I have a 2005 Nordic Rage. I love the fact that it runs reasonably fast but the truth is it's primarily a ski, tube, wakeboard boat for my five kids. Every once in a while I kick them out and head for 5250. I spoke with mike at Nordic and he thinks Dana Marine used to make some type of kit to facilitate this function. I'm in San Antonio so I probably won't be hauling the boat to the desert southwest to make this happen but I may be able to provide enough pics and measurements to allow for off-site fab?
The original ski pylon is ok but it's not made to sling around four kids on a tube or the rigors of slalom and wake boarding. I've looked for solutions to work with the original pylon but neither the engineering nor space behind the motor reveal a viable solution. Soooo...
I'm doing research and I'm pretty much sold on putting a freestanding, removable ski pylon about 8" in front of the rear seat. I've seen this done with boats with outboard motors and the installation can be made very clean and the pole stows away when not in use. This will require opening up the floor to access the stringers and rigging that will bolt through the stringers along with bracing and will have a sleeve that rises to the floor level and allows for a pylon to slide down through the floor and screw into the sub- floor mount. I'm also hoping to rig a functioning, small table using the same mount.
I'm not considering a tower. It's just not my thing and I'm not interested in corrupting the lines of my boat. So I need someone that can engineer/fabricate the rigging. I can do the install. I've been planning on replacing the carpet so this will all work together.
Sorry for the looong read... Any recommendations?
The original ski pylon is ok but it's not made to sling around four kids on a tube or the rigors of slalom and wake boarding. I've looked for solutions to work with the original pylon but neither the engineering nor space behind the motor reveal a viable solution. Soooo...
I'm doing research and I'm pretty much sold on putting a freestanding, removable ski pylon about 8" in front of the rear seat. I've seen this done with boats with outboard motors and the installation can be made very clean and the pole stows away when not in use. This will require opening up the floor to access the stringers and rigging that will bolt through the stringers along with bracing and will have a sleeve that rises to the floor level and allows for a pylon to slide down through the floor and screw into the sub- floor mount. I'm also hoping to rig a functioning, small table using the same mount.
I'm not considering a tower. It's just not my thing and I'm not interested in corrupting the lines of my boat. So I need someone that can engineer/fabricate the rigging. I can do the install. I've been planning on replacing the carpet so this will all work together.
Sorry for the looong read... Any recommendations?