Quote Originally Posted by benny32 View Post
So after two months and about 75 hours in our new Makai I'm really scratching my head on getting the wave right. I have the upgraded wakemakers bags in the back and 500lbs of lead, almost all in the back, and the wave just feels so soft compared to other boats I have ridden. I have ridden behind a Mastercraft x23 and Tige 23zx and both have so much more push and the wave feels much more solid. One day we went straight from my Makai into the X23 and it was crazy the difference. I realize these are more expensive boats but I didn't expect the difference to be so dramatic.

We tow between 10.6 and 11 and usually have about 400-500lbs of people in the boat and run the center tab between 20-40 and side tab between 60-90. Am I expecting too much out of our Makai or do I just need to keep adding weight?
Do you have a link to the upgraded wakemakers bags you bought? Did you replace your stock rear bags or are the wakemakers just added as additional bags in addition to stock? You said you have them in the back, where did you put them exactly? What pitch are you running at? Flow 2 or 3?

I've had good results with 9-9.5 pitch, 11mph, 0-15 wp. 20-40 on your wp seems too high compared to what I've seen posted by many on this forum.

If you have 500 lbs leadwake, my guess is that you'd need 1000 lbs of additional water/lead AND 4-5 adult passengers to really get it to start waking up. Can always gain some push by pitching up to 10-11 deg, (you lose some length when you do).