So I finally get a chance to get my boat out tonight. Pretty excited to try out my version of the suckgate. (for whoever thought of that, I love the name). Wife leaves on a business trip and I encourage her to take my truck to the air port so I can use her new Tahoe we bought because it can tow 8200 lbs to tow my boat for the fist time. Sadly my 2" drop hitch wasn't enough to get under my trailer and my 6" drop hitch which I never imagined I would need on this Tahoe was in my truck, at the air port. (face palm)
End of sad story.
Good news is I have friends with boats so tonight was not a total loss and I still got to try it out.
Attached Suckgate to a 2006 24' Supra and right off the bat we are all blown away. About 900lbs in each locker running even weight. At this point in the Video we have no bow weight and 3 guys none of which were sitting were we should be to get the best wave in a listed boat.
https://youtu.be/MBHUZAqXMIE
I didn't post a before pic/video without the gate because well, the wake was worthless when running even ballast without it. Without it the wake looks as bad on the surf side as it does on the non surf side.
Only problem is that suck gate refused to suck for very long. I think it stayed on maybe a minute at most and we tried at least 10 times. Its promising but not there yet. I may trim an inch off the plate to reduce the resistance a bit. Also may add a washer to the levers to see if I can get a bit more suction out of them.
I have heard people say to use a clay bar to clean off the area so I will have to try that as well if it fails on my boat.
All that said, here is where I am at with this and this may help people considering the Mission Delta as an option to making there own. It's the price of a good surf board and the reality is that if it stays on as they promise and does not pop off every 60 seconds like my version does. IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY. I'm not ready to pull the trigger on one just yet but now seeing what it can do I am very impressed with what something like the Mission Delta could do to a boats wake. Definitely a game changer in my opinion and if you want to run even and not listed, some version of a wake gate is a must have.
End of sad story.
Good news is I have friends with boats so tonight was not a total loss and I still got to try it out.
Attached Suckgate to a 2006 24' Supra and right off the bat we are all blown away. About 900lbs in each locker running even weight. At this point in the Video we have no bow weight and 3 guys none of which were sitting were we should be to get the best wave in a listed boat.
https://youtu.be/MBHUZAqXMIE
I didn't post a before pic/video without the gate because well, the wake was worthless when running even ballast without it. Without it the wake looks as bad on the surf side as it does on the non surf side.
Only problem is that suck gate refused to suck for very long. I think it stayed on maybe a minute at most and we tried at least 10 times. Its promising but not there yet. I may trim an inch off the plate to reduce the resistance a bit. Also may add a washer to the levers to see if I can get a bit more suction out of them.
I have heard people say to use a clay bar to clean off the area so I will have to try that as well if it fails on my boat.
All that said, here is where I am at with this and this may help people considering the Mission Delta as an option to making there own. It's the price of a good surf board and the reality is that if it stays on as they promise and does not pop off every 60 seconds like my version does. IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY. I'm not ready to pull the trigger on one just yet but now seeing what it can do I am very impressed with what something like the Mission Delta could do to a boats wake. Definitely a game changer in my opinion and if you want to run even and not listed, some version of a wake gate is a must have.
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