Dreamer

Fill all ballast a suck gate on the side of the hull should make a fairly good wake. If you don’t have a large crew you will probably have to add ballast.

I'm on my third Centurion, SV230, SV244 and now an Ri245. All have been good boats.

We have had CATS on our last two boats and use it all the time. Are you listing your boat to surf or have the flow plate system off the back? Get going in your best wakesurfing mode then start playing with CATS. Go all the way to the maximum positive side and watch for the changes. Then go al the way to the maximum negative side of the gauge and watch the differences in the wake. One will give you a nice mellow transition and the other will give you a steeper wake.

I think a wake shaper is the way to go for the older boats. You’ll probably want some bow ballast and fill both rear lockers. Place the majority of your passengers on the surf side. 10.5-11 mph

Having a good surf wake is all about displacement. You will probably have to upgrade to more ballast (and pumps) depending on what you want to spend. A suck gate for the side of the boat will simplify the ballast system if you are switching from regular to goofy often.

COV2, get the CATS option as it will give you more wakeshaping options. We have it on our Ri245 and it can really change things up. My kids like the wakesurf wake vertical with a firm lip for bombing airs so we crank the CATS to create what they want. My wife and I like a more mellow wake for surface tricks so we adjust the CATS to the opposite side for the best results.

I have a tandem axle trailer and EOH brakes. I did have surge brakes with my last three boats without issues but this boat is heavy. I think the big issue for you is a third axle would add a couple hundred pounds to the overall weight.

I took our Ri245 to the scales and with about 1/3 of a tank of gas, the total weight with no gear in the boat was 8042#’s. This included the tongue weight and it was on the extreme random axle trailer.

Ri230 will be amazing! Congrats.?

You definitely have to put the trim tab all the way down to help clean up the starboard side. We usually fill both QF tanks plus all other ballast on the side we surf. 3/4’s of the passengers in the surf side as well. 11mph minimum

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We change our profiles. The factory ones seem wrong. The CATS were off to the wrong side

On a big busy lake it is nicer to have the bigger boat. The out of the box surf wake is okay but with 500#'s of leadwake it can become great. The bigger the boat the better the wake. The 409 is fine at your elevation and the stock prop is designed to work with that engine. The lighter colour of vinyl help in the sun but sometimes we have to splash water even on the light greys to cool them off.

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