Listees, I have a 56 custom trawler that I purchased uncompleted, I estimate her present weight at 38 tons. I have completed the major systems and have put about 100 hours on the boat. She has a wineglass transom, a very rounded hull form and a tendency to roll pretty dramatically in moderate conditions. During a recent passage, we rolling 15% fairly often and 20% on occasion in 2-5 aft, quartering seas. She has no ballast at this time (other than 2000Lbs of AGM batteries mounted as low as I could get them. The original designer has not returned my calls or emails and I recieved only very basic plans from the builder/previous owner. I would appreciate input from owners of similar size/displacement boats as to how much ballast they carry and how thier boats handle. I would also be interested in finding a Naval Architect in the Southern California area to help me with this issue. My thoughts are with any of you effected by Katrina. Thanks, John Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com