Re: [Paddlewise] Fixed Ballast

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:06:39 EDT
Neat site, Gabriel!

For Jim --- nothing even close to those on the site, but a thought.  Depending on how much weight you were trying to keep in place, and on the configuration of the volume of the space in which you wanted to place the balast --- I'm assuming you're trying to trim the boat with different balast configurations, and this is temporary --- there may be another option.  You may be able to hold balast in place by locating it where you want it and then insert and inflate a relatively strong beach ball inside the area and above and around the weight so that the balast is held in place.  Not good for a long test, because the ball will leak over time --- or heat up and explode! --- but, in the short run, it will hold a fairly substantial weight in place for trimming.

For Gabriel: I assume you *don't* want a picture of this!

Jack Martin
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