MartinArcher

I would guess our boats weight similar weights without ballast and both ski very well which makes generating the wave you see above a challenge and one you have to make a few sacrifices to get. As you can see, I am running ballast on the floor of the boat. If I were to try and keep it all out of sight we would have to sell the boat and buy a V-drive to surf. I love to slalom ski and also enjoy foil surfing a lot so I want a boat that can "do it all" and know the v-drive wakes will really disappoint when I put the slalom ski on. For you info, I'm running a 750 on the surf side of the engine, a 500 on the goofy side, and a 300 in the locker. It sounds like I'm not really running too much more weight than you are but we normally run a crew of at least 4 which helps a lot. You figure that's at least another 600lbs. The bummer is you can't cheat physics and like the hot rod guys say, "there's no replacement for displacement" and displacement happens with more weight. I think a true gate will give you a bit better results than you are seeing with you mission delta. My buddy has one on his Nautique V-drive and it works as advertised but I feel a bit bigger gate positioned at the transom would do a bit better. We all enjoy a ride behind a bigger boat with a bigger wave but at the end of the day, if you want to keep the boat your in the best thing to do is to make it what you want. After chatting with you, I think foiling would be a blast with an automated gate system on your boat and maybe a few more people in the boat or another way to add a few more hundred pounds.

Looking good! You'll be using the wireless transmitter and throwing wake transfers from the wave in no time! Glad your having fun with it. :)

1987 Malibu Sunsetter I'l love to install a dripless packing system. :) Once I get the garage done I hope to tear into a new boat flooring project. Some of the ones on the board have made me a bit envious. lol

I dig them. Do the patrol boats hassle you guys when using those seats when towing? We'd have a ticket in about 4 minutes running those.

1987 Malibu Sunsetter I'd love to do a floor project but need to build a garage to do it first....hopefully break ground on the garage project this summer. I could do a dripless project in the barn though before the garage.

1987 Malibu Sunsetter

I really dig it. Love the attention to detail and extra little things like the emblem and lighting. Very nicely done! Looks killer!!

That turned out great. Love the panel mount connectors for plugging in the ballast hoses. I've got something similar but I don;t think those connectors were around at that point. I might have to upgrade mine. Nice job.

Now that's Livin' Loud! Any info on the pane mount ballast fitting in the next to the last pic? That's pretty cool. I did something like that on our boat but it's under the gunnel (and is a hose pigtail) as I couldn't find a good panel mount fluid connector.

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing the seat/seal. Well done.

Looks like it turned out great! Congrats!

Great to see it all back together. I love the way it turned out. The black on red contrast is awesome.

Very cool. Now I need to unread that now so I'm not tempted to upgrade. **Chris said they sound terrible....no need to upgrade**

How do you like the JL tower speakers?I've been curious about them and would love to hear them in person after reading some of the reviews.

Well done. I love seeing these new ideas keep coming out of the community. That's a great solution! Like rugger said, if we weren't rocking wedges I'd be welding!! That's awesome.