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Looked today ( Boat Choices)
"DSK" wrote in message .. . One point I don't know if anybody else has mentioned- ballast/displacement ratio. If this boat's *sailing* displacement (which is a different figure from it's weight as it left the factory, a figure often quoted as 'displacement') is really 16K# then it's b/d ratio is a tad under 40%... close to the minimum for a seagoing boat IMHO. And if the displacement figure is fudged, as they often are, then it is in a grey area. Furthermore the stability will be degraded as you load stores (true of almost any boat, but much less important as the B/D ratio gets up towards 50%). Rather a nit-picky technical issue, but one that is important. Ok, I got intrigued and ran some numbers applying your above methodology to three other boats (I'm in accounting, numbers interest me): Pacific Seacraft 37 .38 Tayana 37 .30 (!!) Cabo Rico 37 .37 Now, I am not a naval architect, but the people who designed the above (well-respected) sea-going yachts are, and their numbers prompt me to ask what you base your 40% number on. I'm not calling your assertion questionable, I just want to know what I am missing here- help me out. Wendy |
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