SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: GoinBrokeBahner on June 26, 2013, 01:22:11 PM
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Well I finally got everything I needed, including boat running right, to pull my kid around behind the boat. On Sunday we started with knee boarding, he got it first try!! Anyhow, I noticed it very hard to get up on plane and while towing him if I tried speeding up to plane out I would spray him quite a bit...😖 I have a 21' closed bow Bahner w/ stock 454, panther housing w/ American Turbine Energizer Kit. Is this how it goes in this style boat and can I add something for improvement?? I've heard of wedges, diverters and pre-loaders but don't really know what does what... I'll include some pics. Thanks!
... The last pic isn't at towing speed obviously but it's an idea of how much spray I have at about 4200 rpm. I'm at about 3000rpm, not planed out and giving him a face full when I go any faster. Oh, it was a 75' rope I used with one length removed... Is that the problem too?
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Nozzle angle is your problem here. A place diverter would help you out a bunch. Jmo
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Jy is right, if you want a cheap easy quick fix pick up a 2 degree wedge and kick the nozzle down but a place diverter would be the best bet
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Thanks! I've been wanting a diverter anyway... Now I have the perfect excuse to justify the purchase with the old lady!😉 She'll do anything for her little angel boy!! Haha
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Try a full 75' rope, You were using 60'? I use a 100' rope when I ski.
Diverter is good too.
Dan'l
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Try a full 75' rope, You were using 60'? I use a 100' rope when I ski.
Diverter is good too.
Dan'l
I just got a new 75' rope... A friend said to pull one length off of it(maybe 6-8'). Why he said that I don't know. I already plan to put it back on for this weekend. Even at that length with a knee boarder I noticed a lot of rope under water when towing. Wouldn't that be much worse at 100' or does it really matter if it drags?
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I just got a new 75' rope... A friend said to pull one length off of it(maybe 6-8'). Why he said that I don't know. I already plan to put it back on for this weekend. Even at that length with a knee boarder I noticed a lot of rope under water when towing. Wouldn't that be much worse at 100' or does it really matter if it drags?
We've always used 50' rope to kneeboard or wakeboard.. Puts boarder on a fatter spot of the wake for more "pop", that's why we do it..
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I just got a new 75' rope... A friend said to pull one length off of it(maybe 6-8'). Why he said that I don't know. I already plan to put it back on for this weekend. Even at that length with a knee boarder I noticed a lot of rope under water when towing. Wouldn't that be much worse at 100' or does it really matter if it drags?
I use a 60' rope to pull the kids on the tube. I run the Diverter down and it makes for a cleaner ride for them .
If u have no Diverter a longer rope is better ( it was for us anyway) for that same reason.... Less 'firehouse' to the face.
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Thanks Chad and Muffbro. I think I'll look for a wedge and longer rope for the boy for now... Diverter in the future.
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Thanks Chad and Muffbro. I think I'll look for a wedge and longer rope for the boy for now... Diverter in the future.
Bite the bullet and install a diverter. The Bahner will plane quicker and with a hydraulic set up you will have infinite control of your ride within the travel limits of the diverter. You and your son will love the modification. :)
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50-65' when I board behind mine with diverter down the whole time.
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just go faster... O0
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I grew up skiing behind jet boats... If you don't have a diverter it puts the wash right where you're at so a 100' foot rope is almost mandatory until he gets better at skiing learning how to slide right or left....
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Here's what you do, get full insurance and a 45, out in the middle of the river 50-60 rounds with the battery disconnected, problem solved. :D
(this is a parody, so you nsa and fed fucks, can fuck off. I assume no legal culpability for anyone stupid enough to do this)
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I grew up skiing behind jet boats... If you don't have a diverter it puts the wash right where you're at so a 100' foot rope is almost mandatory until he gets better at skiing learning how to slide right or left....
Well said.
I ski a lil faster than a wake board, and ya get more roost, especially on a short rope.
Dan'l
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Bite the bullet and install a diverter. The Bahner will plane quicker and with a hydraulic set up you will have infinite control of your ride within the travel limits of the diverter. You and your son will love the modification. :)
That's exactly right.... I put a Diverter on my Bahner and the difference is night and day as Dave said.