New boat help

[Evening Shade]

Well I guess it’s my turn to say a little something about the gs20. This boat by far has been the best surf wave I’ve seen in awhile thanks to 700# of lead ( 300 in bow and 400 in rear) honestly, people are usually pretty impressed with the wave behind that boat. Stock it’s ok but nothing compared to more weight and an upgraded prop. I work for a Nautique dealer and spoke to Wensink about how much and where to weight the gs20. He was spot on, you can’t just shove it all into the rear on that boat due to hull design, and efficiencies. Every boat likes it somewhere different. I since sold the 20 and am ordering the 22. I didn’t like the styling and bow of the gs series at first but I’ve grown to love it. The only downside to the 20 is it does feel cramped inside and I hate where the battery switch is located. That said, I have obviously run the gs22 and was very unimpressed with the surf wave. Spoke to Wensink again and he said the 22 has more weight toward the front than the 20 so that is why the optional pro pkg is all in the rear. Excited to see the 22 wave with the extra weight. Going to be a long winter to wait! As far at the 230 is concerned, I’m not a fan. Waves are alright out of the box, extra is always better. Not crazy about the dated styling either. Something tells me the 210 and 230 are a dying breed. Anyways, I personally feel like these boats should not need extra weight added to make a killer wave, should be available to do that from the factory... I love the room in the 22, I would (and I am) go with the 22. It will be around a long time

So did you distribute the 400# of lead evenly in the rear with 200# in each rear compartment?

[mikenbike211]

So did you distribute the 400# of lead evenly in the rear with 200# in each rear compartment?

Yes, but you can’t just stuff all the bags in a pile in the very back. they need to be laid flat end to end traveling almost through to the storage compartments under the cockpit seats. Doing it this way also allows for the storage locker to remain pretty “empty”. I’ll be using the same 700# in my new gs22 in addition to the pro ballast upgrade equipped.


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