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I have seen King Plastic's Starboard product. My uncle used that to replaced the wood floor on 31 Beltram. Great stuff.

JohnG wrote:    That's a setup that CC should have built!

They were way back!!

The suspense is killing me!!!

Kyle

Sorry guys,we suffered a natural disaster here in the form of a ice storm that knocked out power for almost two weeks and ruined every tree,power line for nine counties.In fact alot still don't have power.I lost a full grown magnolia,weeping willow and three massive elms.people act pretty crazy in a disaster so its been a challenge just getting the basic necessities.
Crazy people sleeping in there cars only to be found dead from carbon monoxide.
Stores letting in small groups at a time.
gas lines half a mile long at the stations with generators.

My neighborhood was built from 1929 to 1940 and houses averaged six trees per yard.The only trimming they ever got was from the tower on my boat .Most where three stories high and when they started falling war was the only way I could describe it.It happened fast too,within just a few hours it was over.

Ryan,

Sorry to hear it. I was wondering how you did going through the storm down south. Up in NE OK we didn't get the ice too bad. Hope you get everything put back together and you're able to get back on track.

Talking about wake, has anybody had any experience with this product: SwitcheBlade. It looks like a pretty neat product, similar to the Wedge but you can adjust the pitch with the controller. Is pricey but it does a little bit more than your typical ballast.

Why don't you just drag your anchor?

akabulla wrote: I wonder how it affects steering. Seems like it would fight your rudder and try to keep the boat from turning.

Probably not at all. The "blade" is free to rotate side to side, so it would act like a dolly wheel and just twist and turn to follow the boat's path. The two control arms just adjust the angle of the pivot axis, which will change the angle of the blade.

Now as for backing up...I'm sure it's screws with you there as it would swing to one side and just stay there.

I'm telling you from experience that this sort of devices dont always have good efects on the wake shape.

On the Malibu boats, not all owners end up using the Wedge.
It's supposed to affect the wake as if yo added 2000lbs on the very back of the boat, you need to keep in mind that you need to compensate this weight up front or you end up with a very vertical and even messy wake.

I've been a long time Nautique fan, and happen to be out in Altus, OK. I would love to come by your shop and see this project in person if you would be alright with that.

-Kevin

go back to bed

I hear ya, my eyes popped at 2:58 and been up since, and to think i face a 12 hour day

Eric,

Back on half days, at least I'm making as much as when I was working more normal hours!

Gary

I've been wondering where Ryan is as well. I'll bet he got that thing all dialed in and is out on the lake now that it's getting nice out.