2008 SANTE 2010: What is my factory ballast distribution?

[SuperSquirt]

If you are still interested in selling the triangle Bow sac.... message me. I would like to buy it

[iceman991]

worry about more ballast later............work on your riding first. use all that time u'll put into plumbing your boat and get some ride time in. the stock wake is fine.

JWAT - thank you for the thorough follow-up. Wow, you are running a lot of weight.

1. Do you have the ZR6 engine or are you running the 343?

2. I'm a beginner rider (heelside w2w, inconsistent toeside w2w, learning a backroll). I've been told that too much ballast early on can hinder your progression. At what point should people start adding weight to this boat (and any boat I guess for that matter) as it corresponds to your skill level? When did you start adding past the factory ballast? Did you add all of that at once, or did you work up to it?

3. I'm glad you told me about the gauges still working vs. not working if you pull the factory tanks...I really want to keep my gauges functional. When I add, I'm going to keep the tanks in the rear after hearing this.

4. Have you noticed any difference in 1-2-3 on the Shift Gate? I've only riden behind my new boat twice...first time was 6 weeks ago when I bought it, second time was yesterday. Both times rode full factory ballast and two people in the boat. First time I rode with the Gate in position 3...yesterday had it in 1 all day unintentially. I noticed all day that the wake just didn't seem to have as much pop as the first time I took it out...thought maybe I was just getting use to the wake or something. But then when I put it on the trailer last night, noticed the gate was in 1. Could that have made any difference?

Thanks again for the help....sick red 210 by the way.

Andrew

[Andrew14]

Thank you all for the information here...very helpful. I think I will take everyone's advice and wait until I develop sound mechanics before I start adding onto the factory ballast system.

SuperSquirt - the triangle bow sac is still for sale. I sent you a PM.

Thanks again for the help guys