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Yea that was the deal killer for us as well. We have one dealer and he’s honestly not too far away being 1.5 hours away ...BUT... he seemed to run a very small dealership. He only had two boats on his entire lot and they were both in a less than appealing “showroom”. Just didn’t give off the vibe I would have relatively quick service turn around in the middle of summer. He was a very nice guy and willing to go all over the details of the boat and history of MB but they just aren’t widely supported here in the south or east coast from what I gather. I really wanted to like the F22 and he made me a nice offer but ultimately passed for fear one day his dealership would be gone since it was small single family owned operation. He did have a good review from other customs but just didn’t feel comfortable rolling the dice. They are nice boats and I wouldn’t have minded owning one had I felt easier in my gut in regards to dealer service.
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This guy is awesome. And I really wish my boat had a pitch and roll display. I am definitely trying out that app this summer. If I am lucky, I can be on the water in two months and start getting the new boat all dialed in with the added weight. It's killing me this year.
It's interesting that you bring up props as I just purchased one myself. The new boat comes with the OJ 805 for a 1-1/8" prop shaft with a 1.5:1 gear ratio. I will be upgrading the overflow ballast bags which will add an additional 620lbs of ballast and I plan on adding an additional 300lbs of lead. The current top speed with the 5.7 ilmor engine and the OJ 805 is 38 mph.
Yeah, think it might be a new item because he said he had a 3407 test unit they could sell me for $729. That's still more than I wanted to commit to right now so I may hit them up later for that if he still has it. I was looking at the 2249 which is almost the exact same as yours but with the .105 cup. It would be the exact thing i have on my boat now plus .5". I just don't know how much difference .5" would make. I may try calling them so I can have a better conversation about it.
I got Autowake mainly for the ability to see pitch and roll values and the launch feature. I have not used it enough since I had stock ballast and a lighter crew but I do plan to mess around with it more this season with the additional ballast. My first results using it weren’t that great along with many others complains but those who seem to stick with it and learn the system and how to interpret the values in correspondence to what the boat likes but they seem to like it. A lot of wakeboarders really like using it and most surfers use it mai it to check roll and pitch values but disengage Autowake so it won’t alter ballast. As Robert explained in the video though it’s all about learning displacement, roll and pitch together and not just displacement (ballast).
