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    Built a quick one last night. Heading to the lake to test it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmvotto View Post
    Pics of it together, hoping to try it next weekend. Russ, thanks for the idea!

    Sanded the edges and glued down rubber weather stripping to protect boat.




    Looking good!! I hope you have fun testing it out. Can't wait to hear your opinion of the results.
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    How long are you making those? And does adding more length make the pocket even longer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikenehrkorn View Post
    How long are you making those? And does adding more length make the pocket even longer?
    Mine is 24 inches. Simply because the HDPE sheet was 24 inches.

    I have not experimented with differing lengths so I can't say for sure. I can tell you that The pocket is plenty long with my setup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boonejeepin View Post
    Looking good!! I hope you have fun testing it out. Can't wait to hear your opinion of the results.
    It doesn't look like you used an angle. I assume the gate just goes straight back?
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    Mine is 24" long also because the board I had was 24".

    I have very little time to experiment when at the lake. I left my ballast the same as before with the boat listing, and added the gate. I did have 3 kids sit on the side w the gate.

    Pocket was much longer. There was a significant increase in push. I'm a beginner at wake surfing. The sweet spot was much more forgiving. Could go ropeless much quicker and there was way more area to work with.
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    mine is 20" along the bottom edge
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    Quote Originally Posted by smorris7 View Post
    It doesn't look like you used an angle. I assume the gate just goes straight back?
    You are correct. No angle and straight back from hull.
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    Any details how you guys are attaching to non-custom, non-surf platforms? Besides the tied down straps to the transom.
    So when is this "old enough to know better" supposed to kick in?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bergermaister View Post
    Any details how you guys are attaching to non-custom, non-surf platforms? Besides the tied down straps to the transom.
    Only difference would be that the horizontal material would be cut shorter to correctly fit from the edge of the platform to the corner of the hull.

    Assuming the platform is slightly narrower than the transom.
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