David Leslie
New Member
I have in my garage a 1978 model boat, based on the number on the transom, built by Performance Sail Craft. My son sailed it a bit a couple of years ago, and complained it it is a heavy boat (and that’s why it is so slow…go figure). Anyway, I’ve had it in my garage for the last 4 days, with a fan going through it, so now should be close to dry. So I figured I would weigh it, to dispel the myth that it is heavy. Anyway, hull only is about 100lbs, which I thought is extremely light, compared to what I have read on this forum. Then I added the mast, boom, dagger and rudder to re-calculate. With all that sitting on the deck, it is 155lb. Then I weighed the rudder and daggerboard, which are about 15 lbs together. So that implies the mast / boom combo is about 40 lbs. Does this seem in the ballpark? But why is the hull so light?