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I am looking for an integrated ballast setup for a 2011 SANTE 230. I have 1100s in each locker and when we slam the boat the surf wave is awesome, but a little short. I find myself surfing close to the swim platform. I have seen the Wakemakers piggyback 500lbs that fits under the bow seats, is there anyway to integrate this as a belly overflow ballast option, or should I just purchase a separate pump and fill that way. Thanks!
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You can piggyback an underbow bag to the center tank. It's what I did. Be careful though. if you don't have a bypass valve of some sort, the bag can collapse on drain and not allow air into the hard tank which can then collapse and damage the hard tank.
There are other ways to do this. I use one of these https://www.dripdepot.com/kinetic-ai...ssure-check-no It's basically a ping pong ball in a valve sleeve. It's shockingly effective at letting air out without letting water out and letting air in once the water has drained. You can run a hose from your tank vent to a tee. Put the valve on the tee and run a hose from the other end from the tee to the underbow bag. Run another hose from the underbow bag to the exterior vent. The only real risk to this method is if the irrigation valve fails while filling you'll be pumping water into your boat. But that's incredibly unlikely. I had 500-600 hours on this setup and never had an issue.
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