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07-28-2011, 10:46 AM #1Junior Member
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Help Weighting a 2005 outback DD
I bought straight lines 800lb, two 540s, 500 lbs of bagged sand and im going out tomorrow to try and get the wake up. Here are my throughts......
First yes ive read the threads about sand, boat sinking... but i can easily throw them out. I figured at 500lbs of sand, it was easy cheap extra weight, evenly distributed, i didnt have to mess with.
I was going to put 2 50lb sand bags in the back storage, ( one on each side)
4 under the seats ( so i dont sacrifice seating) 4 50lb sand bags in the bow, 540 on each side of the motor, and partially fill the 800 up near the drivers seat to bow.
So im looking at 500 in sand, 1080 dual bags, 800 half full. almost a ton...
Any advice?
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07-28-2011, 10:58 AM #2
Don't tell your insurance company.
My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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LLTR!!!!!!!!
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07-28-2011, 11:03 AM #3
wear your life jackets
OR
forget the sand until you first try the 540's or the 800 across the back and the others on the sufing side between the motor cover and side of the boat. I think you'll have plenty there to produce a surfable wave.
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07-28-2011, 11:11 AM #4Banned
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is this a joke?
how do you easily throw out 500lbs of sand while the boat is sinking?
hell, if you have no ballast - at least try some 50 gal plastic grbage cans and fill them with water
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07-28-2011, 01:55 PM #5Senior Member
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That's a lot of weight for that hull and it will have a hard time getting on plane, but it will eventually. When I had my Outback, I ran a 750lb sack in the back and put the stock 275lb sack in the rear storage area. I had 2 150lb sacks under the front seats and another 150lb sack in the front of the walkway. That was really pushing the limits of that little boat and it would constantly take on water. The ideal weight for it I found was the 750 in the back and the 2 150s in the front.
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07-28-2011, 02:32 PM #6
Wow? Take a waterproof camera with you too so we can see how low that boat sits with all that weight?????
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