ballast

Hello all, I am still an looking for an E29, and waiting to view a '76 locally that looks promising. I've only been aboard one E29, a '74 model, and I've seen a lot of other boats since then. I am curious how many E29s were the tall rig, and if there are any easily identifiable clues as to...

I am looking at purchasing a '73 mk2 37'. The boat suffered a split in the shell of the keel as pictured. Boat stands sunk into the ground and placed additional stress on keel which resulted in the cracking of fiberglass. I read the following about this keel from an article posted by the...

I need to repair a crack at the front of my keel. It appears that it has been repaired in the past. I dug out the old repair and now have a crack that is about 3 to 4 inches long 1/8 of an inch thick and about an inch deep. When I opened it up it was wet and I got a couple ounces of water to...

Can someone explain to me the relationship between displacement and ballast? The original specs on my 30+ list a displacement of 9000 lbs. and ballast of 4000 lbs. When my boat was hauled out I noted the load indicators on each of the travel lift hoists; the front read approx. 5660 lbs and the...

underneath the berth connected to the head in my E25 circa 1975? Should I redo or eliminate the head? Also where is the bilge pump located? Is there a through hull dump? Thanks for your help. I noticed there is a plug in head compartment shoe.

I have been informed by an engineer that boats like mine , with the ballast inside the fibreglass hull & not bolted on could be in trouble if the ballast area is holed on a rock & the salt water gets into the ballast. I can understand this being a problem if the ballast is loose iron or steel...

The bow of my E27 rides high, so the water line is not even. When I bought my boat, the former owner had placed two 50 lb bags of sand in the foremost stowage beneath the quarter berth, I assume to compensate and adjust the boat's stance and trim. I removed the sand soon after that, but have...

Hi All I was doing a clean up under the v berth today, and while standing on my head discovered a about a dozen lead ingots that are tucked in under the aft end of the water tank.Iwas able to remove 4 of them but the rest appear to be gooped in place. They weigh 22 lb. each. I was assuming a...

I want to add some ballast to the port side of my 89' E 38-200 as I have about a 3 degree starboard list. Thinking 150-200 lbs may do it. Question is where is the best place to get it? A dive shop perhaps? I want to use lead and may try glassing it into 50 lb increments, then once I am happy...