aftermarket wedge system

[jet]

stinky..I was thinking 2-locking positions. light and heavy?? my buddy has a Bu so if we need any measurements let me know. Im thinking the wedge..600 in the rear and 400 in the front? OH..YEAH!!

[mapleleaf]

we can call it.... Su Wedge.....lol

[stinky_1]

the locking positions will be easy enough to have more than one, I will see what I can find for materials and go from there. We deal in stainless all the time at work (food industry) so we should have enough scraps lying around to get something together.

if I am making more than one I will need to get some sort of price on materials though and charge a minimal fee. I know I can scrounge enough for one, but 3 or 4 will get harder.

[mapleleaf]

Hey Stinky, if you're not kidding, I'm totally down. I didn't have too many plans for ballast this year beyond a better pump for the bags I already have and they're big and cumbersome. The metal shop around the corner owes me a few favours so I thought I"d see what kind of measurements we could come up with and go that route, but I'm not in a huge rush. If you've got some ideas, I open to them......Let me be the first to thankyou for choosing Supra!!!!

[stinky_1]

no need for thanks, I havent done anything yet. I was honsetly looking at this very seriously to put on my nautique. The only reason I gave up on that project was because I was planning to sell the boat.

I love the idea of having a pin to pull and instantly have 1000 ish lbs of ballast. The system itself looks pretty simple. I am not even sure that there is that much engineering that is involved. Meaning, you can get "close" and still get results.

I understand what the water should be doing, and what the boat will be doing, and how to achieve that. I just may not have it fine tuned.

I am thinking I can setup a sort of trim plate similar to the old manual out board motors ran. They had 4 or so locking positions, and could get a LOT of different angles based on that.

Maple, let me know when you figure you will be out this way. We can try and hook up for sure. if nothing else you can see what the wedge looks like in person. and we can go show you how well it works (or doesnt.)
I will have my father in laws boat out here too (85 sunsport) so we can compare hulls, and wakes and all that fun stuff.

[jet]

I am down to Stinky..dont mind paying at all. But FREE would have been nice. lol. I was just thinking of a name for it too! lol. How bout the machete or the shank! LMAO

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Awesome, I will be following!

[Fman]

Not trying to hijack your thread, but the new AXIS boats are using a similar wedge setup... attached is a picture and a description of how it works.

"Looking for another 1000 pounds of displacement? Add the exclusive Axis Auto Set Wedge and you can bring your wake footprint to nearly 3200 pounds of displacement on top of the Axis boats’ other available ballast. The Auto Set Wedge can be deployed through an access hatch in the standard fiberglass swim step. A simple pinch of the clips and the Auto Set Wedge is ready for wake-making. This reverse hydro-foil floats to the perfect displacement position and turns up the volume on your wake size. No ballast. No filling, No draining, Just wake."

Might be something to consider, possibly could purchase from Malibu.

[jet]

Fman..Quit making me drool with that pic. You dont want to know how much they cost$$. Used ones sell in one day for $500-$800 on ebay but they sure are pretty!!

[stinky_1]

I have watched the vids for axis wake boats many many times. Even saw Adam at the boat show in calgary a couple weeks ago. I checked out the wedge there and had some close looks it it all.

Thing thing I am stuck on for those is how the "auto" or "floating" part works. It seems that it should naturally find the best position for it to pull the boat down. And I may end up trying mine without the pin in and see what it does. But I also like the idea of locking it in place and having it be exactly where I think it should be.

And yes, a used one will cost a pretty penny. You would know it will work, but I think I can get pretty close to that without much trouble.

Watch for the pics in about 3 weeks. Ill try to document how the process goes.