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Originally posted by sutphen30
thanks for that info.let me ask,the water tank that you fill,,whats the material of it and approx dimensions?you got me thinkinking about my boat.thanks again

It is custom made to fit the hull exactly (actually it was moulded in place!) out of regular fibreglass with a built in 3000 gallon per hour (thats three thousand imperial gallons!) bilge pump to empty it either through the deck (so you can see the water coming out) or through the transom using a swimming pool diverter valve and 2" big bore pipe!

Using a stern pick up we can pretty much fill the thing as fast as we need to - the hardware is available from the US - try Stainless marine - come back to me and I'll find out where ours came from if you need to know.

One very important thing - you need AT LEAST the same amount of breather diameter as the inlet pipe - otherwise the resulting air pressure the first time you fill the thing up will result in water and shattered fibreglass going everywhere!

If you want to know whether it will work or not - get a sandbag of the approximate size you think you can take and secure it in the nose of the boat on a rough day and see if it helps - you must take the bag out of the boat to compare as it might make a differance in the cockpit as well!

Personally I would go with whatever fits and how the boat handles, but we used to run about 50 litres / kilos in a 18' race boat with a Merc 2 litre 200hp outboard running mid seventies in race trim.

Don't forget changing the pro can help as much as anything in choppy conditions!

Feel free to ask any more questions if I havn't explained it very well - I have been known to ramble a bit!