Agreed that pics can be misleading.

I'm glad to hear that you were able to surf with your stock setup.

With respect to the recommended setup, it seems like there's conflicting info all over the place. Your dealer gave you a sheet. We have the sticky in the general section with information from Jon at SC. And we also have our owner's manual. I don't know if there are any consistencies between them. Having the platform level with the water line probably makes sense with the stock ballast setup, but if you upgrade the rear ballast, it's going to sink the boat/platform under the water line. You might be able to get it level with water line by adding people up front, but it will definitely be under water.

How much weight did you have in your IBS with your setup? And where were the 4 people in your boat? Just curious how you had the 60/30 (or is that supposed to be 70/30?) weight distribution between rear sacs, IBS, and passengers.