Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:28 pm
a Single handing solution is to close the ballest vavle at the transum before going forward to check to see if it is full.
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Don't go anywhere while filling the tank. If you're motoring, the water is draining back out, so don't. Mine takes about 5 minutes to fill and I don't need the tube. I can see the water gushing out of the vent hole into the little bowl. While waiting for ballast to fill, I sue the time to drop the keel, lower the rudders, and take off the sail cover.Motoring out at 5-6 mph I would remember and send my first mate up forward and they would tell me they couldn't see any water in the vent hole. So I would bring the boat to just about a full stop, the boat would finish filling pretty quickly, put the plug in, close the valve, and be on my way.
It should be under the V-berth, aft end. That's where I put them on all the boats I sell. Let me know if it's not there.Everyman wrote: In the owners instructions it says there is a 16" clear plastic tube in the rig box that you stick in the vent hole,push it to the bottom, put your thumb over the tube , pull it out and it tells the water level in the tank. Hey Bill at B4S how come you took my tube wink, wink. Cos I aint found it yet.