Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

[fife22]

Here is a tricky one to follow

I own a 2004 Super Sport 210 nautique, it is identical to the SAN 210 of the same generation with tower and all, only it came without the ballast tanks. Since the popularity of Wakesurfing has shifted the focus of our boat use I have been trying to figure out how much weight the boat can handle for this reason:

The Manufacturer and US coast Guard warning / advisory next to the throttle on my super sport 210 says that the maximum weight and or persons on the boat is 10 persons or 1450 lbs and this accounts for any factory installed ballast systems.

However in picutures on this forum I have noticed that owners of 210 SAN's warning label has the same weight maximum.

My question is:
Is my "warning / advisory" label just a standardized label for this Hull / boat and does not really account for the fact that my boat does not have ballast like the Super Air Nautique?

Therefore "in theory" i could add the additional weight of a SAN ballast system to my 1450Ibs maximum?because my advisory isn't really specific to my boat.

hopefully someone can shed some insight into the matter and thus save me from the reprocussions associated with asking the ladies to weigh in every time i have my launch pads filled.

The Hull is the same as SAN 210 of the same years

[WakeSlayer]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

Mine sits on the lift with over 1000lbs of ballast in it. I add about 900-1000 more to surf, plus people. I am generally over anytime my boat is on the water.
The label is what the Coast Guard says you should not exceed. I am not really sure how that is really enforced, if at all. I treat it like a suggestion, more than a mandate. It may be different on lakes that have a lot of regulations, restrictions, or patrols on it.

[Puckhead]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

It's like Pirate Rules... More of a guideline ;-)

[Sbt3]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

Yeah more of a guideline. I have more than 2k of water ballast in my boat and don't have any problems.

[saceone]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

it's actually somewhere around 2500 lbs because it's 1500lbs when you fill up the ballast

[Chris4x4Gill2]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

OK....I'm asking a question here more than making a statement but see if you follow me. The CG weight label is based on the amount of weight that the boat can hold swamped and still not sink completely (correct?). That means that you would not count water weight (ballast) in that equation. Since it is after al water, its specific gravity is 1 so its just like having the same amount of water in a swamped boat.......the water balast wont make the boat sink.

anyone want to shoot a hole in that theory? I'd actualy like to ask someone fro mthe CG or marine police that question

[bchesley]

RE: Super Sport Maximum Weight 1450 lBS?

If you have factory installed ballast then it does not count against the weight capacity of the boat. In Texas unless you are ridiculously slammed you will not even get checked. I run 1800lbs in mine and it hardly looks like it is weighted down. You would have to really add the weight to get a 210 to look slammed. The other aspect of it is my weight is totally hidden. If you have ballast stacked everywhere and they can see it then you might be asking for a look see.....