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Ellen MacArthur Ellen MacArthur is offline
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Default Displacement Plus Ballest ?


"RogueIT" wrote
| When I see that a boat has a Displacement of 4550 and the ballast is
| 1900, should I think the overall weight of the boat is 4550 or 6450?


You should think the overall weight is both added together. And, that's
probably on the light side because that's *empty* weight.


Cheers,
Ellen