Originally Posted by
goose
Well, while that sounds very logical, unfortunately it doesn't really work in a logical fashion. We are NMMA certified. To be certified, we have to meet their standards including testing, validation and on the capacity side, they have a standard capacity calculation that we have to fill out. Truth is ballast has never really the hit the radar on this calculation. As a manufacturer, we have not "poked" the bear too much and we consider ballast as part of the boat weight. Because it is part of boat weight, then it is not the same as additional capacity. Because of safety factors and the way the capacity is calculated, 1000lbs of ballast that is included in the boat weight is actually not the same as 1000lbs of capacity as I made it seem. Without making that even more complicated or by getting into the details, lets just say we are maximizing total capacity the way we currently do it. On the Mojo specifically, if we actually took the ballast out of the weight of the boat and just included it as total capacity, it would actually reduce how much total weight we could get in the boat from 5500lbs to about 3500lbs. I know that doesn't make sense, but it is part of a standard capacity calculation that includes safety factors and such. Just so you know, we do also do a full "real float test" as we configure the boat with the actual 5500lbs of total capacity. It is actually quite funny because we do it here at the factory in our test pool and to get the total number of people we take all the engineers, sales people, marketing people, and sometimes people from the line. And considering we are a manufacturing facility, the majority of those people are male. So, if you could imagine a Mojo, sitting in a test pool, with 3000lbs of ballast and 17 dudes basically sitting on each other's laps, that is what we do every year in the new boat. Needless to say I try and get the driver seat location. I guess that is perks of my job. hahaha
Not sure if that answers your question, but just trust us that the way we are doing it today is the best way we can do it and maximizing the potential based on the way we understand it.