[Alberg30] Ballast / trim

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/4/01 1:32:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Kim.Chatfield at ev1.net writes:

> I've noticed Sorceress floats bow up, but I always figured that was to
>  accomodate real chain under the vee berths.  I have yet to do anything 
about
>  it, but I've been thinking that a PVC hawse pipe to lead the chain to a box
>  under the cabin sole would do the trick.  Ideas / suggestions?
Yeah, I've had that fantasy too. But given the shallow clearence under the 
sole just aft of the water holding tank and limited space under the main area 
of the sole, it is impractical without major modification. But anything CAN 
be done and nothing prevents one from imagining what those modifications 
would be: The major problem as I see it is room under the sole and some kind 
of take-up cassete for the chain. Combine this with what should be everyones 
dream to see the A 30 get the kind of lead ballast it should have had from 
the beginning (like the Pearson Albergs) and the process goes like this:
    1)Remove the existing iron ballast as follows: Cut around the glassing 
over the ballast. Core two four inch holes in the bottom centered under the 
ballast which is bedded into the hull with cement. Use two bottle jacks 
through the holes to pop the ballast up and out, essentially using the weight 
of the boat to seperate the bond of the ballast to the inside of the hull. 
Put a lifting ring or two on the ballast and pull it out through the 
companionway.
    2)Make a sand mold from the exisiting iron ballast. Recast in lead to the 
shape of the original at the bottom (but much lower in overall height because 
lead is denser than iron). Hell, let's go all the way:use spent Uranium 238 
ingots (65% denser than lead) encased in the lead (emits only mild Alpha 
radiation which is stopped by the skin and would be completely stopped by the 
encasing lead.) U 238 is easily found today all over Bosnia, since it is used 
for its hardness to make U.S. artillery shells. Speak with Towney about group 
purchase from Bosian underground.
    3)Reinstall new ballast in boat. This not only lowers the center of 
gravity of the whole boat but gives enough space under the sole to install a 
chain take-up cassette consisting of a belt and two wheels which are synced 
to the anchor winch and take up the anchor chain through a piece of 
removeable PVC liner glassed into the stem of the boat from the chain locker 
deck hole right down to the fore-and-aft center of gravity of the boat, which 
is just aft of the mast.
Well, there it is. You could do it on the cheap for under $50,000, including 
smuggling the uranium into the states and allowing $25,000 for bail and a 
retainer for your  lawyer if you get caught.
Ideas / suggestions?
Paul
 #23 Ashwagh 
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