"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:04:56 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote:

How much does the sailing equipment, the "Stuff" weigh? Any idea what the
add on weight of all the extra equipment a cruising sailboat carries
weighs?

When I really got serious about racing my old Cal-34 we'd go through
this excercise of taking all the cruising gear off of the boat. It
was usually about 2 full size station wagon loads, and probably
weighed 400 to 500 pounds. That is enough to make a very noticable
difference in light wind performance.



Yeah, I just removed at least 300 lbs of crap, and I've owned the boat less
than a year.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com