Good morning, > I'm assuming you're trying to trim the boat with different balast configurations, and this is temporary --- there may be another option. Yes, I'm trying different configurations to see how they influence boat handling, ie rolling, trim, etc. > 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. I tried your suggestion with a PVC-coated, 14 gauge nylon taffeta tandem end bag for canoes. It has a triangle shape, it's about the size of a beach ball, and has a valve with an extension tube. I placed a small pad in the bottom of the day hatch. On top of that, I placed a ten pound hand weight. I inserted the bag and inflated it. I had to place a small piece of press board siding on the inside of the hatch to keep the bag from inflating out the hatch. It worked very well in the day hatch just behind me. The weight was held firmly in place. Regards, Jim Fitzgerald *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 04 2000 - 05:03:18 PDT
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