Hi All,
Hopefully someone has a bit of experience on this issue. I have a an early Robin Yachts hull that I bought used and sailed for about 2 years. I removed the ridiculously heavy deck (about 3lbs) and weighed the stripped hull, rudder, and poured ballast. She came in at only 19.5lbs. I'm guessing that the hull was about 2.5lbs (Message to Skip already sent to confirm)
As I'm installing king planks, and ribs,(She previously had none) and a new light weight deck. It appears that I'm going to be excessively light, and following the Rhinehart diagrams for the deck structure, my waterline is likely to fall below 42 inches with the current amount of ballast.
Any good ideas in adding ballast to the orginal pour. I have yet to attend a pour party, and the current pour has a top coating of epoxy.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Chris
PMYC