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Finally pulled the trigger and took delivery on my 2009 SAN 230 TE on Friday. Since we are still breaking her in, we didn't ride too much but just enough to
see what the wake was like stock, plus what the wake was like with an extra 800 in the nose (400 in the locker and 400 in the walkway) and an extra 600 in the rear (300 in each rear locker). Wow, what a difference!
Anyway, I had always planned to plumb in additional ballast and the original plan was just to use the kit that Fly High makes (integrated bow sac in front and
two V Drive sacs in the rear plumbed into the overflows).
After reading on here, I have seen several different variations and wanted to get some opinions from you guys on each before I plop down the dollars to get
the stuff.
Let's start with the rear. The two options I have seen are the V Drive sacs on top of the factory hard tanks OR removing factory tanks and putting in the
750lb sacs. I see pluses and minuses to each. Gauges still work and probalby a little less work to put the 400 on top of factory. However, how do you prevent the bags from sliding backwards since the factory tanks slope down at the rear. Does the front overflow hose connection keep the bag from sliding back? The other option is replace the hard tanks and just put in a 750 on each side. This gives more storage when the ballast is empty and keeps things pretty simple however the gauge will not work at all. For people who have done this option, where on the bag did you connect the fill/empty hose and where did you connect the overflow. For the factory tanks, it appears both are on the same side of the tank that is closest to the cockpit.
Now let's talk about the front. The Fly High system plumbs directly into an integrated bow sac that is listed as 600-750lbs. Seems pretty simple and you only lose the storage in the front bow that we rarely use. I have seen others plumb in a sac into the ski locker. My only questions with this is that the overflow from the hard tank would then go into the lowest connection on the bow sac. That means water has to move from the lower point on the bag to the higher point on the hard tank. Does that work fine? I assume that it does since to suck the water out, air has to come in from the vent on the bag and thus move the water through. I also believe someone mentioned plumbing in both?!? Overflow of tank into ski locker sac and then over flow of that into integrated bow sac? Did I read that correct somewhere? Seems like that is the most difficult and error prone option to go with but gives you plenty of weight in the nose.
I have read various threads already posted but I would like to get feedback from people that have done this on their 230s and how it worked for them (210/220 owners can contribute too as I assume those are similar).
I just want to pick the best options and learn from others that have done one or the other and see if I can get their feedback on the pros and cons they have experienced.
Thanks in advance!
see what the wake was like stock, plus what the wake was like with an extra 800 in the nose (400 in the locker and 400 in the walkway) and an extra 600 in the rear (300 in each rear locker). Wow, what a difference!
Anyway, I had always planned to plumb in additional ballast and the original plan was just to use the kit that Fly High makes (integrated bow sac in front and
two V Drive sacs in the rear plumbed into the overflows).
After reading on here, I have seen several different variations and wanted to get some opinions from you guys on each before I plop down the dollars to get
the stuff.
Let's start with the rear. The two options I have seen are the V Drive sacs on top of the factory hard tanks OR removing factory tanks and putting in the
750lb sacs. I see pluses and minuses to each. Gauges still work and probalby a little less work to put the 400 on top of factory. However, how do you prevent the bags from sliding backwards since the factory tanks slope down at the rear. Does the front overflow hose connection keep the bag from sliding back? The other option is replace the hard tanks and just put in a 750 on each side. This gives more storage when the ballast is empty and keeps things pretty simple however the gauge will not work at all. For people who have done this option, where on the bag did you connect the fill/empty hose and where did you connect the overflow. For the factory tanks, it appears both are on the same side of the tank that is closest to the cockpit.
Now let's talk about the front. The Fly High system plumbs directly into an integrated bow sac that is listed as 600-750lbs. Seems pretty simple and you only lose the storage in the front bow that we rarely use. I have seen others plumb in a sac into the ski locker. My only questions with this is that the overflow from the hard tank would then go into the lowest connection on the bow sac. That means water has to move from the lower point on the bag to the higher point on the hard tank. Does that work fine? I assume that it does since to suck the water out, air has to come in from the vent on the bag and thus move the water through. I also believe someone mentioned plumbing in both?!? Overflow of tank into ski locker sac and then over flow of that into integrated bow sac? Did I read that correct somewhere? Seems like that is the most difficult and error prone option to go with but gives you plenty of weight in the nose.
I have read various threads already posted but I would like to get feedback from people that have done this on their 230s and how it worked for them (210/220 owners can contribute too as I assume those are similar).
I just want to pick the best options and learn from others that have done one or the other and see if I can get their feedback on the pros and cons they have experienced.
Thanks in advance!
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