bigger wake

squshyshoes · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 6 City: ft. lauderdale

i have 13 foot whaler with a plug in the back if i pull the plug and let some water in would it work for a bigger wake

DavidHoff · Posted: Dec 05, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject:

Maybe, but It would probably work better for sinking the boat. With anything, It's going to be hard to get a good, big wake out of a 13 ft. boat.

savage3221 · Posted: Dec 05, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject:

We did that on the whaler that we were riding behind for a week on vacation (ours was 15 ft.) . It didn't help bunches and bunches, but it helped, and we also put as many people as we could in it whenever we went, which was 3 with a rider behind the boat. We gave up on the water when it didn't help, as we could all jump about as high as we could on that wake, and an inch or so wouldn't make too much difference for us. Plus we were just goofin around, wishin we had a skate with us.

ben8473 · Criminal Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 86

Fill some 5 gallon plastic drums with water and stick as many as you can in without sinking it, should help the wake, just make sure you are a decent driver , the extra weight will make it harder to handle. The boat is not really big enough.

Trucker T · Posted: Dec 06, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject:

The other problem when you weigh down a smaller boat is that you will have to go faster to plane the boat...i.e. like several miles over the typical 20 mph which really makes for a painful fall. Just be careful.

shaggyboarder · Posted: Dec 06, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject:

when i had my 15ft whaler we use to always try and keep full gas tank and have a cooler full of water in the back although there wasnt a big change i think it helped a little also we had the motor trimmed up a little ,good boat to practice switch and/or grab a skate.
peace

squshyshoes · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 6 City: ft. lauderdale

my friends and i are starting to try tantrums i was wondering if it would be posible to do 1 with that size wake

shaggyboarder · Posted: Dec 07, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject:

yeah its def. possible i learned my first invert on my whaler (mexican roll) and on my friends dingy he learned a tantrum by as the boat was plaining off he would cut from the middle of the wake and launched off the inside of the wake while it was still forming which is alot bigger than normal speed. I know a guy who also has a 15whaler and is good size prlly 170lbs and i have seen him do hs blind 5s off the double up.
peace

shaggyboarder · Posted: Dec 07, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:

squshyshoes hey where do you ride in ft.laud?

roundbaywakeboard · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 11:03 am Post subject:

squshyshoes, I have a 20 foot whaler. I open up the plug to the bildge sometimes, it adds a pretty good ammout of weight to the back. The only problem is that the boat will porpise when you get to a certain speed (depending on the weight of your boat, center of gravity, etc...) It also sucks because it takes forever to plane out (if you even can) with your ammount of horepower. I can't plane out with my 175 HP with more than about 700 pounds of ballast. I'd suggest just using 5 gallon containers like ben8473 said. You can move those around to get your boat to porpise less.

wakerider231 · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

yea squshyshoes, where do you ride in ft.laud

squshyshoes · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 6 City: ft. lauderdale

thanx for the info --i ride in lake silvia and ski beach
im me if ur looking for a pull im always short a third

buckthis · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject:

your not going to sink a boston whaler. the cool thing is when you want to let all the water out of the boat just take out the plug when your on plane and all the water would get sucked out the drain hole, some ballast systyems work like that.

buckthis · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject:

your not going to sink a boston whaler. the cool thing is when you want to let all the water out of the boat just take out the plug when your on plane and all the water would get sucked out the drain hole, some ballast systyems work like that.

shaggyboarder · Posted: Dec 08, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject:

how often do you ride ski-beach thats my local spot - if u ever seen an old skool supra star out there thats me, i normally ride during the week cause the weekends are pretty hectic. we should ride sometime

wakerider231 · Posted: Dec 10, 2004 7:44 am Post subject:

yea i ride at ski beach behind my friends little boat
squshyshoes, yea i want to ride with you

DJew Jake · Posted: Dec 10, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject:

Go nuts, whalers are unsinkable. I belive you can cut a whaler in half and it will still float.

Kid Insano · Addict Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 842 City: Sandusky

have you heard of a fat seat? it's basically an inflatable that looks like a couch, but instead of air, you fill it with water. they might come with a pump that you throw overboard to fill. if not, you can use a regular bilge pump and jerry rig it to work. you can wire the pump to a cigarette lighter adaptor. if you don't wanna go that route, just get the offensive line from your high school to sit in the back.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject:

sand bags and small fat sac's would do the trick

if you got the Horse Power

Tyler Sitzes · Outlaw Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 145

I would'nt chance it

wakecrackhead · Criminal Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 54 City: Montgomery

what size motor does it have..ours has a 50 which is overating it and it doesnt like to pull people with lots of weight..

squshyshoes · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 6 City: ft. lauderdale

i have a 40 horse power engine on it