wakesurf questions w/ 98 v-drive nauti

(ruste) · (ruste) **Join Date: Apr 2008** 03-23-2009, 5:24 PM

I have a 98 san/ss and just got a wakesurf, had it out yesterday and am trying to figure out what speed i need for the best wake? i could ride it but just coudnt quite get to the point of throwing the rope in! what speed and recommendations do you all have? i have a fly high sac on each side of the motor, 500lbs total and had 7 ppl in the boat, and was riding on the port side. Thanks alot.

Jeff

(polkaking27) · (polkaking27) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 03-23-2009, 5:45 PM

riding on the port side is going to be your problem. Due to the rotation of the prop it kindof put us regular footer surfers at a disadvantage.

I know some of the guys on here have an awesome wake on that side, and I'll take note to their weight set up. But when I had my '97 SAN we could never dial in the wake.

On the other hand the Starboard side was huge and curled perfectly... so I tried to learn to ride goofy

(sidekicknicholas)

Port side is just as good/better on our 95 SS

Don't know our speed but our ballast is:
500 port side rear corner
500 ski locker
400 bow
The pictures had like 4 people, 3 on port side, 1 driving
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(ruste) · (ruste) **Join Date: Apr 2008** 03-24-2009, 9:14 AM

thanks for the pics, anyone have a recommended speed for this boat and wat exactly am i lookn for in the shape of the wake to be able to ride it w/o the rope? thanks. jeff

(bhog) · (bhog) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 03-24-2009, 9:52 AM

I would say around 10-12Mph

(ruste) · (ruste) **Join Date: Apr 2008** 03-24-2009, 2:31 PM

Thanks Britt! ill try that out this weekend. appreciate all the help everyone.

Jeff

(afwakepilot13) · (afwakepilot13) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 03-25-2009, 7:53 AM

Jeff we got Kathleen's 210 to be money on the left side, just fill both your bags and have the people sit on the back left side, and 10-12 was about what we were running. Except your boy from the whole Lake Dunlap mud incident was there (seriously) so it probably threw everything off. Just drive around for a bit staring at the wake before anyone rides and figure out what looks good. Kind of hard to hold those speeds though w/o PP, I think we both need to buy it. As for the shape you are looking for, look at the pics, big and smooth (STS) with a nice curl, but not too much.