[Public-list] weight distribution and electric power

[Don Campbell]

Dan;
    One other thought that just came to me in a discussion with Gord Laco that you will have to consider is the effect on cockpit drains. With too much weight aft, you may change the flow to the drains and the cockpit will always have water in it. then, unless you have an exceptionally good seal on
the tiller deck plate, that water will end up in the bilge. We have jsut heard of what that does to batteries. Good luck.
Don #528

dan walker wrote:

> for many different reasons , i decided to install an electric motor. now i need to install the batteries. i remember gordon did some scientific weight distribution observations, so here is the question. how would the 280 pounds moved aft affect the sailing characteristics of rascal. any thoughts?
>   dan
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