Spinner Location Option

[BigBald]

Just spent the first full week out on the water with our new 2007 216. It was awesome....we are very happy. But, we did learn a couple things that we are going to need to tweak.

One thing is the location of the spinner racks. They are mounted very low for our needs. When working with folks learning on the boom (starboard side), we kept banging into the rack our heads or backs. And when pulling up to a houseboat (port side) the rack and the boards were in the way, so we had to spin them around....and then they were in the way of trying to get from the bow to the back of the boat for exit. Basically, we stopped putting any boards in them and left them loose so we could spin them wherever we needed them quickly.

So my thought is to try and move the racks up as high as we possibly can. See the picture below. Does anyone mount their racks that high? Any thoughts or concerns?

If we can't get them moved so that they are out of the way, then I guess our other option would be to go back to the old style flight clips.....would rather not do that if possible.

Thanks in advance for you input....

[BigBald]

RE: Spinner Location Option

Is everyone's mounted this low? Nobody has theirs mounted higher?

[tmb]

RE: Spinner Location Option

mine are mounted in the same spot as yours

[sfjakey]

RE: Spinner Location Option

Good idea, try mounting them there and let us know how it goes. I have the same problems on my 211, so I took them off.

[BigBald]

RE: Spinner Location Option

Update....I moved the racks up to just barely above the oblong tube cross support. Looks like they are going to work fine. I did run into a couple issues that you'll need to consider.

First.....with a wakeboard in the top slot...and boots up....my tower bimini is in the way of swinging the rack all the way into the boat. See picture of boat with bimini out. This is the old position of the racks.

Second...You have to be careful about the speakers. Where I have the racks mounted, the swing into the boat also kind of lowers the boards a bit (not sure I can communicate what I am meaning). So, they end up just below my speaker. But it's close. And if the speakers were any larger, I might be in trouble.

Both of these concerns were issues that I felt I could live with. However, that might not be the case for everyone. I was really glad that I opened up my bimini and actually put some boards into the racks before finalizing the placement. So, I recommend that method to others.

I will try to get some pics of where the racks ended up....
thanks