"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:


SPECS
· Twin 5.7L 260 hp Merc with Bravo 2 outdrives

· LOA 34'9"

· Beam 11'0"

· Dry weight 10,800 lbs

Amazing...a 34-foot, twin engine boat whose dry weight is only 4000
pounds more than my 25-footer. High tech materials?

You actually stepped in it again Harry. The weight/foot of my 32
foot boat is still far greater than your 25 footer......65 1/2
pounds/foot to be exact.

Tee-hee. ;-)


Nice theory, but the beam is 18" wider.

Dan

OK. Taking total square foot (assuming a full beam along the entire
length of the boat) mine is still about 20% heavier/ft2.
An absolutely idiotic, simple-minded comparison for any number of
reasons, not the least of which is the fact that that old bubble boat of
yours had about 2600 pounds tied up in engines.

Nice try. Take off 1300 pounds and the boat is still heavier/ft2 than
your Parker.

I said the weight comparison was idiotic for any number of reasons, engine
weight being just one. Oh...and my single outboard only weighs about 500
pounds, so keep deducting. And also deduct all those "cruising bubble boat
amenities" on that old bubble boat, too. I suspect the hull weights of the
two boats are practically the same. You really don't know much about
boats.

"OK. Taking total square foot (assuming a full beam along the entire
length of the boat) mine is still about 20% heavier/ft2." Idiocy
in the kind of comparison you are trying to make with boats of two
completely different footprints, or on any other basis, too.

Try picking your posting positions a bit more carefully.


Hey....*you* brought it up................*I* proved you wrong.

Where did you get the 1,300 pounds for the motor weight? I doubt a 5.7L 250
HP motor and outdrive weighs that much. But even using that
figure.............you lose. So solly Challie.

You stepped in it again Harry