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We bought our first boat in January of this year, it also happened to be our first Sanger. I ended up pulling the trigger on a 1993 Sanger DXII. The primary use for the boat is as a wake surfing boat. Not the ideal boat as space and the low profile make it tricky to weight down and still be useable and comfortable.
After playing around all summer with various weight setups this is the final setup.
Ballast:
1 x 900 lbs Straight Line Sumo Sac
1 x 450 lbs Straight Line Sumo Sac
2 x 350 lbs Straight Line Big Bag
10 x 12.5 lbs plates
Motor/Transmission:
350ci Mercruiser Tournament Ski (No Modifications)
Direct Drive 1:1 Velvet Drive
Prop:
Acme 1229 13"x11”
Setup:
We place the 900 lbs sac where the back seat would normally reside, back seat is removed and left in the garage. The two 350 lbs sacs get stacked on top of each other on either side of the motor box. The 450 lbs sac goes under the bow between the first and the second bulkheads. I also made a custom mount/box for our 2 - 10” subs that is tucked way up at the front of the bow. The 12.5 lbs end up with 6 beside the gas tank on the port side and 4 behind the lift up passenger seat placed as far as possible over to the left. The boat throws a much better wave to the starboard side of the boat because there is less spray on that side. This is why all the plates are placed to favor the port side. If I could get another 100+lbs under the bow it would reduce the spray on the starboard side, I think. But it isn’t critical as either side is VERY surfable. We have even had both sides surfing at once with the 350lbs bags distributed on either side of the motor house, no ropes all day long.
The boat does sit pretty low in the water once ballasted out. It's slammed, but it's slammed without ballast. Both when sitting and underway the rub rail on the surf side is at the water level. Taking on water was not an issue at all this year. We were patient when picking up fallen riders to let the waves roll by so that you don’t take on water. Or if we turned out in front of the waves, made sure that we were on the throttle enough to keep the nose of the boat high. Coming off the throttle also required the throttle to be lifted slowly otherwise water would end up coming over the back of the boat. We were expecting a lot of this when I chose the boat so when it came to drive the boat I was prepared.
I will be making wooden boxes over the winter to house the bags so the people can climb over them more easily than climbing over the bags.
Pictures of the results are attached.
YMMV.
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