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Fat sacks are small sacks of fat that you use as ballast for boats. This can be wakeboard ballast or it can be barefoot water skiing, but whatever you use it for fat sacks for boats will help to make the experience safer, easier and more fun. Here we will look at what fat sacks are, how they are beneficial and how they are useful. When a boat cuts through the water without fat sacks then it will be confronted with many waves that can cause the boat to sway and rock. This is because the waves are very strong and the boat is relatively light and this means that the boats can be moved and shaken around. If you're using the boat for barefoot waterskiing or for wakeboarding then this means that the tow rope is also being rocked around and it can make it very difficult to balance. Thus in order to steady the boat and in order to make wakeboarding or waterskiing a little easier you need to use something in order to weigh it down so that the waves can't affect it that much. This is where fat sacks come in – large sacks of fat that add enough weight to the boat that the boat won't rock around so much. You also use the fat sacks in order to ensure that the weight of the boat is even so that one side isn't pointing up in the air due to a heavy wakeboarding tower on the other side etc. This then makes the boat safer and more stable and makes the rope more stable too. However that is far from all it does. For one this means that the wake left behind by the boat will be larger, and as this is what you ride when wakeboarding this will mean that you find it easier to balance and that you are able to go faster. At the same time it will mean that the boat can travel faster itself because it will cut through the waves. It will even be more efficient in terms of petrol. However when you use your fat sacks for boats it's important to be methodical and logical about how you do so or you can end up making matters worse. If you make the boat too heavy overall for instance then it will not travel as quickly through the water simply because the boat will have more weight that needs to be pushed. This in turn means that you use up more fuel and have more slack on the tow rope. Further if you put the fat sacks in the wrong place then you can accidentally make the boat actually more lop sided and more likely to capsize. The amount of fat sacks you need then will vary widely depending on various factors. For instance the weather will affect how many you need and the choppier the waves are the more you should employ. Likewise the amount of people will affect how many you need as people will be heavier than the fat sacks and will perform the same role in weighing the boat down. Using fat sacks is important as a way to weigh down boats for barefoot waterskiing. Visit the links for more information.
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