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    Adding lead to my 1967 30' E

    Well I love my boat but I find in winds above 25 it feels just too tender even with the right amount of sail. I guess it doesn't help that I have been on my friends Baba 30 which doesn't care what the wind is doing. I know my E is never going to be a 13000lb thirty footer but I wouldn't mind a...
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    Adding lead to my 1967 30' E

    Thanks for the drawing, that is exactly what I have. Now what was interesting when I stripped the bottom paint and sanded the bottom a couple of years ago I found that the trailing edge were simply layers of glass converging from both sides of the keel and to my dismay they were delaminating. I...
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    Adding lead to my 1967 30' E

    I am thinking of adding weight to my keel. On my boat the trailing edge of my keel is hollow and I could probably fit about five gallons of water down there or equivalent lead pellets. Has anyone done this? Sounds alot easier than adding a keel blub (around 2k) but haven't determined how much...
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