SAN 220 Riders... How do you weight your boat?!

I've come to realize that the Super Air Nautique 220 is one of the most sensitive boats when it comes to weight. And by "sensitive" I mean, when I change things up just a little, the wake may change a lot!

I typically roll with factory ballast full, a fly high x series side sac under each of the rear seat compartments (260+ lbs ea.) and I'll put either a half full fat sac (600 lbs when totally full) or I'll just put a few people up there instead...

How do you weight your 220 ???

We just towed a region comp with the 220, it is a twitchy bastard for sure. The wake can get big but it is inconsistent. The best thing is to learn to ride fast, it keeps the wake more solid and reliable IMO.

A buddy has one and he put about 500 lbs in the floor around the gas tank. Because it is in center of the boat you dont get the side to side roll. it is also mid ship so it keeps the nose down without being nose heavy

I just put a 500 pound bag in the nose and it is more than enough for me but i am still a beginner rider

get some pop product steel shot bags (at least 6-8).

you can move them around the boat to clean up/tune the wake. they also work great for porpoising.

I definitely agree that keeping the speed up makes the wake more consistent. I'll typically ride either a 75 ft line or an 80 ft line, and when i ride 80 its much more consistent.. and of course the im running somewhere around 24 / 25 mph

This should help you out if you want "pro" sized wake.

http://www.alliancewake.com/article_details.php?id=901&page=5

i will agree that with more ballast you definately need to ride a little quicker. When i ride with people that are a lot better than me and they want a lot of ballast we have needed to ride at 24/25.

Thats an awesome article, and an unbelievable amount of weight!