Stringer ballast

[bigi]

I’m working on fixing de-lamination of my port stringer. Pellets were coming out between the stringer and the hull. The stringer also had a bow in it. I cutout about an 18” by 6” rectangle from the stringer. I removed 52lbs of pellets. I’m trying to figure out if I should replace the weight or remove it from the starboard stringer. The boat is an 89 Sceptre with original transom mount outboard setup. It has a 225 0x66 Yamaha on it. I also added a hardtop. I’m thinking I need to add back the weight. I haven’t had the boat in the water yet so it’s difficult to tell.
My questions:
Should I add or remove weight?
How should I add weight back?

Thanks for any suggestions
Sal

[strick]

If you did have to add the weight back I dont know that I wold encapsulate it inside the stringer...I'd wait till you fix the boat then do your float test and see if it needs it and where. And probably use something besides lead pellets

strick

[bigi]

Thanks Strick.
I'm sure it'll have a list. That stuff was heavy!