[Rhodes22-list] Lead Belly : report on ballast experiment

[Leland]

John,

I probably won't try anything similar but I'd like to.  I realize that this
isn't the perfect way to add weight below but if Stan could design an R22
with a little more keel I wouldn't complain.  It would be worth it to me to
sacrifice a little trailering, drag, draft, weight, etc.  

I wonder what he thinks about your idea?

I'd buy a different boat but then I'd have to make waaaaay too many
compromises.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD



John Shulick wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>  Since the last discussion on this topic I found a guy who had a quantity
> of lead ingots ~ 2"x 1" got 350 lbs for scrap prices and got a half dozen
> tupper ware knockoffs at the dollar store. each container weighed in at 33
> lbs and were placed in the hall between the V-berth and the galley (see
> pict) the other 150 lbs went in the galley under the cabin floor encased
> in pvc pipes and sealed with resin. They are secured to prevent movement
> but are NOT set up for blue water conditions. That supposes the boat rolls
> 360* and that just is not going to happen at lake dinky which is where I'm
> currently sailing. At any rate the change in the boats performance is
> amazing! I've been out 3 times in 3 different wind speeds and from all
> sails out ghosting to full reef (boom up 2nd reef on main 1/3 genny out
> and in 12 - 18 mph wind the boat settles in at 10* list and turns into a
> wind machine. You can actually get up and mix a drink without the boat
> changing course 30* by moving around. Good news thanks for the idea of
> weight distribution. It seems to work.  
>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p33763512/DSC_0007.jpg 
> 
> John S.
> 

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