01 2100V Surf Ballast

[chopper515]

This is with only 2 people in the boat and no bow ballast. Its gonna need a little more weight and fine tuning but its a good start. The water was really choppy and I don't have speed control yet so I'm not exactly sure how fast I was going.

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[chpthril]

Is that with the 600 and 325 filled? Looks to be about 15 mph or you need about another 300 in the locker. I would definitely get a speed reading. Gonna make it hard to dial in without knowing speed.

[chopper515]

Yeah, they are both filled. I agree that it doesn't look that big but take into consideration that I'm only in about 10' of water. I really cant fit much more in the locker, that's why I chose the 600. It measures approximately 40" long by 20" wide by 22" tall. I wouldn't get much more weight out of bigger sac since most of the bigger ones are longer (which I don't have room for). I'm ordering hydrophase ridesteady in a few days so I'll get the speed dialed in.

[UNSTUCK]

You'll be real happy with the ridesteady. I love it.

[chopper515]

UNSTUCK, Yeah I'm pretty excited to try out ridesteady. I like the additional options over PP like water/air temp, compass, and rotary knob.

[UNSTUCK]

Next, you'll need to find deeper water. All last summer I ran with about 500 pounds in ballast. Going from a shallow lake to a deep one made wave go from being similar to yours to being much nicer.

[chpthril]

yeah for sure a shallow lake makes it hard to make an good surf wave.

[chopper515]

Yeah this isn't my go to place to put in. Actually haven't been there in years. We'll be hitting Bull Shoals and Norfork in northern Arkansas/southern Missouri once it gets warmer

[chopper515]

Got my switch installed last night and everything is working great. I had an unused ACC switch that I replaced. The ACC switch to the right of it runs the depth finder so when I decide to complete the starboard ballast I'll just relocate the depth finder switch and use this location for the right ballast switch. My 3/4" hose/fittings came last night so I'll get the vents done soon and I'll be done with the port side. In the future I'll add a 600lb to the starboard side and I think I'm just going to use lead in the bow. I don't want to take up the space under the seats and I don't like the idea of having a sac on the floor.

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