joelmjohnson

My last two fill ups were 5.18 and 5.33 GPH on our fi23 with 409 and 3145 prop. The 5.18 was mostly surfing, 11 hours on the clock and 57 gallons. The second had 2-3 hours of cruising 4-5k rpm the rest surfing and slow speed zup (for my 4 year old)  9 hours on the clock and 48 gallons of fuel. Hours aren't exact but they are close. 

Im at 5k ft elevation ballast is 75-100% full when surfing + 500 lbs of steel

Where do you have your quick surf tabs set at. Regular side I run :

Speed 11.2

Center tab between 30-50 

Ramfill P: 100

Ramfill S: 80

Rear PNP P: 100

Rear PNP S: 100

Center Tank: 50

300 lbs of wakeballast on surf side transom corner and 200 on the opposite side transom corner and set quick surf to 65 starbord and 0 port

I agree, that looks fantastic on the water!!

No turning back now!!

Thanks for all the replies all,

Will we all likely want more that stock ballast in the end?  

From what I gather ballast is set up like:

1. Ram fill 2500
2. Front hard tank 450
3. PNP 250 bow bag 
4. PNP Rear corners 1300 (650 each corner )
5. PNP transom bag 350

Im going with 1, 2, 4, and replacing 5 with 500# of lead. For grand total of 4750# of ballast.  So still less than full option stock ballast.  At what point do we hit diminishing returns? Any discussion. 

4 hours ago, h20king said:

I think skipping on any of the ballast will hurt resale if you don't plan to keep long term. You will be competing with boats like mine that checked all the important boxes. Even if you chose not to use the ballast you only get one chance to get it from the factory  JMTC

I hear you on not getting all the stock ballast. For us we plan to keep the boat for quite some time and I have plans for the rear locker!!!  

Thanks thats what i was thinking. I guess if we need more than 500 its free shipping.  

They started building our boat today!  Whats everyone's thought on additional ballast for the opti v hull? We didnt opt for the pnp 350# in the stern or 250 in the bow as I wanted the space for storage. Im planning to place an order with wakeballast for 500#. Will I want more? 

Lovetosurf,  thanks for the advise. Im at 5000', my dealer is ordering without a prop so we can try a few out. Ill make sure that the 16x13 is on the list

5 hours ago, h20king said:

Window tint is done lifefourm 9's installed ,trailer lowered and bimini brackets powder coated and installed.  Almost time to bring it home and get started on the stereo install. 

I saw that looks great. Im so anxious for ours to come in. Your pictures are torture!!   

Any issue getting the tint done? When I did my MB I had a hard time getting someone to do it. I ended up pulling the windshield to get it done. Mind you I wanted to powder coat the frame anyway.

I'm not sure what prop we will end up with. The dealer is going to order without one so we can try a few different to see what works best for us. 

For options we did most everything but the big ones. No H6 motor or downfire. We also didn't do gaterstep on the floor,  stayed with the snap in for now. (We have a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old)

For audio  I'm thinking two rev 10s an amp that can support them and a 12" sub hooked to the stock 800.5. Does anyone know if the Roswell 800.5 amp will drive a sub reasonably well?

Thanks for all the discussion guys. We placed an order yesterday for a FI23. Sounds like it should be delivered early April.

If you do pull the downfire speakers and what to sell them let me know.  My wife doesn't like loud music so the downfire might help my case 

Hey Harold,

Are you planning to add the subwoofer to the stock location under the helm? Any idea if it would have to be a free air sub or is there room for an enclosure? 

Thanks for the replies replies. The prop angle was one of my concerns also and I haven't located a 17 that the wife will check off on (color wise). We're really leaning toward the FI.

Question #2 

Is down fire worth the coin? After the discount looks like it would add $5900 to the cost vs $3000 est to add wetsounds tower speakers, amp and sub to the base audio setup.

Hello all,

I just joined the forum as Im looking to trade my MB Sport on a Centurion.  We were originally planning on ordering a FI23 with a 409 motor and no downfire optioned out to $100k boat show pricing.  But as I search I find that a used RI237 can be had for similar money with more options. The 237 im considering is a 2016 with 120 hrs nearly every option and the H6 450hp motor at $99k.   Any opinion to help sway me either way? Boat will primarily be used for surfing in Colorado.

Thanks