This episode was featured on powerboat television. to watch full episodes online, go to www.powerboattv.com.. Hi folks. my 21-ft 60s seahawk planing fast fisher (new build) is coming along just fine with me just fitting the glass to the wheelhouse. my big dilemma now is weight. i have stuck to the original plans quite well but used slightly thicker oak and fir than shown for the frames, ribs & keel and glassed the whole hull.. Today, wakeboard riders have transformed the concept by adding bladder-style ballast to various sections of the boat to put the hull deeper into the water. more weight means a bigger wake, and more wake means more air time for the rider..
Concrete keel ballast. a concrete keel has successfully been used to ballast many boats.. concrete is a cheaper, easier and less dangerous alternative for the home builder to make their own ballast keel. Re: diy ballast/fat sack ideas i've tried and tried again to fabricate ballast systems without resorting to putting down our hard earned money on expensive fat sacs that are nothing more that a waterbed mattress with a bilge pump.. Bottom edges of the ballast keel are laid out and faired through. sides are hewn straight down between the perimeters laid out for the top and the bottom of the ballast keel. the third way is to build it like a boat—framed and planked, as in figure 3-4..
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