LawyerMan
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- Jul 12, 2012
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- Boat Info
- 270 SLX w/ Sport Arch
- Engines
- 496 Mag DTS, Bravo III, Corsa
Has anyone added them? Got pics of your setup? Suggestions?
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Hate to be the first guy to respond when the answer to your question is no. But I am really curious, why do you want ballast bags on your 270 SLX 496 mag?
Extra weight for wakeboarding and surfing behind the boat,
I have not done it on a Sea Ray, but very familiar with doing it with a Mastercraft. In addition to the built-in, under floor tanks, we put a bag in each rear storage locker, a couple 350lb (I think that's what they are) bags on the floor by the rear bench and another between the bow seats. I would just experiment and see how it goes.
BUT, and this is very important, you CANNOT surf behind your stern drive. You can only safely do this behind an inboard boat because it's done anywhere from about a foot to 10, maybe 12 feet away from the back end. You are running a HUGE risk that if someone falls near the boat, they may not get a second chance at life. VERY, VERY dangerous - those props are like a gigantic blender on steroids.
Have fun moving the bags around to fine tune the wake for boarding, but skip the surfing. I know it's tempting and you're thinking that you can do it if the rider is cautious... but don't - this is why there are Darwin Awards. And the thought process of "I've seen other people do it and they're fine" doesn't cut it - they're only "fine" until they're not.
Extra weight for wakeboarding and surfing behind the boat,
Aren't ballast bags only useful on in-board ski boats for wakeboarding?
They do the same thing for any boat....make it sit lower in the water for a bigger wake.