Tower rack for 1.75" thick wake surfboard

[jetboater4life]

I plan on getting a bigger and longer board for beginners that want to try surfing but need a place to store the board. Maybe a Hyperlite Landlock, or IS Red Rocket or Blue Lake.

To store a big board I'm looking to mount a rack on the inside of my tower to hold the surfboard. I saw a picture on YJB of a member that used the old 2008 212X style mount to do this. At the time I didn't even know there was a difference in the tower racks between the 08 and 09 212Xs. I can't find that thread and was wondering if anyone had any pictures of this old style wakeboard rack and if it would be wide enough to fit a surfboard 1.75" thick. The current wakeboard racks on my 212X handle 1" surfboards like the IS squirt and the HL broadcast.

 

[octavio3311]

jetboater,

I do remember that thread.
I am using a CWB Ride and just recently purchased a Hypelite Landlock (wanted something easier for the beginners) - the Ride fits and the Landlock obviously doesn't. I ended up buying this
http://www.h2osportswarehouse.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BT-SRFQCKRCKU-PA

My boat is still in storage - but my plans are to replace my existing fingers with the wider new fingers. According to all my measurements, the finger swap SHOULD be a direct bolt on swap. I could've just bought the fingers from here http://www.diywake.com/store/copy-of-kneeboard-wakeboard-combo-rack-fork (these have the same bolt spacing), but decided to buy the whole rack instead. I can either sell the complete rack later on for $150 or something, or most likely, give it to my brother who's buying an AR190 as his B-Day gift.

 

[jetboater4life]

@octavio3311 thanks for the info. I'm probably going to pick up a landlock too. The landlock is 1.75" wide and those racks are 2.5" to 3". I wonder if it is going to be a little loose?

 

[octavio3311]

I test fitted the Landlock once I received the new rack. There is a very slight gap - I don't think it will be a big deal once you tighten & secure with the bungee. But maybe some added foam between the fingers might help.

 

[Tollus]

I have this one for a wake/knee board. It's 4.5" wide for the knee board...if you feel you need to go even wider.

http://www.h2osportswarehouse.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BT-FRQCKKNERCKEU-PA

I should read more closely...looks like that is too wide...unless it gives you room to add padding and make it snug.

 

[Detonate]

I wish you could still buy these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wake9/sets/72157623989474466/

Company went out of business. I actually had a friend make me one out of aluminum. Don't have pictures handy though...

 

[octavio3311]

yeah - that 1 is a bit too wide. Boards may get damaged with the flopping around. Definitely need to pad those fingers up - maybe with some thicker pipe insulation.
Thickest board you'll find will most likely be a Ronix Duke 6'1" - they're about 3' thick. And most real surfboards are in the 2 & 1/2" range.

 

[octavio3311]

I wish you could still buy these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wake9/sets/72157623989474466/

Company went out of business. I actually had a friend make me one out of aluminum. Don't have pictures handy though...

That cool!

 

[octavio3311]

Im actually thinking about having my local upholstery shop modify my bimini to something like this. It's an option on Natique's and Tige's.

 

[octavio3311]

Just waiting to pull my boat out of storage. I've talked to them and they are familiar with the pocket cause they do all the work for the local marinas. The owner said it was actually an easy mod for them - just bring them the boat and my largest boards and it would take them a couple of hours.

Here's another.

 

[jetboater4life]

Yep the bimini mod is coo. I saw a natique with it and wished I had something like that. I don't even have a bimini for my boat right now since it came missing some parts but that will be another thread. I might go with the knee board fork that way I can carry my kneeboard or put pipe insulation or noodles on the fingers and use it for the surfboard. @buckbuck1 did a great job of that. Speaking of buckbuck... where is he?

 

[Jump Right In]

I was at the boat show yesterday and checking out of the bimini's as well as I am a couple of parts down and have a few small tears as well. I don't know if I should replace the whole assembly or consider other options. After several conversations and looking at multiple bimini's I have to conclude that Sunbrella seems to provide most of the fabric for the better quality brands. Several said that Sunbrella also makes and designs the supports, so I am going to investigate that as an option. If you end up doing something with yours prior... I may buy some of the parts of you.