I don't think a picture is necessary with your description Jack, but I will certainly use it. It is clever and budget at the same time, two great assets. Also fits the dual purpose as floatation and securely fastening an object. I wonder if a partially inflated beach ball could be a method of both providing insulation and restrict rolling of an ice cold water bottle in my day hatch... JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > > 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 -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://studiofurniture.com/paint paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 03 2000 - 20:52:24 PDT
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