Isaguel
08-13-2020, 09:24 AM
Just wanted to gather some thoughts.
So my brother in law (BIL) just put up his X-23 for sale. He wants a Max, we've had a few discussions about this. He mainly surfs and tubes, no ski. So I think the Max with deep hull would be ideal for him. He really likes the SFB though and was looking at Kaiyen but is dismayed by the small bow area.
I personally would choose the Max.
Since I've seen many DIY'ers here build platforms, I wanted to throw this out.
What about DIY flooring above bags? The deep hull of Max should allow this better than any other model, methinks.
I would use the same technique that aerolland used in this thread for a swim platform:
https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?29742-Surf-Platform-DIY
3/4" plywood, cut, sealed and painted with Rustoleum.
The trick would be how to support the flooring above the bags. Any thoughts?
It'll be some work getting templates to close to the exact shape of the compartments, but that's prolly the hardest thing, then everything else is just cutting, sanding, staining, painting and then of course, figuring out a way to support the flooring. Would really like to hear ideas on this.
This would be a good way by BIL can get the Max and still get his SFB and storage.
For Max owners, do you feel your rear and midship compartments are deep enough for this, with the standard, 4000lb ballast factory setup? He would not be able to upgrade bags prolly, but then he could add lead instead.
So my brother in law (BIL) just put up his X-23 for sale. He wants a Max, we've had a few discussions about this. He mainly surfs and tubes, no ski. So I think the Max with deep hull would be ideal for him. He really likes the SFB though and was looking at Kaiyen but is dismayed by the small bow area.
I personally would choose the Max.
Since I've seen many DIY'ers here build platforms, I wanted to throw this out.
What about DIY flooring above bags? The deep hull of Max should allow this better than any other model, methinks.
I would use the same technique that aerolland used in this thread for a swim platform:
https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?29742-Surf-Platform-DIY
3/4" plywood, cut, sealed and painted with Rustoleum.
The trick would be how to support the flooring above the bags. Any thoughts?
It'll be some work getting templates to close to the exact shape of the compartments, but that's prolly the hardest thing, then everything else is just cutting, sanding, staining, painting and then of course, figuring out a way to support the flooring. Would really like to hear ideas on this.
This would be a good way by BIL can get the Max and still get his SFB and storage.
For Max owners, do you feel your rear and midship compartments are deep enough for this, with the standard, 4000lb ballast factory setup? He would not be able to upgrade bags prolly, but then he could add lead instead.