Me thinks, perhaps the FO (former owner) may have raised the waterline due to excessive gear on board and said gear is no longer aboard. Forget what I said about the IOR stuff before. Mark, Gratis (6115) Want to keep your WHOLE PAYCHECK? PLEASE VISIT http://www.fairtax.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:16 PM Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Race Sails & Ballast
> Well, perhaps 800 lbs. may be an overkill. As we have been sailing she does > not sit on her lines, almost an inch above at the slip. Lowering to be on > her lines puts her into the proper theoretical hull speed. That's > necessary. With four @180 lbs, that's 720 lbs.. I don't think that is > sufficient to lower her more than a half inch if everyone was balanced. I > think it probably needs more balast. A couple of water tanks at 60 lbs. > each is not going to do it, and I don't believe has. Why the boat is not on > her lines, I'm not sure. She is standard in every respect even with extra > sailbags stuffed in the forward compartment; and, she has the inboard > engine. > > Thanks to all! > > Dave Hoy > WYANOKEE #6295 > Camden, Maine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:13 PM > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Race Sails & Ballast > > > > Dave, without sounding rude, may I ask how much each of your crew weighs? > > My goodness, they must be super-sized if you are having that much trouble > > keeping the bow down. > > > > They must obviously be forward of the helm, and if they are seated just > > aft of the cabin trunk, they cant be contributing THAT much to dragging > > your stern. Are you sure there isn't something really heavy in a cockpit > > locker or a quarter berth that is contributing to the boat being stern > > heavy? Does it float on its lines in the slip or on the mooring? Do you > > have a really heavy O/B sticking way out on a mount? (I thought you had an > > I/B) > > > > I think the Catalina 27s in and around Annapolis MD are probably some of > > the fastest on the planet. To my knowledge, I know of no one who is > > employing additional ballast anywhere on the boat. Chris D and Peter Z > > would certainly know better than me, but I would be surprised if they > > didnt say the same thing. I have raced on a bunch of these myself, both in > > Annapolis and Baltimore and Berkeley YC and no one I've ever seen has put > > ballast anywhere else besides the keel. > > > > But: if you still feel the need.... > > > > however you deploy that lead, it is going to need to be secured so that > > every time you pound into a wave it doesnt slam down on relatively lightly > > reinforced hull and topsides areas. My boat (hull 2286) had a decent > > enough layup, I felt, but it was hardly a Westsail 32 and I would never > > have entertained the notion of spreading lead around anywhere but directly > > over the keel sump. > > > > If you put 800 pounds of lead in the boat, you then would have a 7600 > > pound 27 foot boat on less than 22 feet of waterline. Your acceleration > > out of tacks will be miserably slow and your light air performance will be > > gawd-awful. Your SA/displacement number will be at rock bottom and the > > Rangers and Pearsons you race against will be eating your lunch and maybe > > your dinner and breakfast, too. > > > > And like Peter or Chris or somebody else said, you really ought to be > > balancing the boat by shifting crew weight forward...does no one aboard > > want to sit on the rail? > > > > tf > > > > > > > > > >> If I spread out 800 lbs. of lead forward of the holding tank is there an > >> inherent problem taxing or burdening the structure or integrety of the > >> hull? This is what I estimate is necessary to balance the boat with the > >> crew in normal position, on her lines, then. > >> > >> Dave Hoy > >> WYANOKEE #6295 > >> Camden, Maine > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1128 - Release Date: 11/13/2007 11:09 AM > >
