wksk8ordie Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Boat: 2021 - B52 23 Alpha. Lake Arrow head, CA. has a rule " No riding anything with the word Surf in the name".......Wake skates are allowed. The Ronix Carver is the Closest feeling wakeskate to a surfboard....(that I know of)..... Lake Arrowhead, CA. also has a rule "must use a rope with a minimum length of 36' from the transom." So the goal is to get the best wave like wake at 36'...... On a Ronix Carver I can slow way down to 16-17 mph compared to a regular skate or wakeboard allowing for more surf like turns. Does any one have any ballast adjustment suggestions for this goal? - most days there is only 2 average size adults on board while I'm skating. Totally new at having a real wake boat. While I'm here, How do you prefer your ballast for wakeskating/wakeboarding at 65-75' 20mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_MB Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 It's been a while since there's been a discussion on ballast for wakeboarding, but the prior formula was stock hard tanks full and a full bow bag and you have an awesome wake. This was before plug 'n play became standard so I'd imagine filling them to some degree would increase the wake size, but filling them full might put too much weight toward the transom. I'd start with the hard tanks and the bow bag and slowly increase the plug 'n play to see how big you want to get. wksk8ordie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donfather Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Those rules suck. What it you use a say 50 foot rope, but just wrap it up in your hand and still surf like normal behind the boat. It is longer than 36 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeTJ Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 36' from the transom, fill that thing to the absolute max and go 14-17 mph with zero cav plate deployment. At least on my 16 F22, running 5,600 pounds of ballast at that speed would result in an absoulutely monster wake 36 feet back at that speed. I don't want to even think about fuel burn, though! Obviously the lake is trying to limit wake sizes by cracking down on surfing, so you will still draw some ire with that setup, but you'll be within the letter of the rules! wksk8ordie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wksk8ordie Posted September 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 Sorry guys. got my worst concussion ever and forgot the name of this forum. back now. "The Donfather" I do that allot, but the lake patrol goes off on me if they see me clime the rope at all. Private lake, so we have to be cool for a while after a warning or they can revoke our lake rights. And thanks "OrangeTJ" for anyone with a similar goal, the best we have figured out for our boat, without insane fuel burn, with only average size driver and flag person, 17mph 1/4 to half tank on the side you want to ride(our tanks are 1,800lbs per side) makes a very fun wave. fun with any kind of board it you want to get surfy. Don't know what your suppose to call riding a wakesurf board while holding a rope, since that's not really wakesurfing, so we're calling it " wake towsurfing "? for us. this doesn't matter any more cuz I got pulled over and told they are now enforcing a new San Bernardino County rule that says " 70-90ft) from transom? almost everything about this county sucked. Now everything about it sucks.🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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