It turned out that 5 out of my 6 ballast pumps were bad, so i couldn’t even pump out the water that went into the one bag that was filling. I went ahead and bought a full kit that comes with 3 reversible 780gph pumps, all new harnesses, new thru hull fittings, etc. Wakemakers builds this kit to order and apparently doesn’t stock enough of them in peak season - plus they had to get them shipped from Mars so I have been waiting on them for quite some time and getting really anxious to start this project.
Onto my ballast Question:
So, my LSV came with the Gravity Games ballast setup, which is only 1200lbs total ballast - 400lbs in each locker.
Ideally I’d like to put some 50x24x24 1100lb bags in the rear locker, as much as I can fit in the center locker, and 300+ lbs of lead in the bow.
I took the center bag out and measured the inside, which comes to 70”x20”x10”. If I bought that size bag, it would give me 570lbs + the 300ish lbs of lead in the bow - would come to around 900lbs total up front.
Would I still be able to run the 1100lb bags in the rear with less than 1k in the front? Or should I shoot for 750-900lb rear bags?
Apologies if I am regurgitating something that should be obvious, this is my first boat and trying to see what the max ballast I can/should run in this boat. I am not the type to do things as I go, nor do i do them half heartedly. If I’m upgrading the ballast pump, plumbing, and wiring system I want to go ahead & get the max size bags I can use so that I’m not constantly upgrading bag sizes.
Thanks in advance!
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