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Re: Strip: terrible tracking
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 7/31/2011, 11:42 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: terrible tracking (Nick Riccardi)

: Hi All, I have another question, I installed 2 bulkheads one 1in.
: forward of foot rails and the second 3in. aft of rear coaming,
: so the rear compartment is accessible to the very end of the
: stern, my thoughts are to slide weights to the end and increase
: until I have level
: floatation but the question is what do I use for a permanent
: installation(my wife wouldn't be happy using her exercise
: weights) and how to secure it or glue it Thanks again Nick R.

If I were going to do it quick and dirty, I'd use a sand bag kept in place by a float bag. Put the sand bag all the way in the end, stuff the float bag in, and inflate it until the entire compartment is full. If you don't have a float bag you could use pool noodles, but I don't know if they'd work as well.

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Messages In This Thread

Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/30/2011, 2:38 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Bill VerSteeg -- 7/30/2011, 3:19 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/30/2011, 3:26 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Allan -- 7/30/2011, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Mike Bielski -- 7/30/2011, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 8:42 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Kirk Briggs -- 7/31/2011, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 10:14 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 11:19 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Mike Bielski -- 7/31/2011, 11:42 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/31/2011, 3:25 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 7/31/2011, 6:06 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Jeff Horton -- 7/31/2011, 8:37 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
John Caldeira -- 7/31/2011, 9:50 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Allan -- 7/31/2011, 11:03 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 8/1/2011, 7:38 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Bob Johns -- 8/1/2011, 3:29 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
ancient kayaker -- 8/3/2011, 11:29 pm