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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | After you purchase her, Ken... Posted By: Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee Date: 6/12/08 8:12a.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: Thanks (Ken) If you really wanted to have a decent look around inside the ballast chamber, you could cut, say, a 4" circle hole through the sole. (((DON'T CUT 'JUST' ANYWHERE!!))) With this hole, you can reach inside with a digital camera and your forearm, start snapping pics in a clockwise manner, download and enlarge to 100% on your computer. Heck, take as many shots of 'whatever' area that you want. The hole can easily be closed with epoxy, permanently if you wish, using the same circular piece of sole that you removed. If you elect to do this, and might not be sure how best to open a hole, then easily close her, give me a yell. I currently have a 4" deckplate in place that I expect to (in future) close this way. By the way, what part of the country are you in?

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Draining the ballast tank with a bilge pump? -- Ken -- 6/9/08 10:38p.m.

Yes -- Bob Frak -- 6/10/08 4:13a.m.

I think Tom (here) is doing that very thing. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 6/10/08 8:29a.m.

Thanks guys - one more quick question -- Ken -- 6/10/08 9:54p.m.

The 2023 is not a wooden boat! -- Tom Cannon, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 6/11/08 6:18a.m.

If -- Bob Frak -- 6/11/08 11:52a.m.

True, true and true. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 6/11/08 12:28p.m.

Thanks -- Ken -- 6/11/08 11:33p.m.

 After you purchase her, Ken...  -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 6/12/08 8:12a.m.

Looking in the Ballast Tank -- Ken -- 6/12/08 8:10p.m.

Ballast Look -- George E Norkus, Santana 2023A, SE Michigan -- 6/15/08 2:48p.m.

I finally got Sushi in the water this weekend -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 6/16/08 8:38a.m.

Deck plate PSI -- George E Norkus, Santana 2023A, SE Michigan -- 6/17/08 6:47p.m.

that's ~1 psi per 2 feet of water -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 6/17/08 8:46p.m.

Launched the boat! One question though... -- Ken -- 6/17/08 9:49p.m.

If I understand -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 6/18/08 6:20a.m.

Thanks -- Ken -- 6/19/08 9:31p.m.

Simple thought -- George E Norkus, Santana 2023A, SE Michigan -- 6/25/08 12:34p.m.

valve -- Mark Welch -- 6/28/08 5:32a.m.