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Very interesting. Drawn up on autocad, looks like you're at around 6 degrees on the second pic, and 11 on the first
And it only hangs down about 1.25" underneath the boat when not pinned?
Maybe I can try something like the NSS. It looks like it doesn't take much at all
Doing some more googling, there's a guy on the PN forum that had issues setting up his poormans surf gate. His boat has a stepped hull and with the Surf gate, he couldn't get a decent surf wave.
He tried doing the NSS system in hiw boat.
http://www.themalibucrew.com/forums/...-thread/page-4
http://www.planetnautique.com/vb3/sh...-project-99-SN
My boat has a similar hull. Mine is flat on the bottom, then steps up slightly, then has a rounded chine in the corner of the hull.
I'm going to try fabbing a NSS style plate next time I go to the lake, and C-Clamp it to my platform. If I can get the wave dialed in, I'll make a full setup that bolts to the transom, with a coupl of levers that deploy the tab. It just seems like a much better system that is completely out of the way, and doesn't affect wakeboarding at all.
i have seen High Altitudes posts. The thing i don't like about the nss system is attachment.
For the record neither rudder screws up any wake whether it is surfing, wakeboarding or skiing. when unpinned they just follow the water and trail along. and being only 1/2 inch thick they don't displace much water
Hm, another idea:
Have a flap that comes off of the wakeplate to divert the water. When not in use flip it back over itself to the top of the wakeplate.
Although I don't know how well it would work since the wake plate is near the middle of the boat.
NorCal, something like the convex vx that tige has??
Not quite. A flat piece that just flips down off of the wakeplate at an angle on one side, that delays the convergence on that side of the boat. Same principle as the NSS and the surfgate, a just much sleeker and less invasive design.
might only work if you have automatic trim. I think my turnbuckels would get in the way on my salt.
Ah, true.
Even if it's something that clamps into place, it would still be worth it since it would be much easier to store.
the other thing i would think about is the strength of some thin sheet metal v.s water force.
Strong enough if Nautique is using 1/8" SS for their setup