Sandbag?

[Rick1-2]

Have any of you ever heard of sandbags going insde a boat, someone told me they put sandbags on the opposite side of the batt to level out the boat, i have never heard of this.

 

[Grub54891]

Re: Sandbag?

I myself wouldn't. If the bag rips ya got a mess to deal with. What kind of boat,and does it list to one side at rest? Ya could move stuff around to level it out,as in portable fuel tank,battery,gear,ect. Or do you have a bigger boat,with saturated foam. Is tge watertank or fuel tank only on one side?

 

[Rick1-2]

Re: Sandbag?

Its a 21 ft proline 1988 but it has 2 batt and the oil on the starboard side, but it dies have a built in cooler on the port side maybe i should use that

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Sandbag?

the object of the ghame is to have less weight, so adding dead weight is never a good idea (wake boats excepted). Move things around, including where you sit/stand. Leveling is one of the best features of trim tabs, too.

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Sandbag?

Coast Guard uses sandbags to fill a new design hull and test its load carrying capacity. Wakeboarders use a water filled bladder to make bigger wakes.

Not exactly what you are asking but the idea is there.

 

[dingbat]

Re: Sandbag?

Every boat I've owned had a battery on each side to balance out the load. Why not move one battery to the other side,

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Sandbag?

Here's a past discussion on the subject:

http://forums.iboats.com/boat-topics-questions-not-engine-topics/ballast-how-what-use-494145.html