PRINTMORE1 wrote: > Hello Mike: Very interesting re your description of the keel make up. I do > wonder why no ballast is planned for the interior of the keel. When we had our > Marine Trader built in 1979 we had the factory put in lead in the hollow > keel. For us this has worked out well. Regards and safe journey. Leonard Stern, > Indifference. > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List In the stabilizing rig version of these boats the stability tests indicated that the boat did not need any lead or ballast deep in the keel. Bill says that if a true motor sailing rig was installed, it might be usefull to have ballast in the keel. Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon.