Wedge for American Skier

leafleaf · Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

Hi! I am looking to have on my American Skier (Volante) the wedge hull! Can You advise where can I find such thing - the place where can I buy it?

leafleaf · Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

molypod · Criminal Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 85 City: Chilliwack

this?
The WakezUP Z111
http://www.wakezup.com/

mrbrownlee · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 18 City: peoria

that thing is pretty much the WEDGE that I have on my malibu..

Mike Pro · Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 4

mr lee the wakezup z111 is nothing like the wedge except in theory only. check it out further and you will agree

super4011 · Posted: Aug 26, 2005 10:02 am Post subject:

hi, can that wedge work on an outboard motor boat?? Shocked

Beaver · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:

super4011, i don't think so.

ccryder · Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Modesto, CA

I installed an old style wedge on a PS190 a while back and a lot of reinforcement was needed on the transom to handle the added force and stressed created from the wedge. It was very noticable to just push on the wedge with my foot in the down position and the area where it was mounted flexed quite a bit. Just because it is bolted through does not necessary mean it is strong enough. If you do install something similar, be sure to reinforcements are made. Here's a picture of my old boat with the wedge.

vawakemonster · Posted: Oct 22, 2005 4:38 am Post subject:

ccryder, Did your wedge take a chunk out of your rudder? Shocked

riverside · Posted: Oct 22, 2005 8:27 am Post subject:

ccryder,

did it work well?...a frien of mine is thinking about adding a wedge to his 98 prostar 205.
would be helpfull if you had some pics etc.

ccryder · Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Modesto, CA

riverside,
I don't own the boat any longer so I can't take any pictures of it. It worked pretty good, and definitely made the wake bigger. It was pretty steep and peaky and probably would have helped if more weight would have been added to the bow with the wedge down. I didn't mess around with weight distribution as much as I could have. It did make the boat hard to turn when idling since the wedge likes to make it go straight. Gas was cheap when I did it so I didn't pay attention to consumption with the wedge vs. sacks.

vawakemonster,
I had to notch my rudder to get the wedge completely down, it was a tight fit.

ccryder · Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Modesto, CA

riverside,
I don't own the boat any longer so I can't take any pictures of it. It worked pretty good, and definitely made the wake bigger. It was pretty steep and peaky and probably would have helped if more weight would have been added to the bow with the wedge down. I didn't mess around with weight distribution as much as I could have. It did make the boat hard to turn when idling since the wedge likes to make it go straight. Gas was cheap when I did it so I didn't pay attention to consumption with the wedge vs. sacks.

vawakemonster,
I had to notch my rudder to get the wedge completely down, it was a tight fit.

QNev · Posted: Oct 23, 2005 10:03 am Post subject:

super4011, You can get a hydraulic stabalizer fin, and that would act pretty much the same as the wedge. It's just a suppliment for ballast for getting a part of your boat down. With the fin, you just adjust trim.

Chocolate Sauce · Guest

the wedge makes a pretty noticable difference, at least it did for me, my flat wake to wake air went from like 6 feet to maybe 7 or 8