SICK!!!! Boat looks great!Quote:
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SICK!!!! Boat looks great!Quote:
Originally Posted by mgswake
Im the worlds worst at taking pictures but there were probably 20 boats there for the meetup plus a ton of others just hanging out. It really was a great time. If Skiers Choice was smart they would get behind this and make it a big deal like Malibu does their meetup. Will see if my wife has some more pics of the event. My phone stayed in the boat most of the weekend.
Who was their pro rider? I am sure it was a blast, hated it fell on the same weekend we planned our trip. But I am going to try to make it to Dare to Compare Saturday at Twin Cove Marina if anyone wants to ride up together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mxmark4
Such a nice looking boat! I can not believe how tall these new boats are on the trailer. I always put my drain plug in a cup holder and can easily reach over and grab it before launching.
The SL is really deep, but it's great for the kiddo and storage. We just spent a week at the lake and it is a great boat. Lots of compliments on the colors. I have to get the interior and a few more pictures added.
That's funny you say that becasue i used to be able to do the same thing and reach over the side of our 07 LSV and get the plug out of the cup holder. Now with our new Craz..... not a chance.
Prepping for new WM bags, and since my stock bags would pop out the engine dividers…
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1x1 1/8 angle iron, cut to about 28” pretty close to the bottom channel and to not interfere with the upper locking nut and not scrape on the gel coat
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Using the existing hardware
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Cleaned up and drilled, stock hardware is exactly 10” apart
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Filed down any sharp edges and painted
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Installed just one per side to test…..
Continued due to 5 pictures per post
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Have enough material to add a second per panel, plus some 1” 1/8 flat stock to utilize if required as well….
Was $24 bucks for enough material to make 6 angle iron brackets and 6 flat stock braces…. Surprised metal was still that cheap
I know everyone has done this a few times, and knows the issues…. I did notice on the front and back panels they had a small screw in the lower c channel holding them in place, but did not stop the front from popping out at the top after the middle had already pushed into the engine….
How does the boat run with the 400 in it? Did you get the 16x13.9” prop?Quote:
Originally Posted by mgswake
I put 2 screws in each of my bottom panels as an added safety as well as the upgraded steel c Chanel. I think I cut mine at 28" as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
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So far it has run really well. I really went back and forth with the dealer and he assured me at my elevation I should be fine with the 400. I was going to do the break in as prescribed by the manual, but the dealer said you can surf it right away and just avoid full ballast wakeboarding and WOT. We are up to 14.7 hours and have made sure to vary the RPM and keep it under 4000 RPM. We did surf with the dealer during delivery with three in the boat and full ballast. There was no issue there. We wakeboard 90% or more of the time. I wont need full ballast wakeboarding (I am not very good).Quote:
Originally Posted by mjb929rr
I'll update as I use more and wakeboard with bigger crews and ballast.
The prop is Acme 3591, 16x13.9 according to the build sheet.
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I have had some amazing highs this year, learning to foi,l going ropeless with foil first 360 etc,but none of that touches what I experienced today. Both of my kids and my wife learned to surf today! My 7 year old got it first this morning after working with him yesterday in the water he flipped that board up and took off and immediately was tellin me to crank up his tunes! I was so stoked for him! Then my 9 year old got out and I was hoping he would get up too so he wouldnt be outdone by his little brother and sure enough he popped right up and took off! I felt like my brain was gonna explode from all the excitement for them! I absolutely could not believe the progression from what I had been dealing with the day before. So next we filled the ballasts and my wife got out there. She has been trying to learn over our last few trips out but has not beenvquite sucessful. Well she struggled a few times before getting up and outside the wake and doing amazing! And shes on a skim style board with a 3/4 in fin so there is not stability at all! I am so proud of all of them!
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That’s awesome! Great day for sure. Congrats on the success! Great to see kids learning tow sports.
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Mxmark4, that’s so cool that they are all out there enjoying the boat and figuring out the technique for surfing. Next they are going to be fighting over whose turn it is behind the boat.
We went out this morning just to cruise and swim. I love the bow on the SL. We flip the walkthrough air dam/seat back up to keep our 22 month old daughter from running up in the bow.
I love the ultra blue in the sun. The light graphite interior looked darker on the build and I was a little bummed at first, but it looks great and matches the light graphite gel color!
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Mxmark4: I totally get how excited you are about your family learning and loving the lake life with you! I hope that you get to enjoy many more seasons and years to come with them!
Mgswake: beautiful boat bro! I think that flip up seat back/wind blocker in the bow of the SL is the best new innovation I have seen in years. Love it
I really like the walkthru on that boat. It looks a little more ergonomic for the "stepping ". The walkthru on my Makai is sort of high.
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MxMark, that is what it's all about! Makes the boat purchase worth every penny. It won't be too much longer and they will be wanting to bring all their friends along too!
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Have you noticed these gaps while moving around the cockpit?Quote:
Originally Posted by mgswake
I read about some ankles getting in that area. It was one of the first things I noticed when playing around with the newer flip up seat. Or I should say my tailbone noticed it first.
Someone on social media had an upholstery shop make a set of little cushions to fill those gaps.
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Ah....that is pretty big I must say. Compared to the sliding seat on my 21' Makai, that's huge. I see it is to allow for the hinge mechanism vs a removable back rest like Moomba has, but a little more designing could have maybe avoided that much gap.
You know upon further thought, you should not take a chance on letting that hurt you. So I will go out on a limb here and risk my safety by trading you my boat for yours. I will not even try to get you to pay me any extra money for that safety issue! LOL![emoji16] just let me know!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5295149477.jpg
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Not to be a stickler here but for what these boats cost and the vinyl tears and cracks I have seen from foot placement near seams....you step in that hole you deserve it!
The transom walk-thru and sea deck on the table is there for a reason. If you are using the flip up transom seats that is the only way in and out anyways. But I'm with HFarr....I'll trade you even up to mitigate your risk.
I haven’t had an issue yet. We have had crews from 3 to 9. I just remind people to step on gator step only and it hasn’t been an issue. The boat is huge, I think if you just pay attention to where you are stepping it is avoidable.
That being said, if you did step wrong or somehow miss your step and land in that gap I bet it wouldn’t feel good. Knock on wood, no issues for us so far.
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I'll second you guys here. Anyone looking to upgrade their bags, 100% need to do this. I got the WM upgrade initially and it's not working. In fact, those reinforcement pieces are bending. So, I'm in the middle of redoing it somewhat like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by HFarr
Have you guys thought any about the pressure on the fiberglass up top?
The top fiberglass edge has crossed my mind, but not too much I can do about that without a lot more work. I think it is stout enough to handle the pressure as is. That load is spread out along all the panels pretty evenly across the top. I had those panels bending and popping out with just the stock bags even before going to the WM bags. They are just too soft and flexible is the real problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by dyrmz134
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I just starting getting paranoid about too much stress in that area as the rest is reinforced. But maybe I am overly concerned, and like to you said , not much to do about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HFarr
I think its a concern because the load is focussed on the area where the two clips are at the top, thats a lot of pressure in a small space, I still have stock bags, and tested my single 1x1 angle iron on each middle diver panel, and the starboard side was ok, but port still popped in, I added the second angle iron to each middle panel today and will test that, I also have some flat stock I thought about using, perhaps up top to spread the load out, I will also think about the lower c channel screws, and perhaps even 2 more clips on the top of each side…. But I like to test things out 1 at a time to see what works….Quote:
Originally Posted by dyrmz134
As I mentioned still stock bags, but I will upgrade in the off season, so I am ok with building in some overkill…..
Are you guys using aluminum? That is what WM sells also.
Try to find 1" x 1" SST. Either 204 or 316 grade. It will be much stronger and run them the whole length of the panel not 3" short on each side like WM.
Also the channel at the bottom. Same thing use SST and add a few extra screws. Order deep channel. They make 1/2" x 1" channel that is 1/2" wide but has 1" sides to add height and help support the panel further up.
Lastly, just replace the panels with aluminum and cover them in sound deadener material. Add UHMW straps to the bottom to make them sit tight in the channel and at the top for the locks to work.
Just thoughts....but seeing these boats are new I get the frustration.
I used 1/8th steel angle iron for mine, was not going to go with aluminum…. Lol steel is just more ballast!! (I kill myself sometimes)…. I went as long as I could on each one….
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I am a tinkerer, and I knew this was likely going to be an issue, so perhaps its too easy for me to overlook, I tend to adjust and modify everything I own anyways….
To fully resolve the panels buckling, I think the best approach would be a stiffer back brace channel for the panels and also a beefier and taller channel/track on the bottom.
Mine still buckle from time to time, mainly if my wife hits some rollers at a side angle where the boat rolls a lot. I haven’t upgraded my panel dividers yet but one thing I did do that seems to lessen the likelihood of it happening was making sure my bags were slightly rotated towards the outer side of the boat on each side rather than straight up and down. This seems to aim the bag away from the panel a little more than if it were straight up or aimed towards it. I did this during the fill process when the bag had maybe 10% water in it so that the bag could be tweaked and moved around/rotated. Obviously don’t want to go too much or cause any addd tension on the fittings or tubing but you should be able to adjust the bag a little to expand towards the outside more than straight up.
Hey now, thats a pretty interesting Idea, I do believe that its during the filling process where the most pressure can be exerted on the panels dependant on how the bag is oriented and fills….. I like your idea and will put it on the list!Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
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Some great Ideas, I have only braced up the middle panels at this point….
But I better throw a fun August pic up too, some friends came into town and had a blast!
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That pic reminds me of an old Toyota commercial if anyone remembers it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
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“Oh what a feeling, Toyota!!!!”Quote:
Originally Posted by HFarr
Said no one ever!!
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Lol, that may have been the inspiration!Quote:
Originally Posted by larry_arizona
Ok, now some of us are telling our age! LOL!
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I think you need to go back 2 more decades. going to date myself but I remember being in high school seeing these ads....Quote:
Originally Posted by HFarr
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Thats the one! Boy, who else feels really really old right now lolQuote:
Originally Posted by sandm
Yes I remember that. The 4 Runner that Marty McFly had was Sweet too!
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