Wayne, I have a question about that boat................

[Kelley (Texas)]

You mentioned ballast in that boat...what do you use for ballast? Is this the same thing that large ships do to make the boat stable? Years ago, I keep thinking that I read something about the old sailing ships using round rocks as ballast in the bottom of their wood ships. I assume that ballast helps to prevent the boat or ship from rolling over in the water? Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)

 

[Wayne in BC]

Fred, in this case the "ballast" is in the form of lead bars fastened to the ribs on one side below the deck. He added a generator which is heavy and made the boat tilt slightly to one side, this is more pronounced at speed, requiring either ballast or the installation of "trim tabs" to correct. It is not to keep the boat from flipping over, just to run level.
Wayne