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From: John Ford (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 15:49:11 EDT
Gil,
I'm not that familiar with your type of boat do you have multiple tanks?? If so do you have the ability to move the fuel from one side to another?? I too currently have a port side list and moving about 50 gallons of fuel from one side to another resolves the issue.
I have been exploring different remedy's from various folks and they have given me the following ideas..
1) Just move the fuel as when underway the stabilizers will keep everything even, then shut the valve off between the tanks when at rest.. Well, I'm going to do this for a bit but what about when the genset is running, etc..
2) Keep the canned goods on the light side.. Ok, that helped me out just a bit.. I moved my tools over there as well and shaved off moving 10 gallons(with the food).
3) Mount a pole vertically on both sides of the boat aft in the engine room. Get the rubber coated weights and move them back and forth as necessary with loading..
4) Watch your water tanks if you have more then one.. Well I have one but I know that many a krogen have two.. I don't know about your boat, so I figured I'd throw this out there..
5) As many have told me the boat is designed balanced from the factory.. It's the after factory stuff(Ice Makers), Genset, stabilizer pump, etc.. And well if you think about it that stuff is all mounted on the sides.. I would think that if you put too much weight down low you have to opportunity to have your boat snap back to quickly and uncomfortably just like a sailboat without it's sails up.. So my thinking so far is just to put any weight possibly in the future on the sides of the boat.
Anway let me know what you find out as I believe I am in the same situation as you and would love to figure out the right way to handle this..
John Ford
KK44007
Feisty Lady
Annapolis, MD
On Monday, April 24, 2006, at 03:08PM, Gil Johnson <> wrote:
>My new boat has a list to port and I believe it's common practice to correct this with adding lead to lowest most starboard side of the boat. I have plenty of room to do so in the aft most section of the boat, but wonder if the weight should be distributed along the starboard side of the boat rather than concentrated in one area.
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> Where should the lead go? I'm thinking that it will take 500 pounds or more to correct the list. Also, what kind of place sells lead bars? Any source on the Chesapeake would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Gil
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