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Making my own wakebooster

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Seen someone else do it similar but they have updated so I’ll give it a shot. Little different being I have a scarab 195 open. Making it adjustable from shooting straight with a few different angles to try and tune.
 

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Awesome! Looking forward to seeing how it works for you.
 

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Following. That looks really promising
 

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Very cool! Are your transom u bolts reinforced enough to hold that pressure?
 

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time will tell the tie down do have backing plate. Not worried about that just can't forget to remove before running past 15 MPH. I have some supports to build and seadeck so the gel coat stays so fresh so clean LOL
 

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Looking forward to the results!
For the record, that general concept has already been fairly thoroughly tested here.
Starting a separate thread on this. Will be interesting to see what we can up with that is reasonably DIY. Lets please keep this focused on this DIY project without bashing any other for sale products out there. Testing, comparing, and documenting results against references in a scientific way is however encouraged.

For those trying the DIY booster thing here is my DIY pipe booster protoype with $20 in parts. Perhaps someone can improve upon it. I used a long sweep 3 inch 90 degree pvc electrical conduit from big box home improvement store through bolted and 3m 4200 sealed to some left over hdpe (starboard). I used a trim router to cut the slots for the tie down mount and vise deformed pex and through pin to secure. I had to play with the cut angle on the pipe and placement of the mounting slot. I also quickly rounded off all sharp edges with a dremel.

With only 400lbs of underseat ballast and less than 400 lbs of people ballast I got the below result. With a custom swim deck bag and more people pushing the pipe booster further under the water I bet it would be even better. One big key is that the mounting plate has to be tight to the hull or you get spray. The pin and some thin foam to seal against the hull are the improvements I know I need to make at this point. The black parachute cord is a saftey (in case ripped off the hull don’t want it hitting me) and drop lanyard (it could sink when trying to install if dropped) that I attach to the docking cleat. This setup held surprisingly well and less force on this than one might think.

Don’t know how this stacks up with the other options out there and coming but for a few bucks of plastic and bolts it certainly is cost effective, compact, and most people could do this. I do wonder how booster type devices would work with in conjunction with the TV surf or the Gatlin Wedge. Can’t wait for the water near me to warm up and do some more “testing”.

A few ideas to improve upon this that have been mentioned are doubling up the pipe (@Whisky), reinforcing the tie down (@haknslash), trying one on each side for wakeboarding (@Cambo), and possibly a flap for closing one side off (@Cambo) if used on both sides. @swatski has experimented a great deal with different DIY devices and I am sure many will have more ideas to improve upon this.

A quick note on wakeboarding speeds is that much of this is out of the water at wakeboarding speeds with no balls so doubling the pipe by stacking another pipe and enough ballast in the right spot may be that ticket for that.




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Got a chance to test it out! Worked well only but it was not the best conditions. We had 20 mph winds, ripping current and we got a late start so it was lower tide then wanted and the water depth was spotty from 5-9’ with some arounds still in the 12’ which you can feel a major difference in wave. Also we only had 1 bag with 350-400lbs of ballast b/c my buddy didn’t load all of them!!! But was rideable with no rope but with everything that went wrong I’m sure I’ll get a much better wave when we go back out. D836F5AC-8753-4B0D-A8DB-EC40C6BBDBC1.pngB920A73E-4176-4913-9DDA-FDB66CAFF3CF.png3CE47455-7BC4-4B3F-A693-531ADA091246.png
 

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Very cool! Upload the video when you can!
 

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Very cool! Upload the video when you can!
tried to upload but keep get error stating can't upload type of file will correct when possible
 

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You have to load to YouTube or such and then attach the link
 

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Great idea! What diameter pipe fittings did you use? Is that a 90 elbow fitting or 2 45's?
 

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Think 4” but yes 2 45s
 
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