Published Hull Weights

Originally posted by maxibuddah The phantom hull weight is as per jims comment. All loose rope, rudder, mast and boom are removed, the rest is weighed and must be no less than 61kgs. If less then upto 3kgs of correctors can be fitted. As for the 200 I guess that the all up weight includes the mast, boards, pole and other fittings so I reckon that would soon mount up

Edited by transient - 15 Apr 13 at 4:00pm

It's pretty standard to weigh things that have stuff added to them later and publish the bare hull weight, we do it in sailboards. Fins and foils can weigh differing amounts, as can footstraps. So with all the garbage bits that get added to dinghies I can quite believe they weigh up to 12 kgs, that swivel thing that holds the main sheet is a good couple of kilos, tiller and rudder combos can weigh a couple of kilos difference depending who makes them, as I bet can the blocks.

So it's OK, what's not OK is that the damn things weigh more than thirty two kilos in the first place. If they were airline baggage they would be banned under health and safety terms. No dinghy should be permitted to weigh 50 kgs all up imv.

Edited by iGRF - 15 Apr 13 at 4:05pm

Originally posted by iGRF ... that swivel thing that holds the main sheet is a good couple of kilos,

Edited by L123456 - 15 Apr 13 at 4:20pm

You can have a SMOD and still measure the weight - Tasars have a hull + fittings (ie no spars, sheets or foils) of 68kg, which was IIRC the average of the fleet when the rule was created. My boat is a 1977 model that has been allowed to put on weight but is still carrying about 2.5kg of lead.

when we bought laser 2000s to add to the training fleet we were told that they were significantly lighter than the wayfarers we also use.

They are not. Again the published weight was bare hull only.

I doubt that the wayfarers are even remotely down to weight but I still thought it was a bit "naughty".