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[TWOhunter]

image.jpgimage.jpgI'm new to the forum and somewhat of a new owner of a Tige (February 2014).

What's the forum like here ??

[Z1Fan]

The forum here is excellent , everybody has a wealth of knowledge !!! Welcome !!

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[Stingreye]

Congratulations! Welcome! Long live the V!

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[oktige]

Welcome to Tige. You are on one of the best forums on the web by far. I've been stopping in and out since 08 and any issue I've ever had someone chime in and help every time. Great group of folks here

[TWOhunter]

Thanks guys !! I'm a new boat owner and thirsting for knowledge.

TeamAllen, I have a family of youngsters ranging from 18 to 10 and we do whatever they want.... Tube, wakeboard, float, kneeboard, ect...

[c_hotshot]

Welcome to the Tige Family! You will find this forum filled with lots of helpful people! Congrats on the purchase!

[robert theisen]

That's one clean boat you have there! Welcome to T.O. This is a great site if you need any help resolving issues.

[TWOhunter]

Welcome! Love the clean lines of that boat!

Thanks ! We've enjoyed the boat for sure this first season.

[h2osk8er00]

Welcom to the family man! You will fins a ton of awesome people on here.. and at Tige events! I see you are already putting tons of forum discussions out there so enjoy the feedback!

[Ewok]

That boat is a great find, and looks to be in great condition, congrats! And welcome.

[Iwndr]

Sweet looking Tige! Congrats and welcome!

[TWOhunter]

That boat is a great find, and looks to be in great condition, congrats! And welcome.

I spent all winter looking for the right boat at the right price point and that was good for my family's use. I had a friend that had a Tige' about 7 years ago and loved it so Tige' was tops on my list for our first boat. It's been a good choice for sure so far.

[Ruger761]

Welcome! And great looking 22V

[jslayde1]

Congrats! Good looking boat!

LONG LIVE THE V!

[Stingreye]

Stingreye, my 22v has stock ballast.... Will the ones that came stock work to make a decent wave ???

I guess I need to do some experimenting.

Took your question from the other thread and brought it over here.

Quick answer, reach out to Chpthrl (Mike or MLA) and he'll set you up with a nice system.

If you truly have the stock system on the 22V (like I did on my 24V), here is what I did:
http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...ike-(Chpthril)
Not too many people seemed to order with stock ballast so you may actually have a custom system that would likely be better than the stock factory. Tanks vs sacs would be the first clue its a factory ballast system.

I talked to Mike (before I saw the factory ballast) and it went like this:

1) Mike - The factory tanks in that era sat on the floor in the locker, most guys prefer to take them out. When I got the boat, sure enough the tanks take up alot of space under there. If you go with sacs, you can use the storage space when they are empty. If you are surfing, we keep all our soft things that can get wet in the rear lockers and transfer them when we switch sides.

2) Mike on if I pull out the factory tanks can I use the existing pumps - "well they are slow pumps and the plastic gets brittle and may break when you remove the tanks" - sure enough every drain pump pretty much broke when I removed the tanks.

All in all, the factory systems of that era were not the best and we prone to air locking (air getting in pumps so you can't fill up).

For your first season, I would just pick up a sac and manually fill. Then when you have time and budget. Plumb in new pumps and maybe go through the bottom of the boat instead of the transom. There are TONS of good ballast threads on here and you will get alot of help throughout the whole process.

I think the sac selection for the 22V with the tanks removed is:
1) Jumbo Surf sac (least expensive)
2) Enzo Sac (best value for off the self sac)
3) Custom Sac that fits perfect (not sure if this is needed on a 22V or if the enzo fits well)

Good luck! Surfing is addicting if you haven't done it and we have had several people that had no interest in wakeboarding/kneeboarding/skiing that got up on a surfboard and loved it. I expected our boat to be 50/50 wakeboarding/surfing but we are going 95/5 surfing.