'99 Sport - replace hard tanks with which sacks?

[MuskokaCanada]

If you pull the hard tanks out of your '99 era Sport Nautique, which sacks fit best into the stock location? Did you keep the factory fill / empty design and hardware?

Mine is still new to me and I haven't even figured out how it works. Or mine doesn't work and that's why I haven't figured it out yet. The duct tape residue around (what I assume to be) the fill location on the bottom of the hull ... isn't a good sign, IMHO. I should have taken a pic

[Tom351]

My 99 Sport did not have factory ballast so I did not have to remove hard tanks and I installed my own fill/empty system with a reversible pump.

I used this in the ski locker:
http://www.wakemakers.com/fly-high-tube-sac.html

And this one in the rear locker:
http://www.wakemakers.com/straight-l...o-800-sac.html

I made sure to add vent lines to both as I was concerned that they could overfill and damage fiberglass.

[MuskokaCanada]

So you had no intention of trying surfing with your boat? Or you just add people to one corner when you want to surf?

[rbalan]

Most Sport/Air owners put 2 sacks in the back including myself. If I was to do it all over again, I would go with one for simplicity knowing that trying to get a good surf wave is almost impossible.

[MTRBTR]

Impossible? I surf my 97 all the time.
To the OP do you have a 99 Super sport v-drive? or just a sport. I didnt think the 99 sports had ballast. If it is a Pro-Air it would.

[MuskokaCanada]

It says Sport Nautique on the side but came with two ballast tanks and a tower from the factory.

[Treybizttu]

I have a pro air but it's similar configuration... I pulled the hard tanks out and stuck some 600lb Sumo Sacs Back there using the stock switches, new hoses, new pumps. I ended up running the drain pump out of the vent holes on the transom which works great. However, I have so many hoses and pumps and bags and what not back there it looks like an octopus. Next time at the lake I'm going with a single 800lb bag, removing one empty pump since I have two and lots of hoses. Simplify a little.

I'll keep my 2x 600lb bags for extra seat weight using a cig lighter plug in pump.

Also going to order a 325 center locker bag that will just be filled with the plug in pump as well.

[Tom351]

So you had no intention of trying surfing with your boat? Or you just add people to one corner when you want to surf?

I am mostly a slalom course skier and occasional wakeboarder... Have not tried to surf this boat yet, but I did also make an extra fill line connection where I can plug in a hose with a quick connect into the system to fill extra bags on the floor...This way if I do want to use bags on the floor I can easily tap into the reversible pumps for fill/empty and not have to mess with cigarette lighters and aerator pumps.