Stock Setup

Before I get into the nuts and bolts of the new design, I figured it may be helpful to tell you what the stock setup was.

The 2009 Centurion Falcon V came stock with two 250LB tanks.  One under the port bench seat and the other under the starboard bench seat.  The tanks are listed as 250LBs but they are actually more in the 215LB range.  The boat came with a single Jabsco Ballast Puppy impeller pump which is used to fill both hard tanks.  Water is diverted into each tank by using sprinkler valves which are open and closed by each switch.  The tanks are emptied via an aerator style pump directly attached to each tank.  So the empty times are faster than the fill times.  The Jabsco pump is supplied by a 1" thru hull inlet.  1" hose runs between the pump and the sprinkler valves.  3/4" hose is ran from the sprinkler valves to each stock tank and also used for each tank's drain hoses.  In addition to the stock ballast, my Falcon V has a SwitchBlade wake enhancer which is an option through Centurion.  The switchblade is incredible for wakeboarding but is not quite ideal for surfing.  It helps but is not enough to produce a decent size wave and surf pocket.