Does the "boot stripe" mark the waterline on your boat?
I've been revisiting boat specifications, trying to puzzle out a few things. Again.
"Sailboatdata.com" says the displacement of an E29 is 7300 lbs.
The manual downloaded from this site says the displacement is 8500 lbs.
One travel lift operator said that the (pretty much emptied) boat weighed 10,000 lbs.
Another operator said that 10,000 would barely lift the needle off the peg, so that's not very reliable.
A previous owner has filled in the hollow part of the keel with... something. It could be lead... And I've since added a few hundred pounds of gear.
And yet, the boat actually floats with the waterline pretty close to the bottom of the painted boot stripe. Maybe a tad lower with full tanks.
As near as I can figure, it ought to take somewhere around 700 lbs to lower the water line an inch. So these discrepancies ought to make on the order of 2" of waterline change. On a boat this size, these differences are also large enough to screw up all the design "ratios" that people talk about.
I've been contemplating loading up the boat for cruising, and started making a list. Just the weight of fuel, water, batteries, and ground tackle make quite an eye-opening subtotal! Just trying to figure out where the normal "zero" state is.
I've been revisiting boat specifications, trying to puzzle out a few things. Again.
"Sailboatdata.com" says the displacement of an E29 is 7300 lbs.
The manual downloaded from this site says the displacement is 8500 lbs.
One travel lift operator said that the (pretty much emptied) boat weighed 10,000 lbs.
Another operator said that 10,000 would barely lift the needle off the peg, so that's not very reliable.
A previous owner has filled in the hollow part of the keel with... something. It could be lead... And I've since added a few hundred pounds of gear.
And yet, the boat actually floats with the waterline pretty close to the bottom of the painted boot stripe. Maybe a tad lower with full tanks.
As near as I can figure, it ought to take somewhere around 700 lbs to lower the water line an inch. So these discrepancies ought to make on the order of 2" of waterline change. On a boat this size, these differences are also large enough to screw up all the design "ratios" that people talk about.
I've been contemplating loading up the boat for cruising, and started making a list. Just the weight of fuel, water, batteries, and ground tackle make quite an eye-opening subtotal! Just trying to figure out where the normal "zero" state is.