DpEndofShalo Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hello Everyone A little advice required on how to rectify the slight listing of our 55ft Narrowboat. What has caused this was the removal of the wood stove after the inspection revealed it to have a broken seal. We have diesel heating and really didn't fancy a wood fire with children and animals traveling with us. Common sense dictates that we need to replace the heavy weight of this stove in order to right the list but I have searched for weights similiar to what I have seen in rented boats in the past and do not seem to be able to come up with anything suitable. I am quite possibly searching for the incorrect term. We have only owned her since August and still have a lot to learn. Can someone point me in the right direction or if my common sense is actually common ignorance, please feel free to right the list in my head Replacing the stove is not a road we wish to go down. We are happy with the diesel heating and even happier to have the space free that the stove demanded. Thanks a million. Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 You could buy something (or several) like this: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-56lb-Weight-/262741877425?_trkparms=aid%253D222007%2526algo%253DSIC.MBE%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D20150519202351%2526meid%253D5668d354455349a5a9c4be53b45507b9%2526pid%253D100408%2526rk%253D2%2526rkt%253D25%2526sd%253D221673437496&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460 Or find anything else heavy (scrap iron etc). Or you could move some existing ballast from one side of the boat to the other. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire~rose Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Many boats are ballasted under the floor using paving slabs. Do you have any access hatch in your floor or is there an area you can take carpet up easily to reveal a board that might be able to be lifted to see if there is room for a few more slabs on one side of the vessel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Perhaps put bookshelves in the space where the stove was and fill them with books? A few rows of books will be remarkably heavy, especially hardbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Perhaps put bookshelves in the space where the stove was and fill them with books? A few rows of books will be remarkably heavy, especially hardbacks. Especially Agatha Christie, I find them particularly heavy going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just one edition of War and Peace should suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hello Everyone A little advice required on how to rectify the slight listing of our 55ft Narrowboat. What has caused this was the removal of the wood stove after the inspection revealed it to have a broken seal. We have diesel heating and really didn't fancy a wood fire with children and animals traveling with us. Common sense dictates that we need to replace the heavy weight of this stove in order to right the list but I have searched for weights similiar to what I have seen in rented boats in the past and do not seem to be able to come up with anything suitable. I am quite possibly searching for the incorrect term. We have only owned her since August and still have a lot to learn. Can someone point me in the right direction or if my common sense is actually common ignorance, please feel free to right the list in my head Replacing the stove is not a road we wish to go down. We are happy with the diesel heating and even happier to have the space free that the stove demanded. Thanks a million. Me When I reduced the number of batteries in our Domestic bank our boat developed a slight (but annoyingly noticeable) list. A furtle about in the under steps area revealed it had been 'trimmed' using some of these. (Railway 'chairs') I simply moved them one by one from one side to the other (where the batteries had been sited) until the boat was level once again. You may find you have similarly movable ballast. People also use cast iron scale weights with handles and move them around to suit. http://www.vintagescalesonline.co.uk/cast-iron-weights-c-4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Eater Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 You could ask SWMBO to put her handbag where the fire used to be. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Especially Agatha Christie, I find them particularly heavy going. That's criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 You could ask SWMBO to put her handbag where the fire used to be. Steve In our case the boat would have capsized..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 You could ask SWMBO to put her handbag where the fire used to be. Steve Or her shoe collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Lola Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I have some 56 and 28lb Avery weights which I move around as required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I have some 56 and 28lb Avery weights which I move around as required. Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I bought some scrap track from the North Yorks railway society. At £15 a yard (40kg) it stores easily under the galley units. Dave R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I bought some scrap track from the North Yorks railway society. At £15 a yard (40kg) it stores easily under the galley units. Dave R it's criminal to mix sterling, imperial and metric. what was the cost in lbs.amps/ft.hr ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 it's criminal to mix sterling, imperial and metric. what was the cost in lbs.amps/ft.hr ? It's OK with railway-related items: lest we forget, even back in the 1960s the scale of 00 gauge trains was expressed as 4 mm to the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Eater Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I have used some tractor weights. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 56 lbs weights are an expensive way of buying scrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 What engine does your boat have? If it's a Lister, that will be the cause of the problem. Take it out and fit something else... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 What engine does your boat have? If it's a Lister, that will be the cause of the problem. Take it out and fit something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickent Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 They could fit a Gardner but then the flowers growing thru the stern woukd be a pita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayke Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Check out the canal magazines you will find someone in them that sells ballast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Lola Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 I have some spare 28lb and 56lb weights, pm me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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