Wayne.B wrote:

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.

That's why we don't race in light wind ;-)

Don W.