How much weigh do you put on your boat

I'm shopping for ballast and I'm planning on getting 1260 lbs worth of ballast. probably won't fill it all of the way and I think that my boat has a 1500 lbs max or something, anyways, the point is i was wondering how much ballast you put in your boat so I can get an idea of whats safe and stuff.

tige 22v...full stock ballast, 750lb ( i think) and 3 sacs of 600 lbs each, maybe 3/4 full + 3-4 ppl.

Stock ballast 2,000 lbs, plus 400 lbs. of lead in the bow and 750 lbs in the port locker for wakesurfing.

Sanger V210 up to 1800lbs

Chas,

I thought we had more than that once or twice.

Oh ya, I forgot all the beer and gas....

cool, so if i use about half the weight as u guys i should be fine (my boat is about half as powerful) i'm kind of worried about the transmission though, it's a little weak as it is, and special care tips perchance?

Rebecca, is that a 17.5 Bayliner or a 20.5 one? These guys that are putting in a half dozen ballast bags, lead weight, sand, sealing wax, and chewing gum are probably all 21.5 or bigger boats. If your in a smaller boat 1500 lbs might be too much. How much power, these boats are all in the +300 hp range, you outboard might be a 125 hp Force, you might also want to look at 4 or 5 blade props.

What’s wrong with your transom, is your boat relatively old? My first boat was a 16 foot, 20 year old, 115 HP outboard. The transom was week so I added metal plate to stiffen the transom.

I run two 600 pound sacks and about three hundred in lead in the bow for a total of 1500 in my 1990 Bluewater DD.

I just picked up another 300 in lead to add though.

i had a 20 foot fourwinns i/o that i had about 1800 lbs in. i changed the prop and though i took a while to get on plane it did ok

1,250 stock
1,400 rear
600 front

3,250 total

05 V-Ride

i run about 1050 right now, when i get my new sacks i'll be running about 1850 in a RLX. it'll be hairy..but oh so sweet.

Launch SS
600 ski locker
500 center
400 rear
usually 3-5 people
Total low 2000's, about all the engine seems comfortable with. I like to change the oil every 30-40 hours as it usually gets pretty black by then, not Indmar's recommended 50 hours.

i have a 20 ft. bayliner, but it's not made to carry so much weight like a wakeboard boat is, and i'm worried about the transmission because just naturally putting more weight on the boat is going to add stress, i'm not so worried about that i guess, but it's something to think about

I have a 21ft center console with a 200hp and i run 2 440 lb sacks on the sides. The boat takes a while to plane out with this and like 5 people.

good wake though, right?

wher can i get lead from?

google it... probably just some manufacturing company, though i think that i did see an add once in wakeboarding, i could look for u... but i've subscribed for a couple of years now, so i won't...

02 super air:
850 lbs ballast
200 lbs lead
1400 lbs and bags
and like 5 people

with the engine trimed right the boat makes a really good wake for an outboard, the problem is keeping the boat at a sterqady speed more than the actual wake.

2200+ pounds thanks to you guys for talking me into it

400stock(rear)
two540(one in bow the other in rear)
680pounder(rear)

next winter im gonna put a custom system where i change the stock rear bag with 1500pound fat seat and a custom pump running 800pounds under the front seats in the bow

all this in my 05 moomba outback DD
BIG WAKES ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!

i have a 17ft starcraft with 3.0 alpha 1. i put 375 in bow and 375 in locker and 180 in rear and 2 people in boat. with 3 to 500 in bow the boat will plane quicker and i have a 2ft wake on a 65ft rope. and running a 4 blade 18 pitch prop. i am looking to put a 16 pitch on it this year with pp

Rebecca,

My old boat had a 1100lb rating on the cap. plate. I was running about 1200+ people so I was doubling the rating at times. Handling was sketchy at times, it rode low and we would take wakes over the front and back too often for comfort so I sold the boat and bought a bigger V-drive. The weight most of the guys are stating are for v-drive inboard boats with tall sides.

I would start with a 400lb sack in the front and one in the back. Add the weight slowly, when handling starts getting weird and you start taking waves over the back you have gone too far. If the wake washes you either need to speed up or drop weight. You might also need to re-prop the motor to move the additional weight.

thank u so much, i feel as if i've been saved from an expensive mistake. maybe i should my money into a tower... u know, after i finish experimenting with the weight

Sanger V-210 with a mear 2300lbs.

Rebecca,

I haven't seen your wake but in general if I had to choose between ballast and tower I'd choose tower. Of course, not really an even trade since a tower is typically a bit more money than a couple of fat sacks, but still if you don't have a tower or sky pole, I'd solve that problem before worrying about loading down the boat with a lot of weight.

Isn't "start with what the capacity sticker says" the standard answer? Does it apply to IOs? We're still happy running that in ours (sticker says 14-something and we run 16 to 17 plus a couple people.)

I already do own two fat sacs, but unfortunately haven't had the oppurtunity to use them yet (stupid me forgot the pump) they total 560lbs i think, so I think i'd just put one in the front and one in the back and the people i would be with would naturally sit in the back, so it would make a good 60-40 ratio I think (like "The Book" suggests) but how much difference does a tower make anyways? I figure with a year of savings I could afford one, but that's an awefully long time of course. (Well, perhaps I could have one at the END of the summer, but that wouldn't do me much good then.)