Agreed!
I consider myself an absolute Guru when it came to the Max wave, but this wasn't just any SC owner, my buddy's a savage and really knows his stuff... His hands were all bloody by the time we were done adjusting bags. Sometimes you gotta just get in there and get your hands dirty.
Funny enough when we were all done adjusting manually, it ended up always close to 8.5 / 9 pitch and (forget exactly, but somewhere near -1 Roll (port side) almost to a tee the Wake 9 settings. ..the bow wasn't high at all and seemed every level at all times (not really listed at all).
We adjusted pretty much everything you can think of, but the biggest thing was the ballast bags themselves.. ended up there was quite a bit of air trapped in them (didn't notice first time out since we have the trays in the back that basically make it sub floor) - this time out I took the trays out so I could see... once we bled all the air it was good and filled without air afterward. Learned a trick how to get the air out by covering the vent holes too.., since at first we couldn't get one of the air vent caps off., eventually got it off. (!) The ballast timers were all screwed up (too short). We had to get in the very back of the lockers (where the little black cover is on the back wall) and moved up both of the valve timers further up the tube so that the pumps don't shut off so quickly...the ballast bags themselves weren't reaching the midship fully either, so had to "pull" them further up to get full. adjusted / reset the wake plates, incl. - I can't even remember everything we did.. but a lot.
Most of all - AUTOWAKE OFF. (Other than to temporarily check pitch and roll).
Ended up at 100% full (100/100/100) - with extra lead in the very back lockers (underneath the ballast bags) - and in the very front of the center midship lockers (found that there is an awesome little cubby hole in these where you can put it and it's totally hidden). Have ordered even more lead and can't wait to try it. Wakeplate at either 0 or 20-25%, Surf tab at 65-70. Speed at 10.7, or 11.4 (mainly, but we all ride so differently). I actually prefer a slower speed, for a bit mushier wave for a "trampoline" effect and more forgiving landings. Flow 3 is the bomb. nice, clean face.
All in all, it was a SOLID wave to start with. Going to be able to fill all the ballast and recreate a good wave each time. It can only get better from here as we add weight, fine tune and dial.
Installed sub floor cooler and a trash chute for cans and dual flag towers.
Next up, same buddy is gonna fine tune the stereo system with some fancy gadgets he has..lol
