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jespermilling wrote on Oct 14, '08 I assume we all have one, that very few opens it, and that it leads to the outside. Forgive me if I have misunderstood your last question. Personally I ignore it, but maybe I ought to remove it, and plug the whole with fiberglass. Jesper Milling msn-trentmoraitis ...

I was winterizing our boat and removed all the water from the 3 bilge compartments. In the aftermost space on the port side there is what appears to be a metal drain fitting about 1/2" in diameter. Does anyone else have this on their Ballad and also know where it leads to?

I need new lockers for yhe cockpit and have followed the discussion here about the quality of Lidköping's lockers. Martinssons say the can deliver three lockers and teak for the rest of the seating space for SEK 8000, whis would be almost SEK 2000 cheaper than Lidköping's offer. Anyone tried Marti...

msn-jiiku wrote on Nov 15, '08 Why It goes straight ahead like a train (Menee kuin juna, vaikka kuinka puhaltaisi..) Jere #752 msn-the vagabond dreamer wrote on Nov 19, '08 Hello Folks... Well....this past weekend I took all the "Stuff" out of the starboard locker so I could get access to...

The issue of the Ballad having a list to starboard (permanent leaning or healing to starboard, when not sailing) (Thanks to Markus for introducing the right english word) has been mentioned in different discussions on other issues. I therefor open this new discussion for the specific issue of list. ...

jespermilling reply jespermilling wrote on May 16, '07 In the posting "New LPG regs" you will find answers to most of your questions regarding Gas Locker, plus links to drawings on the Danish Ballad Club Website. Batteries standardlocation is under the bunks out front, aft of the water ta...

Hello, Just become the owner of Cracklin' Rosie, 1973 model and have been told by Insurance company that we need to make alterations to Gas layout (probably needs to have its own sealed locker). Has anybody done a similar convertion? Also we are adding battery isolation switch, but batteries current...

msn-bertieb bassett wrote on May 7, '07 Thanks. We were thinking of putting the box, similar to yours into the aft cockpit locker, and tapping into the cockpit drain pipe for the gas box. Running a copper pipe to the cooker, from the bottle is a bit of a major job, meaning drilling at least one bul...

Hi there: I’ve moved this subject to the Technical Section/ Accommodation so that it’s easier for people to follow. I believe, it will generate a lot of comments. My original LPG installation was very rudimentary, almost like an accident waiting to happen. So, a few years ago, I built a box out ...

msn-ballad775 wrote on May 1, '07 Hi Haimes & Mark, Just read your post and then got Jesper's link with his question about putting the compressor in the bilge. I also had the same thought. Great idea, air con in a boat in hot climes, but compressor in the bilge? In any boat it is expected to ha...

Here is a link to a misplaced posting on aircondition: CLICK. I also have a question: What happens to the compressor in the bilge, if the bilge runs full of water? The pictures of the aircondition posting were posted in the photo album. It's easier to to understand a posting if the pictures illustra...

Hi to all: Having spent a lot of time looking at interior photos of Ballads in our forum, I’ve taken a liking to the version without the outboard berths. It may provide less stowage than the layout in Moments of Clarity but the settees are wider providing close to the sofa-like comfort one enjoys at...

msn-misstress6 wrote on Mar 23, '08 Hi , I was looking at your cockpit table and noticed in the photo that you had the plastic winchers mounted on your winches. As there is currently a string running on this topic I was wondering ,from your experience how they worked for self tail single hand winch...

Hello Ballad owners, I think that a good cockpit table has to be easy to install (and uninstall), in a short lap of time and it also has to be storable easily. The owner from who I bought my Ballad last year has made a very nice cockpit table and I tought that it was interesting to share the concept...