[C320-list] Adding ballast
Rick Sulewski
rsulewski at bex.net
Fri Jul 17 17:23:47 PDT 2015
Warren, Are you ever in need of generator power while at anchor? The reason
I ask is because I keep two 2KW Yamaha generators in the starboard aft
locker (90 lbs.) that are easily set up to run everything including our 16K
AC/heat unit. The gen sets more than balanced out the weight of the port
locker AC unit.
Rick
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From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
Of tharrison at innovations-plus.com
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 6:12 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Adding ballast
Warren, this is my third season with Magic Moment. The original owner put
two pieces of lead weights up against the batteries in the starboard settee.
I have put wood between the batteries and the weights
I have air on the port side under the port locker as well - love it.
Ted
Hull 424
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> On Jul 17, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Two years ago we added an air conditioner in the port locker. Works great.
> Sorry we didn't do it sooner. However, the additional 60lbs only added
> to the port list. I located a company in Baltimore that makes a
> product specifically for custom molded ballast. It's a cement type
> product to which you add water to create a ballast of a desired shape.
> I've been thinking of adding about 100-125 lbs of ballast to the port
> side to compensate for the list which is now an issue for me. I can't
> determine where to put the ballast. There is no room in the battery
> area under the settee, nor outboard of the holding tank. I could place
> some in the space under the little seat in the aft cabin, and in the
> storage holes behind the head cushion in the aft berth. Perhaps under
> the fuel tank, maybe in the bottom of the hanging locker, or in the stbd
storage space under the aft berth.
>
> Anyone done this or have ideas?
>
>
>
> Warren Updike
>
> Towson, MD
>
>
>
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