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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much
equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:04:56 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote: Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Malcolm Tennant is a local (Auckland) designer of high performance catamarans. A few years ago he tld me of one of his very fast 40' cats which the owner used to race only semi-seriously - the rest of the time he cruised. So he had cruising gear on board even though he was trying to keep the weight down. Then came the entry into one of the more important coastal races which really mattered. The owner thought he had better take out all this cruising stuff which wasn't really essential. Two tons later he was still taking out stuff ... :-( Eric Stevens |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
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. |
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"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 |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
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. |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
On Mar 24, 5:04 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote:
Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Around 3000 pounds including food stock on a 42fter. Joe |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 24, 5:04 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Around 3000 pounds including food stock on a 42fter. Joe You are underestimating probably by a factor of at least two. Let's be realistic about it Your anchors, chain and windlass alone probably weight around half a ton. The fuel and water and holding tank close to 500 pounds. That's half your 3000 pounds already. Put it this way. A Coronado 27 has an empty weight of about 5700 pounds. It says on Capt. Neal's website somewhere, if I recall correctly, that the last time the Good Captain has his blue water yacht in a travel lift for a haulout it tipped the scales at 8,800 pounds. And it's only a 27-footer. Yours, being a 42-footer, it's more likely you're hauling around probably at least three or four extra tons of stuff. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Mar 25, 12:45 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 24, 5:04 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Around 3000 pounds including food stock on a 42fter. Joe You are underestimating probably by a factor of at least two. Let's be realistic about it Your anchors, chain and windlass alone probably weight around half a ton. The fuel and water and holding tank close to 500 pounds. That's half your 3000 pounds already. Put it this way. A Coronado 27 has an empty weight of about 5700 pounds. It says on Capt. Neal's website somewhere, if I recall correctly, that the last time the Good Captain has his blue water yacht in a travel lift for a haulout it tipped the scales at 8,800 pounds. And it's only a 27-footer. Yours, being a 42-footer, it's more likely you're hauling around probably at least three or four extra tons of stuff. Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well if you include water and fuel then another 7012.5 lbs. Joe |
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The "Stuff" ,, how much does it weigh?
wrote in message ups.com... On Mar 25, 12:45 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 24, 5:04 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Around 3000 pounds including food stock on a 42fter. Joe You are underestimating probably by a factor of at least two. Let's be realistic about it Your anchors, chain and windlass alone probably weight around half a ton. The fuel and water and holding tank close to 500 pounds. That's half your 3000 pounds already. Put it this way. A Coronado 27 has an empty weight of about 5700 pounds. It says on Capt. Neal's website somewhere, if I recall correctly, that the last time the Good Captain has his blue water yacht in a travel lift for a haulout it tipped the scales at 8,800 pounds. And it's only a 27-footer. Yours, being a 42-footer, it's more likely you're hauling around probably at least three or four extra tons of stuff. Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well if you include water and fuel then another 7012.5 lbs. Joe EGADS! What are you sailing there? NOSV Redcloud? Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Mar 25, 5:10 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: wrote in message ups.com... On Mar 25, 12:45 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: wrote in message groups.com... On Mar 24, 5:04 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Got the cover off today. And after this, I decided to bring as much equipment home as possible. This way, I am not dealing with fenders, lines, etc when doing my spring projects. Once I got all this "stuff" in the back of the truck, I got to thinking .. 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? Around 3000 pounds including food stock on a 42fter. Joe You are underestimating probably by a factor of at least two. Let's be realistic about it Your anchors, chain and windlass alone probably weight around half a ton. The fuel and water and holding tank close to 500 pounds. That's half your 3000 pounds already. Put it this way. A Coronado 27 has an empty weight of about 5700 pounds. It says on Capt. Neal's website somewhere, if I recall correctly, that the last time the Good Captain has his blue water yacht in a travel lift for a haulout it tipped the scales at 8,800 pounds. And it's only a 27-footer. Yours, being a 42-footer, it's more likely you're hauling around probably at least three or four extra tons of stuff. Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well if you include water and fuel then another 7012.5 lbs. Joe EGADS! What are you sailing there? NOSV Redcloud? Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Opps my mistake, it's only 4000 more pounds. 500 gallons (350 fuel 150 water)..@ approx 8 lbs per gallon. Joe |
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