how to weight tige 20v

(lawndude) · (lawndude) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 08-22-2004, 7:24 PM

just got an 02 20v and I am tying to fnd out the best weight and placement

(ralph) · (ralph) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 08-23-2004, 1:03 AM

The convex-V hull likes weight in the front. I've ridden a 20V a few times, it was best with 600 pounds in the back & around 1500 pounds in the front. Probably a bit extreme for every day riding but the wake was very thick and solid. The 20V doesn't have a ski locker so they guy I rode with used lead under the front seats. You might be able to get a big boomerang sack to bend around the front under the seats, with that you get enough pounds forward IMO.

tigeownerscom 08-23-2004, 10:22 AM

The 02 models do not have the Convex-V hulls. That was introduced in 04. You may want to check out www.tigeowners.com for some input.

(ralph) · (ralph) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 08-23-2004, 6:54 PM

I guess your the expert on Tige's but I was sure the 20V hull has been the same since its inception in 02, Qudra beam excepting.

tigeownerscom 08-23-2004, 8:05 PM

Correction, the Convex V Hull was introduced in 03 not 04. The 20V's hull was changed in 03 with the Convex V hull and then more recently with the comibnation of the TAPS2 technology.

(ralph) · (ralph) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 08-23-2004, 8:13 PM

Ta very much, it was an 03 we were riding on so I guess it had the Convex-V hull. I read the weighting articles over on tigeowners and they all seem to run weight with rear bias, I'll see if the guy I ride with has tried that out.

(lawndude) · (lawndude) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 08-26-2004, 6:51 PM

Thanks for the help. I am still waiting to get my boat back after a guy in a bass boat hit us at 10:30 at night the passenger in the bass boat died-- this fu.//,, sucks. twra (water police stille have my boat for two weeks now. did i mention that i had it for three days and twra keeps asking to hear what happened over and over again, same old story--the bass boat was doing 60

lucky 08-27-2004, 5:15 AM

Wow, that is tragic, but it was bound to happen the ways those guys fly around the lakes at dusk and dawn. I hope your friends and family came out safe.

(talltigeguy) · (talltigeguy) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 08-27-2004, 9:48 AM

The 20V may be different, but I thought all tiges had the convex shape to the hull, otherwise the TAPS wouldn't be anything other than a trim tab on a regular boat. My 02 21V had a convex hull.

Regardless, does the 20V have the spray pockets?

My experience is the same as Darren's, pre-03 Tiges need the bulk of the weight up front.

(lawndude) · (lawndude) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 08-29-2004, 8:34 AM

i never noticed the spray pockets and tothe best of my knowledge they dont have them

(wakeborder5) · (wakeborder5) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 08-29-2004, 2:58 PM

I think the 20V and late 21i had the convex v hull in 202, while the rest of the boats didn't get it until '03. For example BillJ has a '02 20V and i have heard good things of his wake

(ralph) · (ralph) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 08-29-2004, 5:04 PM

Thats what I thought too, it seems strange they would tool a new hull and keep it for only 1 year before changing it.