Zipwakes
Submitted by SeperateKnob on Fri, 2023-11-03 06:16
Looking at zipwakes for a new boat build, just wondering about minimum distance from the transducer as not to effect reading. Plate boat 6.2m thinking about going the 450s. Cheers
Swompa
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Sorry I don't know about
Sorry I don't know about installation but a mate has them on his 640 revival and jeez they are good!
Bodgy 79
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Get hold of Cam from Dhu
Get hold of Cam from Dhu bite tackle.He has them on a 610 and rates them highly mate.I'm adding them later as my build is blowing out a bit. Haha
Rob H
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Zipwakes
I put the 450's on my new boat, used the chine model so the sit out further, they do work really good I must say once tuned up.
Can't put a pic here, can send some if you want
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dodgy
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If you want to smoke the
If you want to smoke the budget even more check out the new seakeeper ones. Zipwakes are good but they are next level.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
scubafish
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Tip
Dont fight nature,deep v boats ride well through the water because they dont fight nature/Physics they cut through it.
All well and good keeping the boat level,but you have to also let it do what it wants to do to work with nature..
The minute you start bashing the hull against the water you will break something,Ali boat(welds)Fiberglass (stress fractures).
I have seen broken backs on a boat and humans .
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Rob H
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I tend to disagree with
I tend to disagree with that.
When you get a breeze on the beam and your hull is leaning into it as they naturally will, your deep V isnt doing what it is supposed to.
The flat of one size of hull bottom is no longer cutting but pounding, and might as well be a flat bottom punt?
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scubafish
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Tip
Misunderstood me, not saying dont have them ,they are great but dont abuse what the boat wants to do to get a calm ride.See so many boats just pounding through the waves.
At the end of the day you can Disagree all you Like.
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Sea goat
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just out of interest, do
just out of interest, do these do anything that trim tabs dont/ because there is quite a significant price difference.
scubafish
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IMO
NO,
they do work different, forward momentum of the boat and the plate on the zipwake going down forces the water against the plate down which in turn pushes the boat up,more plate down more boat up.So its the displacement of the water that forces it down and the boat up which creates drag.
Where a trim tab deflects the water down which moves the boat up on that side,(less drag ).
IMO Old school work fine ,bigger the tab better it will trim.
I'm sure someone will disagree.
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Sea goat
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yeah, that was my thought
yeah, that was my thought too.
i was lookng at some for the new boat, but had trim tabs on the old one, and they worked great, so couldnt really justify the extra 3k that it would cost.
SeperateKnob
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According to a few articles
According to a few articles I've read zipwakes provide less drag than trim tabs.
https://chsmith.com.au/news/zipwake-trim-control-exceeds-expectations.html#:~:text=If%20you're%20looking%20for,must%2Dbuy%20for%20your%20vessel.
dodgy
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It's hard to get your head
It's hard to get your head around but laws of hydrodynamics mean the interceptor style actually have less drag than conventional tabs.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?