Malibu Wedge system for CC’s

I cannot wait to hear an answer. My kids love to wakeboard and I too do not want to use valuable space with fatsacs. The Malibu dealer said your compromise the hull integrity because of the drag created.

This is just a guess so take it for what it's worth.
Every Malibu dealer in the country would want you to believe that a wedge would only work on a Malibu and that their boats are the only ones strong enough to hold up to the abuse. In my humble opinion, Malibu boats are not made all that well and if one of them can hold up to the abuse, a Correct Craft certainly can. Now, it's very possible that they reinforced the hull a tremendous amount. Then again, that might mean that they simply brought it up to Correct Craft standards. I don't know. Just guessing, I would think that the biggest hurdle would come in design and angle rather than hull structure. From my experience, Malibus with the wedge down handle like crap anyway. Did you ever consider lead instead of fat sacs? You get alot better size to weight ratio and can tailor your wake by locating bars in different parts of your boat.

Just my $.02 worth. I like the theory behid the wedge but I've seen pictures on the net somewhere ( tried to find the link but no luck) of a malibu that had the wedge in place that hit something under water and the result was unbelievable. It literally destroyed the stern of the boat. It mangled the wedge and ripped open the back end of the boat. I imagined it was a total loss judging from the pics that I saw. Is it worth the risk is what I'd ask yourself. Call a dealer or CC themselves and ask them there opinion. Why is malibuj the only one installing this on their boats and all the others haven't followed suit. Must be a reason and I don't think it is a patent. I'll continue to look for the link.

Correct Craft transoms are not built strong enough to handle the load put on it by the wedge.
I wakeboard behind a Malibu with the wedge and it is a fantastic sytem.
It has a much better wake than my 86' and you can ski behind it too. Very simple to use.
The wedge does not hang below the rudder, so in order to tear it off you would have to hit something major and your boat would be a total loss anyways. Just my 2 opinion.

I found a link to this topic on planet nautique.com. It was first discuseed back in 03 with a link to the pics of the malibu that was damaged. Link to the pics is lost in cyberland but the discussion is still there. Here it is.

http://planetnautique.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=80&highlight=wedge