Ballast Placement

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

I would like to get a bit bigger wake behind our boat but i do not know where to place my weight. Right now the wake isnt bad on hieght but it doesnt seem very steep and if i put more weight in the back the wake seems to wash out. Does anyone have any idea where to place bags to make the wake any steeper without washing it out?

kartman · Posted: Sep 01, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:

what kind of boat do you have?

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

umm well its a 1994 four winns 190, not much but i built a tower for it and now im looking to get some bigger air

kartman · Posted: Sep 01, 2011 7:48 pm Post subject:

throw 350#s in the ski locker, and a couple hundred more in the bow. trim your out drive up to clean up the lip of the wake. be careful turning around going through your own wake. it will take water over the bow if your not careful. post pics of it up when your done.

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

ok thanks i knew i needed weight, just didnt know where to put it. And yes ill get some pictures up were heading up to the lake this weekend so i can prob get them up soon.

pet575 · Posted: Sep 02, 2011 8:02 am Post subject:

carp22, I've got a newer and a little longer (that's what she said....) version of your FW Horizon. I put about 600 lbs in the front between the seats in the bow. It works great and is all that is needed. You probably have a similar hull.

Just verifying what kartman said, he is dead-on. One other thing, you MIGHT need a couple hundred pounds right in front of the engine. My boat is a little heavier in that area of the boat but I'm betting yours is lighter since it is shorter.

TAMELESSTGR · Newbie Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 41

I am interested in pictures, we have a 93' 190 Horizon, been thinging about adding a locker sac and something up front.

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

i will get pictures next week. and we have a 351 big block jet so i doubt we really need any more weight in the back. but thank you for the info

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

im trying to post pictures but they are all too big? does anyone know how to still get them on?

kartman · Posted: Sep 07, 2011 6:04 am Post subject:

photo bucket and link the pick with the html code

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

here are some pictures... the first one is our boat. i built the tower and the speakers... the other two are just pictures of the wake after we but about 350#s in the ski locker and had 2 people sit up in the bow
<a href="http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/?action=view&current=boat.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/boat.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/?action=view&current=IMGP0760.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/IMGP0760.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/?action=view&current=IMGP0710.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/IMGP0710.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

ok i think it will work this time..

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/boat.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/IMGP0760.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h430/carp222/IMGP0710.jpg

kartman · Posted: Sep 08, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject:

i would throw a little more up front. it will make the wake steeper. good start!

carp22 · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 36 City: great falls

ok that will have to be next year. i guess we put the boat away for the winter now