[C320-list] Adding ballast

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

Ahoy.....where does a 3rd 4 d battery fit?..Joe...#245


On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 09:45 AM, Millers wrote:

> Interesting discussion.  No list, but boat came with a 3rd, D4 battery 
> on Stbd side (guess it weight is 90#. ??). Just another form lead!!!! 
> But what a nice reserve...... I am a mooring boat Art.  # 680
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 18, 2015, at 9:21 AM,  wrote:
>>
>> Dave,
>> Scuba weights in those locations was what I was thinking of doing. 
>> Good to hear that it works.  Can you tell me about how many pounds 
>> you used to make a difference?
>> thanks
>> Ken
>> MoonDancer
>> 2006  1089
>>
>> ---- Utility Email  wrote:
>>> Warren,
>>>
>>> When sailing to Catalina Island a couple of years ago, we brought 
>>> our scuba gear.  Our scuba weights are lead shot in mesh bags, so I 
>>> placed that lead shot dive weights behind the salon seats on the 
>>> starboard side to help offset the port list and it worked really 
>>> well.  I also placed some of the lead shot under the small seat on 
>>> the starboard side in our aft cabin.
>>> These locations were concealed and out of the way and especially the 
>>> salon seat back locations were also the farthest away concealed 
>>> location from the boat centerline that I could find.  Being lead, 
>>> the weight was the most efficient size possible as well.
>>> As I write this, I will probably just put that lead shot back onto 
>>> our boat and keep it stored in those locations to reduce our port 
>>> list.
>>> Dave Swanson
>>> S/V Emily Ann
>>> 2007 C320 MK II, No. 1107
>>> Mukilteo, WA
>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Warren Updike  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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