Keith Sharp
New Member
10 year wait for official moorings here around Sliema and St Julians in Malta, dry moorings seemingly unavailable, no car, house 300 steep one-way street metres from sea with Laser currently hanging from rafters. Solution seems to be to store Laser hull by sinking it maybe 3 metres deep and taking the chancc on theft. Weight will probably be limestone rocks in a net, secured through daggerboard slot. Question - necessary weight of rocks? I'm guessing that a Laser has a submerged displacement of around 400 kg, so would need around 600 kg of limestone with density around 3. Anyone got better estimates please? Anyone tried this? On bottom the boat/rock combo would need negative buoyancy of maybe 10 kg, so could be dragged to surface by line after being snagged from shore. While sailing, weight would be left hanging from jetty near surface. Number of fingers lost while switching weight has yet to be estimated.