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Mac 26M water ballast fill time
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Highlander
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leefrankpierce
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
Emptying my ballast in front of onlookers is my favorite part.
My process = leave it all in while pulling up the ramp, as soon as I am clear I go around back to check motor/rudders/etc...
Casually yank the handle and jump like I have been shocked... just for effect.
My process = leave it all in while pulling up the ramp, as soon as I am clear I go around back to check motor/rudders/etc...
Casually yank the handle and jump like I have been shocked... just for effect.
26X in Dallas Fort-Worth area Texas
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NiceAft
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
Fifteen years ago, when myleefrankpierce wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:20 am Emptying my ballast in front of onlookers is my favorite part.
My process = leave it all in while pulling up the ramp, as soon as I am clear I go around back to check motor/rudders/etc...
Casually yank the handle and jump like I have been shocked... just for effect.
was brand new, I had just pulled Nice Aft out of the water; I was still on the ramp while water was pouring out of the ballast valve. An old salt who was watching me yelled "That boat is to new to be taking on that much water!" 
Ray ~~_/)~~
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Highlander
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NiceAft
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
I’m sure that old salt is still around, after all, old sailors never die, the just get a little dinghy.
Ray ~~_/)~~
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Jeff L
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
I sail Lake Tahoe. I also drain on the trailer, on the ramp. I have remarked to friends that sail with me, as the ballast is draining, gee, I don't remember us drinking that much beer. This is said in a loud voice so bystanders can hear, just to stir said bystanders up...leefrankpierce wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:20 am Emptying my ballast in front of onlookers is my favorite part.
My process = leave it all in while pulling up the ramp, as soon as I am clear I go around back to check motor/rudders/etc...
Casually yank the handle and jump like I have been shocked... just for effect.
The Landrovers Nut
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Russ
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
Jeff L wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:26 pm I sail Lake Tahoe. I also drain on the trailer, on the ramp. I have remarked to friends that sail with me, as the ballast is draining, gee, I don't remember us drinking that much beer. This is said in a loud voice so bystanders can hear, just to stir said bystanders up...
So many ways to mess with bystanders.
--Russ
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Re: Mac 26M water ballast fill time
I completed my ballast tank indicator so I can get the time values for you now.