nautique 200 OB

[baxter]

How much weight if any are people using in bow nose? What results have been noticed ?

[ForrestGump]

I like 25lbs in the nose. I actually liked 50lbs, but most drivers didn't. They said it made the steering too heavy.

[Jody_Seal]

On my closed bow none. My last years open (2010) Bow None.

[Roger]

We tried some weight up front in the 200s, but found it just wasn't needed.

[dave2ball]

You should not need any weight in the bow. I put 50lbs on the passenger side to level it out. If you put weight in the bow you might have a tracking issue. I do not know anybody who has put weight up front. It does not need it.

[ral]

If you put weight in the nose, most likely you will get a different wake than the one you will have on tournaments.

[ski6jones]

Can someone give a quick summary of the expected benefits of weight added to different places in the boat? This question is more generic than specifically pertaining to the SN 200.

 

[Hugh Nichols]

It depends on the boat. I put 3 concrete blocks in the nose of my '02 response LX. I feel like it skis more like a LXi when they are there. As far as driving, it drives great with or without weight in the nose.

[Jody_Seal]

Keep in mind that balancing the boat does not always balance the wake and again this pertains to all boats. I have seen boats run down the slalom course leaned over a bit but the wake and spray pattern was balanced. Bottom line for good slalom the boat wakes need to be balanced. Utilizing weight to counter balance crew for desired effect is pretty much the norm. We utilize a 75 pound elevator weight to move around the boat. most of the time it is under the passenger seat all the way over to the port gunnel as we ski allot without a passenger, With me driving it does not balance me completely out but helps . When their are three of us the weight then gets moved in front of the pylon or where it needs to go to balance the wake and spray. Tricks is another story we then get as many big girls from the ----Sorry that's for wakeb0arding.

The idea of sticking weight in the bow came about a number of years ago to help a boat that was perceived to ride a little to bow high and again perceived to not track well. This practice is still in effect with a lot of drivers and promo owners. The down side is that it can cause wake issues at longer line lengths with some boats.

All boats will have subtle differences from boat to boat. One may not need any weight to achieve the effect wanted and another out of the same mold may need weight distributed somewhere to achieve the same effect. Normally the weight needed is between 25-75 pounds to provide the effect desired.

[ForrestGump]

We keep a 50 lb elevator weight in front of the observer seat on our 200 and then 25lb under the left front.

[MAD11]

Shane,

Whats all that weight about? I like the rudder from a 30 footer in mine. Makes my right arm tired some though.

[Chuck_Dickey]

My MasterCraft has a ballast tank under the passenger seat. with a flip of a switch you can put up to 180 pounds of water in the tank. Works very well!