I use my 300 lb nephew for balast kid is great when you need some rail meat to
level out the boat.> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Race Sails & Ballast> Date:
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:07:02 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> > 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.>
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