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Dean M
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Date Posted: 20:51:27 03/03/02 Sun
Hi everyone
I'm curious as to how important people think boat weight is, and I'd also like to get an idea of what different boat designs actually weigh, and what people are prepared to put up with if it means not having to do too many repairs. I know one guy who spared no expense, using some really flash composites, to get his boat down to just a shade over 7kg. Does anybody else really care? At what mass does a boat start being considered "heavy"?
If you'd like to chip in with how much your boat weighs, I'd be grateful (be happy for the Virtuosity boys to let us know what the standard off-the-shelf weights are for their various models too).
To get the ball rolling, my old 1996 Flame, with kevlar lay-up and multiple repairs, now weighs in at 11kg, according to my bathroom scales (it's still serviceable - it belongs to my brother now). My broken "lightweight" Cyclone, a couple of years old, is 14kg (which is kind of strange, 'cause the spec for the standard Cyclone on the QK website says 13kg, but that may be before it's kitted out, or maybe they can customise them somewhat by using different amounts of plastic). The boat I'll probably be paddling this year, a well-used 4 or 5 year old standard Cyclone, is 16kg. So what else is out there? Get out those scales and check!
Cheers,
- Dean
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