WakeMikey's 1987 Supra SunSport wake/surf

[mapleleaf]

Wow, thanks a ton. I had some idea of what to do, but that clears a few things up. I saw your side profile, bagged out I don't know how close to that I can get, but I'll try.
Conbrio's got the comp hull, so low freeboard's and the swamping over the bow will be frequent, I'd imagine.
Gonna do some side sac's, and my buddies (300+) and see about the bow.
Hopefully by august I can push a 1000lb and maybe some longboarding???
I'll get you some side shot's next weekend. I'm pulling the trailer awy from the boat for some repair's, so should be able to get some decent hull shot's!
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I saw Ed G post some surfing shot's on WW. All I know is I thought I was wakeboarding, turns out the focus has changed and I probably have the wrong boat. I'll be surfing at bare minimum, and you buy what you can afford I guess!
Your shot up near the top of the wake was what reminded me of Costa Rica, rolling back down was my favorite part, why would I want to tire my arms with a rope?

[michael hunter]

Mikey

The 89 still has wood floor and stringers I think the change was in 92-93.
So far I don't have any signs of wood damage. My boat has never gotten very
wet always stored inside and wet vac any water from using it.
I don't know what the difference it between our two hulls I don't think there
is much. Deep V front with a pretty flat rear.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Quick update, I have been buying some things, so it will be a fun spring of installation.
-Stereo (tower speakers, sub, amp, equalizer, ipod, tower wiring kit and amp wiring kit)
-Monster Tower navigation light
-A few red led strips for fun
-Month or so and getting OJ 3-blade 13.25x10.5, 1" LH prop for like $420.

[saltare inverts]

I have been riding the Misssippi for 7 years now. I love all the smooth water one can get. I like the ballast you are putting in. What size bag are you putting in the rear locker?

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Hey inverts Mississippi is nice. A little high right now though.

Thanks for the ballast compliments it's a pretty simple and basic system but it works for me.

I use Fly High Locker Sacs for the rear locker and under the rear bench seat. 370lbs each. In the front I use two Fly High V-Drive sacs 400lbs each. No pics of that I'll get one sometime soon. I have another 680lb sac I use on the rear port floor for surfing or balancing the wave when wakeboarding fill about 1/3 full.

When surfing I drain the front starboard sac and leave all others full.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

New Gear! Gotta love it

[87SunSportMikeyD]

So far I have gotten the sub box carpeted, gotten the 2nd battery and battery combiner installed, and modified the bimini top. Stereo install should hopefully happen next weekend!

[Irish_Jack]

Hey I think I convinced my wife to get a fat sack... Sweet
I can fit it under my aft bench seats.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Update time! (edit: sorry but I also posted this on my thread at wakeboarder.com. I have some nice people helping me so I wanna be sure they see what I am up to. I will post more details and pics here shortly.)

-Stereo is hooked up but need to mount amp to rack, organize wires and hide everything. Need to mount EQ and bass remote under dash left side. Need to drill hole in top of gunwale for the tower wire-harness quick-disconnect.

I would recommend skipping this disconnect. Just get a length of wire and run the right number of leads. The kits are cheap, thin wire and the quick-connect is also not the greatest.

-The tower speaker wires are hanging out so we will tuck those inside the tower and there should barely be any wires exposed. Also no deck/CD player, just EQ and ipod so super minimal and stealth. The sub sounds great.

-Need to hook up tower mount nav light to dash board nav light circuit and complete mounting to tower (holes are drilled).

-Ran wire for LED's and mounted LED's to gunwale. Looks nice. Need to crimp the wires and wire into nav light circuit. LEDs will come on whenever I turn on the anchor/nav lights.

-New prop is on you can see it in the pic shiny!
We tried to make our own puller but the threads weren't fine enough. The real kind worked no problem. Remember to put a piece of tape over the 1/4" square prop key because ours flew off, nowhere to be found! Dealer had more.

-Fresh Air Exhaust - removed the SupraTraps and mounted the flanges. More pics to come later. Attached the FAE and tightened clamps but did not attach the support arms or support bars to the teak yet.

-Attached new Monster Tower mirror. Looks very slick and works much better than the Arial one I tried last year. Quick disconnect and plastic sleeves to protect tower from clamp are a must!

-Got a rocker switch for my ballast have to figure out where to put it that is easy to wire. If I wire it to the battery under spotters seat, then under floor and to switch on dash, don't I have to run it BACK under the floor to the pump which is also under the spotters seat? Otherwise I may put the switch on that side for simplicity. Sweet switch with two LEDs pic later.

That MIGHT be all my projects for now! Still waiting to mock up the newly modified bimini to estimate if it is worth shortening the legs and mounting them to the tower with DIY wake tower bimini clamps.

What do you think???????

[jasonba1]

I wakemikey I have a OJ CNC XMP 13 x 11.5 that is brand new that I would sell you for 265 if you are interested