at 0) has a trick table close to the boat (that's the best way I can describe it, it has a steep lower part and a more flat upper). Changing the speed and NSS has allowed us to make the wave a little steeper and remove the step in the wave. I'm holding off on adding additional ballast, though there is plenty of room for it, I have two 750# bags standing by for when we have exhausted the speed/nss/stock ballast settings.
We didn't have a wakeboarder onboard today, but with the tanks half full and 22mph for skating it was a nice wake.
Were getting more comfortable with the storage and the electronics. I've added some hangers in the rear lockers to hang tow lines and loose things from just to keep them from getting lost in the storage compartments, I'm about to add a couple of storage nets to hold small loose things such as ski gloves, sunscreen and misc stuff. We've put 16 hours on the boat and i keep finding more things I like about it every time I'm on it.
One thing I forgot to mention, for those that are looking at the 22 that have either small children or people that have difficulty with pulling themselves up, with no ballast the swim platform sits about 6" out of the water, with full ballast it's only slightly lower, the promo pictures with the wakeboarder on the platform and the platform at water level are very misleading. I now see why they offer the boarding ladder as an option.
With 2 people on the boat and nearly full fuel, the ski wake is very nice at 15 off and 32mph, there is a bump and some prop spray, but its a soft transition, it's definitely not a Ski Nautique wake, but that's impossible with a boat this size. 22 off is a little better and there isn't any spray. Speeding up only makes it better. I'm looking forward to skiing with much less fuel. One thing I have found is that the boat is very sensitive to weight side to side, it really needs to be balanced to produce a decent ski wake (other wakes can be tuned using the ballast shift).
We're experimenting with the surf wave a lot, trying to find the sweet spot for everyone (it seems everyone want's something different), it's getting better, the best part of it is that we can tune it to the riders preference, changing the NSS changes the shape dramatically. The stock wave (11.2mph and NSS at 0) has a trick table close to the boat (that's the best way I can describe it, it has a steep lower part and a more flat upper). Changing the speed and NSS has allowed us to make the wave a little steeper and remove the step in the wave. I'm holding off on adding additional ballast, though there is plenty of room for it, I have two 750# bags standing by for when we have exhausted the speed/nss/stock ballast settings.
We didn't have a wakeboarder onboard today, but with the tanks half full and 22mph for skating it was a nice wake.
Were getting more comfortable with the storage and the electronics. I've added some hangers in the rear lockers to hang tow lines and loose things from just to keep them from getting lost in the storage compartments, I'm about to add a couple of storage nets to hold small loose things such as ski gloves, sunscreen and misc stuff. We've put 16 hours on the boat and i keep finding more things I like about it every time I'm on it.
One thing I forgot to mention, for those that are looking at the 22 that have either small children or people that have difficulty with pulling themselves up, with no ballast the swim platform sits about 6" out of the water, with full ballast it's only slightly lower, the promo pictures with the wakeboarder on the platform and the platform at water level are very misleading. I now see why they offer the boarding ladder as an option.
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