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Have friends over. Position as many as needed to achieve desired trim. If
you've fed them enough alcohol, they won't mind if you ask their weight. Write
down the sum.
Build as many wooden boxes as needed to achieve the required weight and
affix them to the hull. Fill with cement. That's the traditional way. Easy to
install and remove if you want and they won't rust.
Regards,
John
"Seahorse"
> Our boat, Aqua Vitae, is a 43' Albin Classic trunk style trawler. One of
the things that we've always loved about her is the flare of her bow,
and the way she takes head seas (she parts them, like Moses!) But at
anchor or at the dock she has a tendency to be bow down on her lines.
Tell me about ballast. . . how do we know "how much?" What kind do we
use to make it easy but stable? Where do we put it (exactly, if anyone
knows.) We don't want heavy stuff rolling around anywhere, but it would
be nice to see a level waterline.
Any advice on ballast would be welcome.
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