[Public-List] Stern squat.

[Jason S]

I moved my mast forward last year. Big difference in weather helm. Highly
recommended. I removed the mast and redrilled the holes in the lower base
plate to position the mast more over the beam. Worked well. Adding 200ft of
chain and a heavy anchor on the bow will help for sure and be much need
equipment for cruising. My Alberg with a-4, 8d battery near ice box and
both cockpit locker full doesn't seem yo squat all that badly if at all.
She is empty otherwise....actually 2-3 above boot stripe now that we
unloaded her. Good luck
On Feb 14, 2013 11:27 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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