High altitude?

dezul · **Posted:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:39 am

Fishn4four wrote:

This has got to be the #1 topic for me having never owned one of these boats or spent any great length of time in one. I have just ordered a new T22 with the slight motor upgrade to the 350. I really don't think I'm going to be using anything more than stock ballast with plug and play with a wedge...my dealer said to go for the OJ cinco (this is the same dealer caliguy got his boat from) for some fuel savings since the boat won't be loaded full...now I keep asking this question in fact I started a thread about getting a bigger motor.
we will be boating at about 1500' and that was my main reason for upgrading the motor as to compensate for the elevation...but I just can't quit thinking about dumping my sound pack 3, cargo bimini, and some of the other the bling and put the vette motor in it! I don't want to find myself a few years down the road saying I really wish I had got the vette motor! spending my time messing around trying to find the right prop to get thing up on plane when I have a few extra friends in the boat or when I want to add weight as my kids get better if I only had the power I wouldn't be messing around!

...of course I saw Caliguys boat at the int wakeboard series contest and they pulled the whole contest with that boat fully loaded and it didn't seem to have any problems...So I should quit worrying right???

I wouldnt' worry about it. I have the 335 in my A22 and my elevation is 900'. I have the ACME 1235 with 400lb bags in the rear, 900lb of bags in the bow, wedge down, full stock ballast, with 5 people in the boat and I was still able to plane. It may of took 30 seconds to plane but it got there.

In a couple of years while you are still enjoying the sound pack 3, you may want to slam the boat. That is when you may have to get a new prop.

Have you read this thread from front to back?

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1563&start=10

It has a lot of good information in it.

Caliguy8070 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:07 pm **Posts:** 75

i had no idea my boat was used in the int wakeboard series contest ha! gives me a better feeling that i wont have any problem then getting on plane......im new also fish to the boating world but from what i gather is doesn't seem if you go with the 350 engine, you wont have problems getting on plane with the correct prop. id say the sound pack 3, cargo bimini and the other bling is a great move. again im new and dont know what im talking about but from i read, so take it what its worth ha! who ended up helping you at CBK? whens the boat going to be finished?

AJWest · **Posted:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:35 am

Welcome to the higher end of the boating world. You usually don't get your boat optioned right until your 3rd boat lol. Congrats you guys, enjoy and have fun.

dezul · **Posted:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:54 am

AJWest wrote:

Welcome to the higher end of the boating world. You usually don't get your boat optioned right until your 3rd boat lol. Congrats you guys, enjoy and have fun.

So true. I came from a 92 SeaRay 180, then a 2006 Centurion Elite V, and now my 14 A22.

Fishn4four · **Posted:** Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:58 am

Thanks Dezul for the link! I'll read through that...

Caliguy..Nate,Nick, and Pat are all awesome! I am waiting for the spray date, Nate had an A22 already in the que to be built and he was going to see if he could swap my boat in instead. I am hoping it's going to happen soon. My wife and kids are going to go do the factory tour during the build and hopefully she can get the kids to roll out some of the glass in the boat. We live about 1.5 hours from the factory and we did the tour last summer when we started looking at a new boats. It's pretty cool and everyone at Malibu is awesome! I wish I could go see it being built but too...but unfortunately I'll be in Alaska until April which is where I am now.

Caliguy8070 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:07 pm **Posts:** 75

thanks aj and dezul. cant wait for the season to start! if any of you are near nashville/clarskville hit me up!

dezul · **Posted:** Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:44 am

Caliguy8070 wrote:

thanks aj and dezul. cant wait for the season to start! if any of you are near nashville/clarskville hit me up!

If you are looking for possible riders, you might want to check out the wakeworld "Find a third" section. I know a guy last summer in the Nashville area was looking for a pull on there.

Caliguy8070 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:07 pm **Posts:** 75

dezul wrote:

Caliguy8070 wrote:

thanks aj and dezul. cant wait for the season to start! if any of you are near nashville/clarskville hit me up!

If you are looking for possible riders, you might want to check out the wakeworld "Find a third" section. I know a guy last summer in the Nashville area was looking for a pull on there.[/quote

oh, no. not looking for extra riders just seeing if any of you are close and maybe meet up on the lake one day.

kohlieo · **Joined:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:32 pm **Posts:** 208

I have the raptor 400 and we ride at 2000ft. With 13 people in the boat, stock ballast full, arrow sac full, and 2 sumo 900's full, we could get on plane in 25-30 seconds when we put of the people in the bow. And i have the high altitude prop.

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