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Old 11-23-2010, 12:30 PM   #12
skipperdude
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RE: Filling the keel with cement

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Delfin wrote:

Ah, I see the problem.* I assume the fish hold is water tight.* If so, have you tried filling the hold with H2O to see the effect on roll?*

Negative. I could I suppose but as I use it for storage and have mounted my flow scan on the bulkhead I would have to remove that first.

There has been bilge keels added and they are at about 4%

The roll is remarkably quick in the order of about*2.3 seconds.

Of course the Paravane's *change the whole equation.

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