Adding ballast to a boat.

[Roughasguts]

Just find a couple of nice blondes to take fishing that should do it - Best of luck

Forget nice, how about naughty! with very low standards.

[Deiter]

yes Eddy, I'll lock in option 'C', thanx.

[Roughasguts]

So what you got planed there Deiter, Anything?
So can you lift the floor, some where forward of your fuel tanks, to get below the deck. Having a tank or bladder of water ain't going to be much differant to having a fuel tank. Can't see anyproblem with it for ballast as long as you can empty it.

Weight equals inertia, and inertia is a good thing that opposes any deflection from waves, wind and sudden change in velocity.

But there was some other thing recently, a gyro scope, that converted the roll movement to a pitch movement. Seemed to work really well, apart from the price that is.

[Deiter]

G'day RAGS, well, you are spot on with your comments re inertia. So many ppl have stated b4 that weight in a boat is a good thing when the going gets tough, as long as it is still balanced. I am not sure that 2 blondes would be enough though.

Atm, i am leaning towards the placement of a pair of poly agricultural pipes running parrallel and next to the keel. This would be (relatively) easy to make work, just like the barcrusher/ fisher ballast that just empties when you move forward.

My floor is fully welded, but i have an inspection hatch near the stern and another removable plate over the 130l fuel tank about midship. This gives me enough access to do what i need to do. I'm still thinking about the best way to add weight while underway though. Sandbags is easy, and probably a good test to asess what sort of benefits are going to be had b4 diving in head first. Ideally i would like to keep these as low and close to the keel as possible also. Completely open to ideas and suggestions or warnings though.

I still think adding some right angle ally strips under the chines to flatten them out would be a good thing and pretty easy to do, and will be something i will do soon.

Damo