Wake Differences

[cab13367]

Are you running any ballast in that pic? My 07 wouldnt dream of cleaning up like that at 18 unless I had my guests play musical chairs.

No ballast and just me on the boat.

[Jet]

Malibu/wedge 15-24 mph no white wash. Im just saying! lol

[08LSV]

Malibu/wedge 15-24 mph no white wash. Im just saying! lol

I am glad that the $50,000 more that they paid for that Malibu with a wedge was worth it...

[lsvboombox]

speaking of the wedge, has anybody ever messed with the switchblade on a moomba?

[you da man]

Malibu/wedge 15-24 mph no white wash. Im just saying! lol

Hope you're just kidding because I call BS on a modern Malibu hull with a v-drive making a clean wake WITH wedge down or engaged at 15-17mph. The wedge drags the back of the boat down and at those speeds would barely be on plane and the wake would be dirty.

[Jet]

Here we go..no one said anything about a brand new boat $$50,000. A 02' mali $ells for less than 25k. "Calling BS" I ride behind a DD-03' and a 2011' wakesetter WEEEEEEEEKLY. The boat is planed out at 15-17 mph because my wife does her surface 360's at that speed ZERO wash. Also there is a supra/moomba guy on here that will remain nameless that had to end his run early at dusk on day (sun was still up,but starting to get dark) because he couldnt see the wake (ZERO WHITE WASH). And every full moon we go out on the 03' to ride at night time..no you cant see the wake, and you have to use the force for landings. And yes that scares a certain somebody on here. lol


Im a supra guy and 7-of my friends have supras from a 89' me all the way to a 2010 24' so dont be a hater..boats are like girls, you can love more than one. lol

[Lawdog]

Im a supra guy and 7-of my friends have supras from a 89' me all the way to a 2010 24' so dont be a hater..boats are like girls, you can love more than one. lol

Well some of us are dedicated to our true loves and we all aren't boat whores....hahahaha....just kidding.
I really do like Cabs pic of his wake. I'm no pro and am very limited in my bag of tricks. I believe part of it is because if I want a clean crisp wake I have to bump up the speed to 22.5 or faster which really hurts when you dont land your trick properly. I would love a crisp wake at 18 mph so that I could get a nice wake and softer crashes. Anybody with and OBV and pics of their wake??

[jmvotto]

Back on topic, here is an 07 OBV no ballast , wp down 100% 15 mph shortest length on the starightline wake board line.
definately wash, cleans up at 17 to 18 mph

[Lawdog]

Back on topic, here is an 07 OBV no ballast , wp don 100% 15 mph shortest length on the starightline wake board line.
definately wash, cleans up at 17 to 18 mph

That is still alot cleaner than my XLV wake at that speed.

[501]

Don't you guys find it hard to jump or even ride as such a slow speed like 18? It sure seems slow to me.