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Lead ballast in bow - why?
hi all
I have a Halvorsen Island Gypsy 30 displacement cruiser built in 1978. The boat has the original Ford 120hp engine. I have owned the boat for a couple of months. Someone has placed about 10 ingots of lead in the bow "v" which sit unsecured but somewhat wedged and immobile. The boat sits quite level (if anything with a slight bias toward being low in the bows - not surprising) and floats within its marked waterline (apparently fine). Does anyone know if this is a standard fitting or has someone just had a bright idea at sometime and should I take it all out? I would have thought this would have been glassed in if it were deemed necessary by the manufacturer . . . Kong and Halvorsen. regards Shawn "Scallywag" Brisbane Australia |
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