[bolger] Re: Re:

Bill:

Check Jim Michalak's "Way Back Archives":
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/michalak/alphabetical.htm

Look under: Water Ballast, or Water, Ballast.

Chuck Leinweber
Duckworks Magazine
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com

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> Pippo: Can you provide a citation for Michalak's article on water
ballast?
> I checked his web-site, but didn't find it there, which doesn't mean that
it
> is not, given my limited computer skills. I believe that I once read a
few
> remarks by Bolger on the subject some years ago - my recollection of the
gist
> of his remarks was that 1) water ballast was no panacea (a disappointment
to
> me at the time I read the article, but I've forgotten, if I ever really
> understood, what he emphasised as its limitations) and 2) he included it
in
> the design in question more to give the boat greater inertia than to
enhance
> stability. His brief remarks on the Martha Jane in BWAOM simply state
that
> the function of the water ballast is to increase the range of stability,
> without further elaboration. I would be most interested in reading the
> Michalak article you refer to. Thanks.
>
> Bill in MN
>
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