If you add that much weight, the boat will sink faster. Keith Sneddon
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tim ford Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Race Sails & Ballast and leave the pigs in their sty!!! 800 POUNDS? that's about a 30% increase in ballast! Not only would it change the entire Centre of Gravity on the bote, it'd massively increase the moment of inertia, such that pitching in any sort of a sea-state would be increased markedly. Frank Butler et al. did a great job of designing these boats and, aside from tweaking things like fairing those lumpy keels and adding some sail-handling hardware and doo-dads in various places, I would do zilch to change the displacement characteristics. my 2 centavos. tf >>If I can find lead pigs I would like to place about 800 lbs or more there instead of the water containers.
