Lead ballast

Bernard Johnson (slithytove@earthlink.net)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:35:51 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Jerry, Lead in the forepaw sounds like a good idea. This may sound like
a dumb question but where can you buy bulk lead, i.e. in ingots and/or
sheet, without paying an arm and a leg for it?
I would like to do what you have done, but in addition, I want to
investigate adding 1/8 thick lead sheet to both sides of my keel. (I'm
pretty sure this can be done and still allow the keel to fully retract).

I am not concerned about carrying some extra weight since the P15 can
easily handle it, and most of my sailing will be solo. Also I have more
than enough floatation material to handle anything I add.

Regards: Bernie Johnson