Rick Morel wrote in
:

I was in the slip, stuck there in fact since the water was waaaay low.
Shoved the buckets out about 8 ft. from the boat with a spinaker pole
and heeled over about 3 deg according to the inclinometer.



The trouble with this idea alongside a dock is that if the bulb is in the
mud and you roll the boat with ballast bags, the CG of the boat moves
SIDEWAYS, either towards or away from the dock. The fulcrum for the roll
is in the mud UNTIL the boat pops free of it, which may cause a violent
lateral movement of the hull as the pressure is released from the mud
fulcrum! That might not be too healthy alongside a dock. If you roll the
boat towards the dock, the deck will try to go UNDER the dock as it tilts
that way. If you roll the boat away from the dock, you'll be pulling the
boat over away from the dock and if you have dock lines holding the boat to
the dock that can't be good for the cleats/lines/dock itself with all that
pressure pulling it away.

I don't think using this ballast is a good idea stuck in the mud alongside
a dock as it may result in unpredictable sideways movement of the
hull...smashing very expensive gelcoat eggshell against the dock...after
crushing and exploding the fenders, perhaps...(c;