William R. Watt ) writes:

I agree a one sheet boat is too small for rough water. I've made two one
sheeters which I use a lot, one is a sailboat (Loonie), the other for
paddling (Delta). The sailboat has to have sponsons to carry a 25 sq ft
sail.

once upon a time Glen Ashmore posted some information on safe capacity
which he got from
www.ccg-gcc.ca - Canadian Coast Guard
www.uscg.mil - IS Coast Guard

I wrote some of it down and just looked it up in my pile of disorganized
notes.

In Canada the recommendation is 12.5 lb/cu ft for boats under 20 ft.
My Loonie weighs 27 lb and I put about 160 lb in it so I should have 14.8
cu ft of volume in that boat. It only has 8.75 cu ft (to the gunwales which
is what I assume they mean).

You could look up the gudelines on the websites and do the math.
Both my one sheeters would be outside the guideline. These boats are
strictly "sheltered water" boats.


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