TimGT3
06-24-2016, 06:38 PM
To put it short and sweet, my dad and I who have skied off my '06 DD Outback since new are in a continuous struggle with the wake. We've progressed up to running a temporary course that we acquired, but our limiting factor is crossing the wake. 32-34 mph, full line up through 28 off, we cannot find a happy spot that will allow us to really attack and get more than 2 or 3 balls. Slower speed is certainly not an option, so this season, after reading up on GUT, we're running full 75' length to try to finally achieve our first full passes. At full line, the wake is quite table-like with the drop off on the second wake rather pronounced. At 15 off, it's the worst of both worlds -- both the ramp up and down with a hump in the middle. At 22 off the ramps go away but the famous hump is ever present. We're not to the level of visiting 28 off in the course, but even in open water skiing it doesn't level off too much at that length anyway. Zero ballast in the boat, no additional passengers, no wake tower equipped - stripped down slalom boat with even the rear bench seat removed. It does get a little better when we ballast the nose: approx 120lbs added to the left front bow storage. As a side note, I towed a couple members of the US Disabled Ski Team two summers ago and they were rather disappointed in our wake as well. Granted they were running 24-26 mph, but compared to their Malibu Response on their home lake, they would have thought we were towing them with a wake boarding setup.
I've never skied behind a CC, Mastercraft, or Malibu to get a comparison. I've searched posts in the archive that state Outback's wake is as flat as any. My question becomes: is wake crossing an art that takes years to master or does something sound off here? Out of habit we always have the fuel 3/4 full. Does 80lbs in the tank make much difference? Does this sound like a skier problem, boat problem, or setup problem to anyone?... Let the suggestions fly.
I've never skied behind a CC, Mastercraft, or Malibu to get a comparison. I've searched posts in the archive that state Outback's wake is as flat as any. My question becomes: is wake crossing an art that takes years to master or does something sound off here? Out of habit we always have the fuel 3/4 full. Does 80lbs in the tank make much difference? Does this sound like a skier problem, boat problem, or setup problem to anyone?... Let the suggestions fly.