HOW TO MAKE THE ROSTER TAIL GO DOWN WHEN WEIGHT THE BOAT DOW

21VFOX · Newbie Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 27 City: HOUSTON, TX

PLEASE HELP
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE ROSTER TAIL GO DOWN , WHEN WEIGHTING THE BOAT DOWN , DO YOU ADD WEIGHT TO THE FRON OR THE BACK

THANKS

Phaeton · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 572 City: Redding

Go faster.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 8:21 pm Post subject:

hahahahahaha Twisted Evil

Jay Dutton · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject:

I'm assuming you have a Tige' 12V Fox edition, seeing that's your handle. I ride behind a 21V all the time, there is none that bothers me. The 21V I ride has 700 in the back and 550 in the bow, taps at 2-3. You must be riding a really short rope or going really slow.

If you have an I/O, trim it down more.

BIGMAC · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject:

Why is the rooster tail bothering you?

21VFOX · Newbie Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 27 City: HOUSTON, TX

the rooster jsut is really high like 4 feet in the air and its hard to see, not that i am every in the middle anyway but just it there, i am riding 600 in the front and 600 in the back and taps at about 3, i jsut am wondering if i added weight to the fron or the back the tail would get smaller

davidgree1 · Newbie Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 29

Make sure the prop isn't damaged

Jon · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1176

Yeah, I would think something would have to be wrong for a rooster tail to be that high. I would inspect your boat thoroughly. If your wanting more weight, put it in the front. The weight in the back would make it go higher.

west coast boarder · Addict Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 558 City: Nor Cal

I don't think that you should be throwing a 4 foot rooster tail with only 1,200 lbs. in it with the taps. How fast are you going?

21VFOX · Newbie Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 27 City: HOUSTON, TX

i usually ride at about 25 on my gauges , i think that they are a little off, but i still ride pretty fast with a 70 foot rope and all teh weight , i ussually have at least 8 or more people in th boat

west coast boarder · Addict Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 558 City: Nor Cal

I don't know then. I have a master craft that I weight the crap out of. I also have about 6-7 people riding with me. I have never been able to throw a 4 foot rooster tail. Is the wake real big?

Richie Martin · Posted: May 02, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject:

HMMMMM....seems like I could find something to do with a 70 long 4' high rooster tail.

I don't know what, but something.

skinautique1985 · Outlaw Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 140 City: Yuba CIty,CA

I've heard that certain props cause different rooster patterns, 4 blades are supposedly lower(height of rooster out of water) then 3 blades. If the boat has a generic cheap prop(highly unlikely) this could be the problem.

Swass · Guest

Actually, it's the opposite. A 3 will throw a lower wake than a 4, because a 3 creates less turbulence than a 4. So ACME says, anyway.

I suspect you're going slower than you think.

21VFOX · Newbie Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 27 City: HOUSTON, TX

the wake is really big at least up to my knee's, and it has a 4 blade stainless stell O.J. prop on it, i think i am going to try adding like 300 more pounds to the front of the boat and see if it gets better, thanks everyone for the advise

anti-shoobies · Posted: May 07, 2003 7:27 am Post subject:

Check you prop for damage. Move your weight around. Change the TAPS.