Moving Ballast Bag forward.

[Commadore]

2008 212 X. I never intend to use the ballast bag to create a wake, we don't ski. I like to cruise around at 10 -15 MPH, and my passengers like to stay in the shade in the back, but at that speed with that loading the boat will not go on plane. I was wondering if it's feasible to move a ballast bag to a front compartment, and reroute the hoses so that I could add water weight to the bow and flatten out the boat at lower speeds. I'm not real experienced running these boats, so this may not make sense. Any thoughts?

 

[Cambo]

They will not plane until 16+ Mph

 

[anmut]

At those speeds you'll just plow the bow deeper into the waves. You'd be better to get the boat on plane, then back off the throttle to "just above plane levels." You might be able to run ~ 20mph ish depending on load.

Seeing that you like to cruise so slow, and that these boats are going to be highly inefficient at those speeds, maybe get a pontoon?

 

[Commadore]

I ended up doing just that. Sold my 212X back to the guy I bought it from, and bought a 25ft tritoon with 250 HP. It is actually what I wanted all along. Comfortable, easy, still fast, but cruises along at any speed flat and straight. I did so much work on my jetboat though, over 2 grand. The guy who bough it got a great deal. So everybody is happy. That's all good.

 

[anmut]

I ended up doing just that. Sold my 212X back to the guy I bought it from, and bought a 25ft tritoon with 250 HP. It is actually what I wanted all along. Comfortable, easy, still fast, but cruises along at any speed flat and straight. I did so much work on my jetboat though, over 2 grand. The guy who bough it got a great deal. So everybody is happy. That's all good.

Any boat is better than no boat! Hope you enjoy the tritoon - we had one years ago with an I/O, that was something else!