If you wanted to keep the ballast really safe from sand bars and
reefs, you could just run it up the mast and hand it next to the sails
where it could be easily inspected from the deck!


BTW this IS sarcasm.
On Sat, 28 May 2005 00:59:18 -0400, "Jim Conlin"
wrote:

The ballast would be much safer if it were well up in the middle of the
boat.


wrote in message
roups.com...
Your problem got me curious so I did a search on keel bolts and there
is a plethora of info on the subject of inspecting and replacing keel
bolts. Owning a 28' boat, I have never had this problem because my
ballast is internal to the hull of my S2. Considering the difficulties
with bolt-on keels, why do they seem favored over good internal
ballast?
Now I cant stop and will become obsessed with finding a way to inspect
keel bolts...