[Public-List] stern squat

[David Terrell]

I replaced the water tank lid as Mike suggested and recoated the tank 
with Epoxy as George suggested - no leaks at all for a lot of years. It 
was a simple process. I provided George with photographs of the 
replacement of the water tank lid. They are available on the web site

When I got the boat it had some chain in the v-berth under the 
triangular piece of wood flooring.  It is hard to imagine that that 
small amount of chain would do much to bring the bow down. I have no 
idea if it has any effect, but I am tempted to take it out and see what 
happens.

I have assumed that filling the water tank was important for trim. I 
have thought that the weight of the of the A 4 and the gas tank just 
about balanced the weight of the water tank and the full holding tank. 
Was this Carl's genius at work or was it just luck? I would like to 
think Carl knew what he was doing, but am more than ready to be 
corrected by those who know more than I do.

When the hull was painted, the boot stripe was redone to fit with the 
way the boat floated in the water - based on prior photographs.  It 
looks good or, better, right.

David, 432, Scholarship

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Glennb wrote:

> The lazaratte in a small boat is mostly designed for bouyancy,  but 
> particularly on an A30 is a great place to store big round fenders and 
> docklines, etc.  I also keep a five gal rubber bucket and a small two 
> burner SS BBQ there as they are bulky and interfere with getting at 
> the sailing gear in  the cockpit lockers.   I installed a couple of 
> small eyes with light line woven through to tie the BBQ tight against 
> the bulkhead so it  doesnt flail around and hurt my selfsteering and 
> other stuff.  Works great.
>
> BTW, most of the offshore sailing rules on the pacific coast require 
> all hatches and cockpit covers to be secured while underway.   I 
> Adopted the old fashioned method of installing eye bolts through the 
> deck on all four sides of the front and rear hatch, and on the sides 
> of the cockpit walls. Then tie the hatches down with line woven from 
> the eyes  across the hatch, or in the case of the cockpit lockers 
> through for and aft holes in the locker seats down to the eye bolt. 
> works great!  Doesnt cost much.
>
> Glenn Dolce 318
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 07:41:17PM -0700, Jeremy Brown wrote:
>>> Ok, I'm stumped now.   What's good to store there?
>>
>> Lifejackets, heaving line, cushions and pillows, fenders.. basically
>> anything that's really light.
>>
>>> Is there a ballpark figure for ok amount of weight back there?
>>
>> About none. Fortunately, there are still plenty of things needed on a
>> boat that weigh about nothing..
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kris
>>
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