"Jeff" wrote in message
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It appears that Wilbur is carrying on the great tradition of nautical
ignorance that Capt Neal pioneered. As anyone familiar with
documentation understands, catamarans are actually rated very high by
the formula. My boat, for example, is rated at 22 Gross Tons, even
though her actual displacement is only 4.5 tons.


Somebody figured it wrong. Since tonnage, for documentation purposes,
only measures internal volume of a hull (or hulls) exclusive of engine
space, which is further based on cubic feet available to haul cargo,
there is no way two skinny little catamaran hulls at 36 feet LOA can
encompass 22GT cargo volume. And, if you read up on calculating
documentation tonnage, you will also note the volume of any structure
above the gunnels (your main salon and pilot house) can't be included. I
know you aren't bright enough to calculate your own tonnage so you must
have had somebody do it for you. My advice - - get your money back from
that ignorant rip-off artist . . .

Wilbur Hubbard