KBBS Archive 00,000

Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!

Posted By: Azteca
Date: Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 10:33 p.m.

In Response To: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!! (jim wightman)

> Weighed my Chesapeake 17 today prior to painting. Weighed myself
> first, then put the boat on my shoulder and weighed both of us. Sorry
> to say that we both were a little overweight, that is if I choose
> to believe those insurance industry tables and those numbers from
> CLC. My boat seems to be about 27 percent over and I'm about 17 percent
> from my ideal. I have a good idea what the problem is in my case,
> but I'm a bit mystified about my boat. I am especially curious about
> why the Pygmy boats seem to come in very close to their quoted weights,
> about 16 pounds lighter than my boat.

>

Yikes,

My Cape Charles 17 I built a couple of years ago weighed in at 39 lbs sans rubrails. Additional fiberglass on the bottom, plus cockpit support beams.

For those who care I weight 153lbs, the 17' rides a bit high, add about 20lbs of gear and the Kayak tracks and paddles a lot easier.

Azteca

Messages In This Thread

My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 1:55 a.m.

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Martin Foil -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 8:40 a.m.

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jim wightman -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 11:10 a.m.

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NPenney -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 10:01 a.m.

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Mark Kanzler -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 1:01 p.m.

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NPenney -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 3:06 p.m.

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Don Hummels -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 12:20 a.m.

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Mark Kanzler -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 2:53 p.m.

My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mike R -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 5:02 p.m.

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Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 5:09 p.m.

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Nick Schade -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 4:17 p.m.

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Stefano Moretti -- Saturday, 1 August 1998, at 7:17 p.m.

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Mark Bodnar -- Wednesday, 29 July 1998, at 7:57 p.m.

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Dean Taylor -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 12:37 p.m.

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Rick C. -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 1:18 a.m.

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Mike Scarborough -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 8:57 a.m.

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Drew Lebauer -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 9:13 a.m.

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Mike Scarborough -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 9:34 a.m.

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Brad Heinauer -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 10:55 a.m.

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L.C. -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 6:08 p.m.

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Brian -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 10:56 p.m.

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Jan Brandt -- Thursday, 30 July 1998, at 11:35 p.m.

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J. Dolmage -- Sunday, 2 August 1998, at 12:04 a.m.

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Martin Foil -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 3:25 p.m.

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L.C. -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 7:50 p.m.

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Mark Bodnar -- Saturday, 1 August 1998, at 8:22 p.m.

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jim wightman -- Monday, 3 August 1998, at 12:48 a.m.

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Mark Bodnar -- Sunday, 2 August 1998, at 8:36 p.m.

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Frank -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 12:40 a.m.

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Robert -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 5:28 p.m.

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Azteca -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 10:33 p.m.

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