Good morning, I looking for some suggestions on how to install temporary fixed ballast during practice in a fiber glass boat. Of course it must be stable and not move around. 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/ ***************************************************************************
Good opportunity to show off what we have been working on recently and solicit some more modifications. Jim, if you go to: http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR/kayak/ and click on "outfitting" then "cockpits" you will find a very clever method sent to me from one of our paddlewise members of securing water bags in the cockpit which seem very adaptable to your needs. Shawn and a few others have contributed quite a bit, you will also get a good look at Shawn's Guillemot which is quite a beautiful boat. If anyone has any boat modifications they would like to add I would really appreciate it. At the end of all this, I will be sending out cd roms of the site as well as some things (including steam bending wood, lofting, etc.)that I have compiled through the years to the people who contribute. A lot of it would be impossible to get permissions, so it will not be available to be sold. gabriel Jim wrote: > > Good morning, > > I looking for some suggestions on how to install temporary fixed ballast > during practice in a fiber glass boat. Of course it must be stable and not > move around. > > Regards, > > Jim Fitzgerald > -- : : 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/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
Gabriel wonders "...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..." Probably. If I did that, though, I would cleverly leave the inflation valve in a position where I couldn't deflate the ball and recover the water. (It's also something to play with during lunch breaks.) Jack *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Does that cover Ralph's 3 use criteria? JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > > Gabriel wonders "...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..." > > Probably. If I did that, though, I would cleverly leave the inflation valve in a position where I couldn't deflate the ball and recover the water. (It's also something to play with during lunch breaks.) > > Jack -- Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com ------------------> furniture http://studiofurniture.com/paint ------------------> paintings, prints, photos and stuff http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR -----------> A Daily Journal of Observations *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:13 AM 9/4/00 -0400, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >Does that cover Ralph's 3 use criteria? The third use is as a spare hatch cover if you lose the original. Stick the ball in the hatch and blow it up until it seals. -- Wes >JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >> >> Gabriel wonders "...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..." >> >> Probably. If I did that, though, I would cleverly leave the inflation valve in a position where I couldn't deflate the ball and recover the water. (It's also something to play with during lunch breaks.) >> >> Jack > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Jim wrote, "I tried your suggestion with a PVC-coated, 14 gauge nylon taffeta tandem end bag for canoes...... It worked very well in the day hatch just behind me. The weight was held firmly in place." Gee, really? It worked? Wow ..... never really tried it, myself. All I did was stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night! Jack *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>>Does that cover Ralph's 3 use criteria? >The third use is as a spare hatch cover if you lose >the original. Stick the ball in the hatch and blow it >up until it seals. And, if it's mylar, maybe you could stick it on top of your head as a radar reflector? Four? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
And use it as a mirror to shave the next day? five? JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > > >>Does that cover Ralph's 3 use criteria? > > >The third use is as a spare hatch cover if you lose >the original. Stick the ball in the hatch and blow it >up until it seals. > > And, if it's mylar, maybe you could stick it on top of your head as a radar reflector? Four? -- : : 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/ ***************************************************************************
And it would look far more festive than these plain black NDK. Wes Boyd wrote: > > At 01:13 AM 9/4/00 -0400, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > >Does that cover Ralph's 3 use criteria? > > The third use is as a spare hatch cover if you lose the original. Stick the > ball in the hatch and blow it up until it seals. > > -- Wes : : 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/ ***************************************************************************
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