Denis Roy wrote:
I bought a 1988 Sea Ray Seville. It's supposedly 17 foot but measuring down
one side, following the curve, I get 18 feet.

That's not how a boat length is measured. The legal LOA ("length
overall") is straight line measured over the centerline from the
foremost point on the hull (not the deck), excluding any pulpits or
bumpkins, to the aftmost point on the hull, excluding any motormounts or
other attachments.

Dry weight does not include outboard motors or outdrives--but does
include inboard engine(s), electronics, fuel, water, toilets, holding
tanks, generators, or anything else that's not part of the "base" boat.
Nor does it include coolers and all the other junk people take along
that can easily add another 100 lbs or more.

I really need to know the
weight of this unit, with its factory installed 100 HP outboard, to know if
it's within the towing limits of my Venture van.

You also need to take into account extra weight IN your van, including
people and all their junk.

Anyone have any suggestions on where to get this info, other than stopping
at a roadside weigh scale and unhitching it on the scale?

If you know the weight of the van--which should be in your owners
manual--and the trailer, you shouldn't have to unhitch it...just
subtract 'em from the total weight.


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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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