85 Supra SunSport Skier - PINK!

[chrisk]

He polished the entire hull without me even asking for it.

[villain]

just read through your whole thread. nice boat! makes me get impatient on finding one for me. haha!

[chrisk]

Great to hear Villain! Good luck with the search.

[villain]

thanks. its been hard finding the one that needs the right amount of work that isnt 2k miles away.

[olivier_20]

Of course not! That's the purpose behind this whole forum, inspiration and sharing

chrisk you are absolutely right !! you have a very nice boat and you inspire me a bit on couple thing !! The guy made a really nice repair on your fiberglass , it look new! I know it suck to own a boat and not be able to use it since is in a shop for repair,paint or whatever.

Questions for you:
1-How your cavitation plate is set for wakesurfing ? is it equal,lower or higher than the hull ?
2- What is your ballast setup fo wakesurfing ? (how much weight and where in the boat)

thanks for the answer and keep up your good work man !

[chrisk]

Thanks!

The cavitation plate is stationary, it's sealed to the hull of the boat so you can't move it. I don't believe the early Supra's had an option of a movable plate until they came out with hydraulic ones. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

For weight: 370 lb sac under the rear seat. 250 lb sac in the port side of the bow, basically directly underneath the windshield. Extra 400 lb sac on the port side next to the dog house, only sac that isn't hidden for surfing. The amount of gas you have in the tank completely changes the wake on these boats, and you have to change weight distribution accordingly. Usually when we're surfing we have at least four people along so that means there's two bodies that I can tell to move around. Sometimes I need them to sit in the very back of the boat, sometimes I need one to sit in the observers seat, just depends on the weight we're running that day. If the boat is fully loaded with people ( I'll just forget the extra sac by the doghouse and save that area for people to stand/lean against the gunwale. If you have a goofy footed surfer, just reverse everything.

[TitanTn]

Thanks!

The cavitation plate is stationary, it's sealed to the hull of the boat so you can't move it. I don't believe the early Supra's had an option of a movable plate until they came out with hydraulic ones. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Actually, most of the cavitation plates I've seen are slightly adjustable (I didn't know they had any that weren't adjustable). The part that is attached to the boat is sealed and unmoveable, but the tailing edge has struts that you can adjust to flex the plate up or down. I find it hard to believe that the plate will do enough to affect anything, especially for wakeboarding. I assume it was meant to smooth out the wake when that was the trend back in the day. If you load down the boat with weight for boarding/surfing, I doubt the plate will affect anything. The struts on mine are locked up so I can't adjust anything, and that's fine with me.

[Salty87]

the plate position does make a bit of difference but it's no substitute for ballast. i don't know how much of an effect on surfing wake it would have but you should be able to notice at wakeboard speed. swing by sdc77's led thread in the modification section. he took the wakeplate off his saltare and used the strut mounting holes for the lights.

[olivier_20]

Tanks Guys for the answer & the help ! I do have ballast 1x600lbs + 2x300lbs ! I'll try to put more in the bow And put the plate all the way up and slowly set it down to see if there's a difference. Thanks again

[wotan2525]

the plate position does make a bit of difference but it's no substitute for ballast. i don't know how much of an effect on surfing wake it would have but you should be able to notice at wakeboard speed. swing by sdc77's led thread in the modification section. he took the wakeplate off his saltare and used the strut mounting holes for the lights.

At least on my boat, it makes a lot of difference. With the plate all the way down, I get the longest surf wave (which is how I run it) but I can't make a decent wakeboard wake to save my life.