Red Green and Spray Pockets

I saw someone post pictures of a Tige’ with spray pockets glassed in. So I wondered if I should consider filling in the spray pockets on my Lighting. I also didn’t want to commit to the idea with out having an idea that filling in the spray pockets would improve the wake. I thought about a number of ways to fill in the spray pockets but eventually found my inspiration from the Red Green show (watch a little PBS folks). I built fill material from Styrofoam sheets and then duct taped them in place.

The filler lasted for about fifteen minutes, then the tape started to unravel and we had to remove the tape and collect loose Styrofoam. The end result – the surfing wake was better without the spray pocket filler. The bottom of the older Lightning hull is really busy, I only filled the last four feet where the spray pockets are located.

Here are a few pictures for a laugh