Spoon man

[jmvotto]

you have a long pole

that what Dustys Mom said ....

[flienlow]

I hope I didn't come across too mean(my wife said it was too hard on you, haha), I have a 1 month old and am a little sleep deprived. I had the manual flow added after one summer and it was an improvement, however with the suck gates coming out the following year I have had much better luck running a homemade one and no longer use the tabs. I even tried running tabs with the suck gate and it diminished the quality of the wave. The manual flow still wanted a strong list to the surfside which was a bummer as I read some of the mojo guys with manual flow were getting a more evenly weighted setup. If your paddle wheel is calibrated correctly you are running too fast, so I would start there to make sure that is accurate.
My setup:
rear lockers: 900s - Full
hard tank and 500ibs: Full
speed: 11.0 +/- .1
wakeplate: 1/4 down
favor surfside with bodies, you don't have to slam everyone but if you have 5 people put 3 on the side you are surfing on.
If I have a light crew i will throw a 400lb bag up front in the bow and fill it approx. 50%
run the suck gate all the way back below the mobius lsv decal and you will have to fine tune it from there.

feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.

good luck

Nick

1. I was in the Navy for 4 years. You cant offend me.
2. Congrats on the new Loin Fruit! - I remember those days.
3. I'm leaning towards keeping my boat. I think next year I am going to list it over in the water. My buddy uses a bag that he put in the ski locker ( storage compartment) and also 1 under the seats. I think I will try that setup on mine.

[MJHSupra]

Ouch! Ha Ha.

[sivs1]

1. I was in the Navy for 4 years. You cant offend me.
2. Congrats on the new Loin Fruit! - I remember those days.
3. I'm leaning towards keeping my boat. I think next year I am going to list it over in the water. My buddy uses a bag that he put in the ski locker ( storage compartment) and also 1 under the seats. I think I will try that setup on mine.

Look on here and other forums for ballast bags for sale, you can find them cheaper than new. Wakemakers has a good sale in November and that could help save some cash and get some weight in the boat.

[moombahighrider]

1. I was in the Navy for 4 years. You cant offend me.
2. Congrats on the new Loin Fruit! - I remember those days.
3. I'm leaning towards keeping my boat. I think next year I am going to list it over in the water. My buddy uses a bag that he put in the ski locker ( storage compartment) and also 1 under the seats. I think I will try that setup on mine.

I have some 900 lb bags for sale...

And also some 400 lb bags for sale that fit in the ski locker perfectly.

[ian ashton]

Maybe it’s already been said, but taking water over the bow (which is what I assume you mean when you say it gets soaked) just means you need some driving technique tweaks

[KnoxMojo]

Here is my humble advice. Invite about 8-10 adults out to act as ballast. Make sure one of them is an experienced boater and surfer. Use a GPS that does tenths of mph to verify speed, your paddlewheel offset may be off. Fill all your ballast, then have the best surfer in the bunch get out there and ride. While he is out there, he can direct people where to move around the boat to get the best wave. Then you'll know how much you really need to upgrade your stock ballast. I also have the manual gates and found my best wave was in the middle position. I have found that I need at least 6-800 extra pounds of weight on the surf side. Don't give up on your LSV, I was on my buddies today and it throws an amazing surf wave! this photo is 2 people in my Mojo with everything full and ballast on the surf side.

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