[Public-List] Stern squat.

[j_l_brown]

Cement would be contained, sealed and removable.  No direct contact with hull or woodwork.  I'd prefer another solution, I think moving the mast an inch and a bit forward might help, what is the easiest way to do that?

My irritation with the current trim is not aesthetic, though I think the line is painted a bit off(bottom was stripped, blasted and epoxy coated).

  For now I sleep head first in the v berth or wake up with a headache.

At most I've had: dinghy on deck+35lb car with 50' chain+ danforth on deck, 33lb rocna on bow roller+50' chain into locker, and no cushions, with tools and equipment stacked everywhere.  With a full water tank and holding tank on top of that I was close to level, but I don't want to cruise like that.  

Others don't seem to notice, based on a few people sleeping over,  but it's honestly an issue that is leading me to consider selling if I can't solve it.

Which would be a shame, I've got a better mast, good sails, all new cushions, new hatches, totally new and dc systems, propane system upgraded chainplates etc.  I've put almost 10k into a boat I bought for 13k to start.  She's basically ready to go except for a few final steps, and the squat which is driving me nuts. 









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From: Glennb <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> 
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] Stern squat. 
 
Hi Jeremy,  

I think many if not  all A30's squat in the stern.  I think its the way they are designed.  Fill up the 20 gal water tank in the bow, add some chain for anchor rode, and what ever crusing gear you want to take along on your sailing trips and the boat levels itself out...no more squat.  Let me be the first to encourage you NOT to pour cement into your boat.  Nothing good ever came of that idea, in either wood or fiberglass hulls, unless you want to burn extra fuel carrying needless weight around or encourage an early demise of your vessel from highly acidic lime content of the cement dissolving the resin in the hull  and contribute to osmotic blistering from water drawn into the hull around the area of the cement.  If the trim really bugs you, a highly valued maintenance tip is to repaint the boot stripe to look level in the water.  i think even Dennis Conner's maintenance chief recommended that once!

Cheers,
Glenn P.
Dolce 318

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On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Jeremy Brown <j_l_brown at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> As I finish up some projects and spend more time actually relaxing on the boat I'm noticing some things that bug me that I would like to fix soon.   One of the biggest is the squat at the stern.  While I do need to empty the aft lockers, and currently have nothing up front, it seems to me that it squats a bit even when totally empty.  One thing I have noticed is that the mast is slid as far it will go aft on it's bolts.  Could I move it forward?
> 
> Has anybody added permanent weight up forward?  I have a Yanmar 2GM20F, and tank under the cockpit sole, as well as the port locker containing my house battery bank, even with empty lockers she sits a little bit heavy aft.  
> I'm thinking either poured in place concrete(broken up into smaller sections with 3/8$ foam, with a hard plastic layer on top of 1/2" closed cell foam to make it easy to remove if needed, and to protect the hull, or lead(shot in bags).
> 
> I'd like to get the bow down a couple inches, it's not the end of the world if I can't but it does bug me a fair bit.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jeremy
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