2021 max

[RyanE]

Buying a 2021 max very excited. Previous owner of a 2014 20 foot boat that just never lived up. Hoping for a different experience want to surf. Suggestions?

[jimmsch]

buy it...you'll love it

[Bmac]

RyanE, I have a 2020 Max. We love our boat and have not regretted purchasing it at all. You will love it as well. Just know that she is a big boat and needs a lot of weight to surf really well. We worked our way up to 5500lbs of ballast and the wake came alive. We have push way further back and are able to up our surf game quite a bit. Right now we have the 4,000lbs of stock water ballast with 400lbs of lead in the nose and 1,100 lbs of lead midship. It has been the best recipe that we have found. Good luck and have fun!


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[flienlow]

If you are buying a Max. Here is what you need to know...

Gator step is Awesome. Gator Step in grey will be forever dirty.
Gator step walk through is a must.

If you are buying to surf. you WILL need to upgrade ballast. - WakeMakers.
If you upgrade ballast, you WILL need to add engine divider panel support. I am using 3/4" plywood set in loosely

If you are buying to surf. Be choosy about your Prop NOW!! - I have 2419, but new max may have different transmissions and need something else.

you can have a surf prop and go tubing, but...you'll eat gas.

I never user Auto Wake

G6 ballast is a must

We never use center "stadium" type seating and dont miss not buying back rest for it. I would be killer if it made into a table like the supras though.


Buy the extension platforms on the trailer. Shit I wish I did.

Finally, I will never own a White trailer or tower again. Cant keep it clean.


Hope this helps.

[haknslash]

I haven’t had any issues with my stock dividers using the Wakemakers kit. My dividers appear to have support already. Agree with everything though. For sure get those trailer steps or you’ll need a trampoline lol. Be sure to option with the 7” dash screen instead of the small screen the 18-20 Max’s came with. Stock ballast for 2021 Max is 4K lbs so you may need some lead to get you close to 5k lbs or more of you have a light crew.

[RyanE]

Awesome thanks for the info.

[Ferns]

If you are buying a Max. Here is what you need to know...

Gator step is Awesome. Gator Step in grey will be forever dirty.
Gator step walk through is a must.

If you are buying to surf. you WILL need to upgrade ballast. - WakeMakers.
If you upgrade ballast, you WILL need to add engine divider panel support. I am using 3/4" plywood set in loosely

If you are buying to surf. Be choosy about your Prop NOW!! - I have 2419, but new max may have different transmissions and need something else.

you can have a surf prop and go tubing, but...you'll eat gas.

I never user Auto Wake

G6 ballast is a must

We never use center "stadium" type seating and dont miss not buying back rest for it. I would be killer if it made into a table like the supras though.


Buy the extension platforms on the trailer. Shit I wish I did.

Finally, I will never own a White trailer or tower again. Cant keep it clean.


Hope this helps.

Ditto from another Max owner

[dakota4ce]

Also have a 2021 coming. Agree with all the statements. Went with a color scheme that allowed brown gator step for that very reason—Gray is perpetually dirty.

And I went 450 just because, well, power. I had the 450/1.76 on my SL and it’s an animal. Especially in full ballast wakeboarding. I will be running the Acme 3337 on that boat (16x15 .075) because it was a gem on my SL.


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[Prospersigman]

Dakota you going from a SL to the Max?

[MJHSupra]

Dakota you going from a SL to the Max?

Probably $50K difference in price if you are just looking at just using it for surf wakes?