X-22 Ballast Bag

[flyn2001]

Kind of odd.  I noticed today that AFTER I completely emptied my ballast, that the bag still seems full as a balloon.  I shook it and didn't hear any water in it, but the bag just seems to have a lot of air in it.  Can anyone tell me how to get the air out?  Is there a problem that is allowing air to get into my bag?  Thanks. 

[cyclone]

It SURE would be nice if the king of the X22 ballast system, both factory and added on ghetto weight, CAL, would post up some nice pics of his ballast system, how the factory ran the hoses, vents, etc.  Also, the wake and what the boat looks like inside with the added sacks beside the motor and the one in the bow;D

[phenom_1819]

I think I just got called out.

I'll take some pics on the water, just as soon as WEDDING season is over.  I haven't been wakeboarding in about 6 weeks now... since about the 4th of July.  Weddings go until mid-September, every weekend (I just got back from one in Bellingham a few hours ago).  It sucks!

Anyway, I will take pics with the full setup loaded.  I don't do it very often because I usually run with such a big crew.  But the custom rear sack -- no excuses, that one is almost always full.

Flyn2001, the same thing happens to mine when you get water settled in the overflow hose.  Lift the hose to let the water run back into the bag, and it should clear the hose so air can pass through.  I usually climb inside my trunk and lay on the bag until it deflates...  mine does this a lot more than it used to with my custom ballast sack, as the top of the sack now is now about equal with the overflow valve.

Here is a pic of how my boat sits in the water with just the trunk ballast full, courtesy of MasonLk at the Epic Roundup (and there's a Pete sighting in the back seat!!).

[phenom_1819]

OK, I just posted on another thread and realized I never did post the pics I promised.  Here you go. 

Pic #1: The custom Fly High replacement ballast sack (est. 800 lbs.).  Just enough room on top for a few lifejackets and wetsuits.

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Pic #2: The Fly High V-drive sacks in a d-drive.

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Pic #3: The plumbing on the drivers/starboard side of the boat.  I built a system in which three bags can be filled and drained at the same time.  The system consists of one Fly High sack that I put in the bow, which was originally from a stock Moomba LSV ballast system (about 350-400 lbs), and two Fly High V-drive sacks on either side of the engine.  I installed shut-off valves between each of them so that I can fill or drain each as I like.  Also, I put a quick connect on the bow sack so that I don't have to run it if I don't want to.  On this day, we had a very full cooler and enough people that we did not need the bow sack.

[phenom_1819]

Pic #4:  The passenger/port side.  Yes, I know my system is semi-ghetto, but I didn't want to do anything permanent as I very rarely run with this much weight.  Usually I have at least 6 or so people in my boat and the rear sack is plenty.  But back to my ghetto system.  Note that I made it so the tubing is all completely out of the way -- under the driver seat as it runs forward and against the engine compartment as it runs side-to-side.

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Pic 5: Under the driver's seat.  In this pic, you can see the quick-connect that, when connected, would connect to the bow sack.

[phenom_1819]

Pic #6: The result, at the swim step.

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Pic #7: The result, behind the boat.