Your hidden compartment. Mine goes back to the transom.
boat compart.jpg
Your hidden compartment. Mine goes back to the transom.
boat compart.jpg
Congratulations on the purchase. Good looking boat. I have the 2011 Launch in same color scheme. This past season was our first year with the boat and the family really enjoyed it. Very roomy and great for taking along friends. Enjoy!
David
2011 Supra Launch 242
1983 Supra Rider aka Mischief IV
1983 Supra Beast
1985 Supra Rider
1986 Supra Sunsport Skier
1987 Supra Marauder
1991 Supra Comp ts6m
2012 Supra Sunsport 242
I have the 5.7L Indmar. I have 1000lb sacs in the rear and standard ballast upfront. We have struggled a bit with getting the desired push for surfing. Late in the season I added an 800lb bag that we place on the seat surf side. Huge wake, but still not great push. I'm going to try a suck gate this next season. All that said, we love the boat. Plenty of power, plenty of room, and its a head turner on the water. I built a sub enclosure for the stereo and went with (2) 10" kicker 2 ohm subs. Really brought the sound system to life.
David
2011 Supra Launch 242
I was impressed with this motor. It really felt strong and quick so glad to hear the same from you.
Haven't got to try out the wake yet. We played around with it a lot on the last day we went out filling the bags and messing around with the wake plate some. Have you adjusted your speed to get a better push?
With the bags being just 600 lbs in rear, I thought it was a good size wave.
If you look at the picture I have of the bags, hard for me to believe that front bag even fits underneath the floor up front. Dealer said it was a 500 lb bag.
It really pushed the door on the floor up when was full.
I've already talked about the suckgate being a priority with the other three guys that have replied to this thread. I'm hoping for good success with that and learning how to dial in this wake once I get a chance.
1983 Supra Rider aka Mischief IV
1983 Supra Beast
1985 Supra Rider
1986 Supra Sunsport Skier
1987 Supra Marauder
1991 Supra Comp ts6m
2012 Supra Sunsport 242
The boat is equipped with a hard tank and bag in the front. Total factory ballast setup was 1700lbs. Rear bags were 400lbs each, so front system should be 900lbs. I've tried running it at 80% full and with 20%. Not much difference. The best thing we did is run with the extra 800lb bag on surf side seat. The best we were able to do was drop rope for about 15-20 seconds. We typically run at about 10.5 mph. Tried faster and slower, but that seems the best. Can't wait for summer so we can work it some more.
David
2011 Supra Launch 242
Hard tank up front? Good for you, didn't know the Launch was that much different than Sunsport. Only hard tank I have is the gas tank but that would add another 420 lbs of ballast if I can afford to fill up the 68 gallons of gas it holds.
With what I had setup, the wake looked real good at 10.8 mph but I'm sure that might change slightly with increasing the bags in rear.
1983 Supra Rider aka Mischief IV
1983 Supra Beast
1985 Supra Rider
1986 Supra Sunsport Skier
1987 Supra Marauder
1991 Supra Comp ts6m
2012 Supra Sunsport 242