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  1. We had a 2021 Ri245 and recently upgraded to a 2023. We run all ballast full (our boat has all of the bags). We also have eight 50lb bags of wakeballast on board. 2 on each side ahead of the bags beside the engine, 1 each rear corner beside the transom bag, 1 in storage area next to batteries and one next to the trash bin. Keep filling the Ramfill until you see water coming out of the overflows on the sides of the boat. We use pro-surf factory settings which I believe are tabs 0 surf side, 85 non surf side, 15 stinger and 10 deg CATS. Common recommendation is to empty ramfill opposite rider to 85% while underway. You can shorten and lengthen wave with stinger. CATs can help clean up the lip. Get used to making tab, stinger and CATs adjustments while underway and watching for change in the wave. That will give you insight on which settings do what. Wave can change with number of folks on board and where they are sitting. Water depth can also have an effect. Deeper is better. All the best, Hein
  2. Should be pretty much the opposite of surf right. So just set the tabs opposite. And CATs to the opposite angle. All the best, Hein
  3. New Ri245 will have closed cooling and updated 'baller' ramfill valves. Wave is nice: All the best, Hein
  4. Ri245 Questions

    We own a 2021 Ri245. Great boat. Ours has the ZR7 but the ZZ6 is also a great engine. ZZ6 is the minimum I would accept. Talk to Acme about props as depends on your elevation. No huge difference between 2021 and 2023. The new models have the new 'baller' Ramfill valves and also a small additional screen on the right side of the dash. Other than that not much. Rear thruster is a factory option but the aftermarket thrusters are better. All the best, Hein
  5. Boat sold last year. Now starting work on our Ri245 and posting about that at the Centurion Facebook group. All the best, Hein
  6. We brought home our 2019 Fi25 last week and had our first session the day after. I consider myself lucky to score a session on a new toy the day after I get it. It doesn't always work out that way. One result of that quickness to rally kept me from having the opportunity to mount the rear view mirror which came with the boat. That proved to be a challenge as we tried adjust the surf settings without really being able to see the wave change. I am not a fan of mirrors clamped on the windshield anyway and wanted to try a rear view camera instead. That is the upgrade that this first post is about. We purchased a rear view camera and display on Amazon a few days before picking up the boat from NWBS in Oregon City. https://amzn.to/2DEgZTg I spent some time figuring out how and where to mount the display above the OEM dash in good view of the driver without blocking the view in front of the boat. Scratched my head a bit, took some patterns, did some CAD work and machined some parts shown below next to the display for the camera. Figured out where to place the camera on the back of the boat. Wire was run along the right side under the seats. Then continued to fit the CNC'd mounts to the dash. Happy these were a perfect fit right off the bat. This step usually requires some iteration of CAD tweaks and CNCing of more parts until the fit is right. A bit of skill and luck this time around. Used some 3M VHB to attach the mounts to the back of the display. This camera is designed with some straps that normally wrap around a rear view mirror. I trimmed those off and removed the pads that rest against the mirror surface. That is were my brackets attach to the back with the VHB. Then I mounted the camera on the dash. I will add some VHB between the mounts and dash to hold it in place. This was just a test fit to verify the position. Here is the view from the driver seat. Back of barn and CNC machine are shown in the image. We will have to see if this is angled right when on the water but think it looks pretty good. Note that the display is actually upside down. The camera is designed to be mounted above a license plate on the underside of the cover that normally is above them. Having the display upside down actually improved the wire routing which I still need to clean up a bit. So this all worked out for the better. This camera also has a built in front view cam which can 'see' through' the windshield but we won't be using that feature. It can record and do a host of other things which may be fun to try. We can actually record our sessions on a thumb drive so that might be cool. It's 1080P so resolution will be pretty good. Will post some videos when we get a chance to test it out. All the best, Hein
  7. boat has been sold. Excited for our 2021 Ri245 to arrive next year.
  8. https://www.onlyinboards.com/2019-Centurion-Fi25-for-sale-Hood-River-Oregon-117655.aspx
  9. I have some extra brackets for mounting the rear view camera display to the dash of a newer Centurion. Should fit most models. I am happy to send those to you. PM me with your address. Our Fi25 is for sale because we have ordered a new Ri245 for next year. Please PM me for details and price. All the best, Hein
  10. I've got the stock tanks that came out of our 2008 Enzo. But would also suggest bags. Take a look at the build thread I did on our boat to for some ideas. All the best, Hein
  11. You need to remove the prop and V-drive coupler flange to pull the shaft. It's a taper fit so a puller will be needed. The rudder may need to come off to get the shaft out. Probably not a bad idea to get a shaft alignment done at the same time. And replace the strut bushings. Not the easiest job since you are upside down working in the bottom of the boat with limited access. All the best, Hein
  12. 3M 90 spray adhesive. It's a contact cement so spray both surfaces, wait a minute, then press together. Works great on carpet. All the best, Hein DIYvan
  13. The camera is designed to be mounted on the rear of an automobile so it won't be effected by moisture. We drip water on it and get it wet when switching riders. We did have a problem with the cable so the Amazon seller sent us both a replacement camera and cable at no extra charge. There is some risk of the display getting wet but we tend to be out it fair weather. It stays dry. We are very happy with the setup. You can pan the screen up/down so very easy to center the display vertically depending on what we are doing behind the boat. One reason for mounting the camera where I did was because it was easy to route the cable to it. All the best, Hein
  14. Hello drance, Sorry you weren't able to reach me. Please call or email me directly. All the best, Hein@DIYvan.com 541 490 5098
  15. Sorry I missed your posts Packrat and bomoseen avy. The bow bag was under the seats. There can be some sharp fiberglass under there so we smoothed that out and added some EVA pads to protect the bag from punctures. I added another pump to fill it and also had the same pump plumbed to a hose bib in the back so we could use it to fill a bag we laid on the back seat. We always ran with all bags full and boat sat mostly level unless we had a bunch of crew. They would sit on the surfside. Rubrail would barely touch the water at the rear corner while surfing. I made my own suck wedge and it was placed just ahead of the sideswipe. That really helped clean up the lip of the wave. below is a photo of it installed. I still have two of the suck wedges that I would sell for $75 each. They are small and float but we never had one come loose. Here is a collage of how it looks and is constructed. I would be happy to CNC the parts so you can get the handle and build it yourself. $50 for the parts. If interested, send me a text or email me at Hein@DIYvan.com All the best, Hein DIYvan 541 490 5098
  16. We've owned this boat for about a year and we are hooked on wake surfing. So I've been making some improvements and have ambitions to do more. Who doesn't like a project, anyway... Last summer I added 2 more hard tanks in the back on top of the stock hard tanks. Probably should have went with Enzo sacs but would have to fab a better enclosure for those. Additional hard tanks were easier at the time. Also added a bow bag (with vent and a drain pump) and another pump to fill it and the bag we put on the back seats. The extra hard tanks are plumbed in parallel with the stock tanks. I added dedicated drain pumps to the new tanks this spring so they would drain quicker.
  17. A few posts up are the drawings I released to wakemakers. All the best, Hein
  18. 2019 Centurion Ri217

    Beautiful boat. You can't go wrong with a Centurion. You might look at the Fi but either one will have you smiling on the wave these machines are capable of throwing up. Make sure it has RamFill so you can easily fill and empty the ballast. All the best, Hein
  19. Great having a Bluetooth interface for the audio system but phone would run out of power after a few hours on the water. Updated the phone holder to one with a wireless charger. I cut the post off the back of the holder, sanded it smooth and used VHB tape to attach it to the dash panel. Mounted the 12V to 5V converter inside the dash with some more VHB. Connected wires to positive post and negative buss bar in front of dash located behind starboard front seat back. With a 5A fuse to protect the circuit. Works great. All the best, Hein New phone holder mounted. Here is the one I used: https://amzn.to/2McGEJo VHB tape to secure it to the dash panel. Holes are for factory supplied holder which I removed. Below. Drok power supply mounted behind dash with more VHB tape. This 12v to 5v converter: https://amzn.to/2VLuDdq
  20. Thank you for sharing the settings. Will give those a try next time we ride. Kim just released our board rack supports to our Ebay store. This was a CAD project completed by a paid summer intern we had working for us last summer. Locally made right here in Oregon. They are designed to be mounted to common unistrut which is convenient because then they can be adjusted up and down as needed to accommodate thickness of board and the length of the fins. All the best, Hein https://www.ebay.com/itm/Board-Racks/143259723364
  21. One more photo of the rear view camera in use. I'm not sure the image wouldn't be better without the glare film but it's a keeper none-the-less. Driver is totally able to monitor the rider while still looking ahead. You can also see that we don't use cruise control due to the constantly varying magnitude and direction of the current in the Columbia river. GPS based speed control will absolutely not work for us. We ride by the using the tachometer. A smidge over 3600 rpm seems perfect for us. GPS speedometer can be as much as 3mph off depending on whether we are going upstream/downstream or at some angle across the flow. We were seeing 2-3 mph while floating at idle. If anyone else wants to try one then I would be honored to machine some of the brackets I used to install it. They are mounted with 3M VHB tape so should be removable with no damage the dash itself. Below are a couple photos of the bilge alarm install. The float switch is on the ground side of the alarm so just needed one wire going back. The alarm is secured under the dash with VHB and power wire goes forward from there to the positive post where the breakers are. I made an inline fuse holder with two flag style crimp terminals and stuck a 3A ATC fuse in. I ran the switch wire to the rear from the dash via the space behind the panel next to the driver (where throttle is located) until it emerged under the seats in back. Then just ran it along the back of the under seat storage towards the rear and then down into the bilge near the V-drive. Other lead from switch is grounded to the engine. I used the same wire routing for the rear view camera cable. Below. Fuse holder behind dash. Next couple photos. Buzzer is up under here: I like to keep the bilge ventilated with a box fan when the boat is in storage so moisture can dry out. I open up a seat back in front and also the fuel tank sender hatch. Flow-thru air comes out in those locations. The 18x18 furnace filter on top of the fan keeps dust from being blown in. Fan runs 24/7. All the best, Hein
  22. We got the wave looking really solid today. More crew (5) so 3 sitting on the surf side, bow bag at 40%, starboard pnp at 60% every thing else full. Then 0,50,85 for tabs and stinger, cats at 5. Videos coming shortly. We captured ourselves on one of the Gorge web cams. Great day! All the best, Hein
  23. Thank you for the insights, Infinity. And for the compliment regarding the CNC. Having the machine is great but it's actually the engineer coming up with the design and doing the programming (yours truly) that makes good parts with it. Believe we have all the ballast options on this boat including transom bag across the back. We had tabs set to 0 and 60 with stinger at 40. Cats was at 30. We will try again with cats set to 0. We did have a cleaner wave when we just started out but then started changing the settings and lost it while we were riding.
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