Solo changes survey

Does a frp boat increase in weight with age and storage outside?

Does a repair or adding fittings add significantly to weight ?

Just wondering if the answer is yes, how does a frp boat deal with having no correctors in the future?

Edited by ian.r.mcdonald - 16 Oct 19 at 10:41am

That's good news. Surely adding the later fittings ( continuous controls ,centreboard etc etc) to an earlier boat must add something?

And " only a kilo" has more importance on a £4k boat?

Originally posted by Woodman Everything adds weight! Including your kit, water bottles and of course the pie you ate in the bar beforehand :-0

I will change to low fat veggie pie from my lovely local steak and kidney , well perhaps not!

But of course the fixed bits are the items included in meeting class rules



Edited by ian.r.mcdonald - 16 Oct 19 at 2:18pm

I am over weight and my boat is overweight. Fluky light air difficulty to say but probably slower. Marginal planing conditions I loose out on the legs when others plane, upwind no difference. Once the wind is 15 + and I’ m able to plane fitness is the key. Ignoring boat handling crew weight and fitness are probably the deciding factor for 80% of my sailing year. So working on my weight and fitness which is much cheaper than a newer boat. 

Originally posted by ian.r.mcdonald As ever, you talk sense. I am happy to keep fit,train to sail better etc. And I am aware that I or my boat is never going to be National champion. My issue is that ( however small the effect) changing a one design boat in a way that cant be matched by 99% of the existing boats is neither good for the class or its future.