What to do with wake boards??

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myoung84

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I just bought a boat this year and the wife and I are going to be wakeboarding, or attempting wakeboarding I shall say. My boat is a 2005 Tahoe Q4 with 190HP V6. I have a new Hyperlite 140 and she has a 130. My question is, without having the wake tower, where do I put the boards? What is everyone else doing that does not have a tower? We will also be tubing, and with a small boat load of people, the 2 board get in the way. I don't want to have to run back to shore every time we want to switch from boarding to tubing.

I plan to buy a wake tower this winter, but for now that's not possible. Is there some other type of rack that will hold 2 boards out of the way, maybe on the side of the boat somehow without drilling any new holes? Any other suggestions? :D
 
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myoung84

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

I like these that were posted on that thread, but they are super expensive. If I was going to spend that much I would just buy the tower. I did get a few ideas from that post however, thanks.

http://www.liquidcouragewatersports.com/

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

Patent costs far more than I'll ever make with these things. I build them myself, so costs are down but so is production. With a patent, all someone has to do is show some improvement on the design, and they can do what they wish with it. I don't think it could be commercially produced in it's present form for a profit.
 
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Re: What to do with wake boards??

Wow - that is a cool design - are you putting another on ebay? I think I'll take one...

Rick
 
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sharps45

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

I have one more finished, 8 more in the process. If not sold locally, they'll go on ebay, too.
 
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cube21

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

I saw these in another thread also, love the idea.
Question...will these work on pop-up cleats?
 
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sharps45

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

As long as the cleats are 6 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches between the supports (the two things where the cleat actually attaches to the boat) they'll fit.
 
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Re: What to do with wake boards??

sharps45 said:
I have one more finished, 8 more in the process. If not sold locally, they'll go on ebay, too.
Click to expand...
Check your PM. This idea is great and just what I am looking for.
 
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jkust

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Re: What to do with wake boards??

Ok maybe I am stating the obvious but both my wake boards and bindings plus tons of other gear fit in the ski locker. Your Tahoe sounds the same size as my Chaparral.
 
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Re: What to do with wake boards??

Bungee cord them to a gunnel or a grab rail on the outside, cut a wakeboard sized hole in the deck and build a door to go over it with a couple short brass piano hinges, hang some bumpers off the gunnel and hang the boards over with some spare line or build a simple rack out of spare wood in about five minutes - cut some slots in wood that fit the board thickness and then attach a cross member with screws (stainless would be first choice, coated would be second) and screw said rack into gunnel in as out of the way location as possible.
 
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