Ballast System completed

I just thought I would share with all of you the system Jeff Reese, Mike Hoferer, and I put in my Moby this weekend.

These are all the parts used for the system prior to install.


These are the disconnects I decided to go with. They are from the gardening department, and have very little flow restriction.


These are the t's I used for the 3/4 id fill, and the 1/2 overflow lines.


These are the check 3/4 check valves I found. I decided to capture the part number for anyone who's interested.


These are the 1/2 check valves used.


Here are the simer/bluewater BW85 pumps that everyone keeps talking about.


this is where we placed the switches.


We drilled a 1 1/2 hole for the hoses to run into the ski locker.

Here is the locker view.


Jeff in "The Hole", we kept him there most of the day. You can also see how we ran the hoses under the floor to the steering cable hole under the drivers side.


We zip tied the hoses together so they didn't interfere with anything under the floor.


Here are the pumps under the passenger seat behind the driver.


The pump holding platform is a little sparse right now, but I'm going to replace it with 1/2 black plexi when it comes in. The rear pump was angled up in the front to make clearance for the hose. We just used washers for now, but I'm going to replace them with rubber gaskets when I put the new platform in.

I trialed the new system out on the lake yesterday, total time to fill the front 800lbs 13min, total fill for rear 550's was 15min. I wasn't moving so I could estimate the slowest fill time. The emptying was also impressive, front sack 15min, rear sacks 17min. I left the boat in the water so I could see how much push back I got from the intake. Out of water I'd probably see improved emptying times.

Ok, I know I left out a ton of details, it was hard to document everything as we went along, so I'm sure there are many questions. You may now start drilling me.