There is no question, melting in the right way to go.
One year one of the English designed and build sailboat flipped over and
sunk.
For a while nobody knew exactly what took place. Once the sailboat was on
land they soon learned that a hole had been punctures in the encapsulated
keel and all the lead pellets were gone. They concluded that at one time
the sailboat may have been aground and damaged the fibreglass encapsulating
the keel. Over time the lead pellets dropped out of the encapsulated keel
leaving the boat with no more ballast.


"sam" wrote in message
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I scored 350 kg of lead over the weekend for free from various tires
centres. I found outwhat the trick is.... go to tire centres where they
sell a lot of mag wheels... they use adhesive backing instead of clips to
attach to the wheel. I still have weights with clips but not as many. In
the mortal words of Homer Simpson...YoooHooo!!!!
They are to go int a hollow fin keel for a hartley 21. Should I fust pour
them in and cover with epoxy or should I melt the lead and poor into the
keel?