[Rhodes22-list] Drunken 'Lady'

[Bud]

Elle,
  I keep three 50lb bags of  playground sand under the starboard cockpit 
seat.
I put them as far forward as possible.

-Bud

elle wrote:

>I hope that got everyone's attention....;^)
>
>So here's the question..
>
>Water Music lists to port...enough that water will not
>drain out of the channels along the coaming but
>collects in the foward port corner.
>
>All the weight is concentrated on that side: engine, 6
>gal fuel tank, one battery. A second battery is just
>slightly left of center in the space to the left of
>the head. The only weight to speak of on  stbd side is
>the battery  in the lazzarette.
>
>Other than finding someone who might be willing to sit
>in the head while
>sailing...(50's...smart...sailor...oops...wrong
>list...;^) ....any ideas of how to balance the weight?
>Moving any of the items on port to stbd doesn't seem
>practical....I will be storing some things in the
>cabinet in the galley...but the weight won't be that
>much....the water tub is not full...I'll get it up to
>abt 2/3 this weekend.. that won't have much
>impact.....
>
>Let the ideas flow...thanks
>
>elle
>
>
>
>We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "Water Music"   (Lady in Red)
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