The reason for solid ballast is sand bags are cheap... I only put 4 of them under the bow. I did man up and bought 2140lbs of fat sacs on thehouse.com for just $300 with pump included. The problem will be where to put them ha. I may even have to strap one 800lb bag to the front ontop of the bow, or remove the ghetto wood tanks someone made underneathe the closed bow if I can figure that out. One 800lb bag should easily lay accross the back, and hopefully the 540lb one can go on the drivers side bench. You know what, I don't think my boat has a WAKE PLATE... If it doesn't I can't imagine just drilling into the back of the boat, is it hard to install one? is it necessary? I'll take a look tonight, but i don't remember seeing a wakeplate.

Also I'll be honest, none of my gauges work ....... I use the phone for speedometer with an app. It's on my to do list though.