Gantlin Wake Wedge

[jcyamaharider]

yep

 

[SCP1]

yep

If I can sell mine, I think we are getting a AR250!

 

[pshannon]

I made my own, combination of the crappy Canadian dollar and the cost of getting it across the border was too much for me. Plus I like a challenge.
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Can you share how you designed and built yours?

 

[pshannon]

If you are not going to add 1500 lbs of ballast minimum do not buy the wedge. It will do nothing for you. There is not a boat out there that can surf with no ballast. The true surf boats carry 4000+ pounds of ballast and they also out weight our jet boats by a couple of thousand pounds.

Maybe a dumb question - Is it common to exceed the manufacturer's capacity in order to surf? My 2015 212X has a capacity of 1740 pounds without ballast. If I add 1500 lbs of ballast, that means that the two people left in the boat can only weigh a combined amount of 240 lbs.

 

[jcyamaharider]

Maybe a dumb question - Is it common to exceed the manufacturer's capacity in order to surf? My 2015 212X has a capacity of 1740 pounds without ballast. If I add 1500 lbs of ballast, that means that the two people left in the boat can only weigh a combined amount of 240 lbs.

Very common. Most everyone out there surfing our boats are over weight capacity.

 

[Farny]

Maybe a dumb question - Is it common to exceed the manufacturer's capacity in order to surf? My 2015 212X has a capacity of 1740 pounds without ballast. If I add 1500 lbs of ballast, that means that the two people left in the boat can only weigh a combined amount of 240 lbs.

I think your ok as long as the ballast is not all in the bow ?