I have been kind of holding my breath, but I have to say something. I race regularly on some of the faster C27s here in Annapolis and I have never been on a single C27 that was racing with anything but the bare minimum of weight. Tim and I actually did an overnight race a few years back where the damn skipper (also a very good friend) didn't bring NEARLY enough beer and we ran out well before sunup. Maybe he miscalculated because it was the first time Tim raced with him... But honestly I think he had 3 beers per person for a 12 hour race. It sucked. We finished second so all was forgotten upon arrival in Solomons (and being able to scarf down some $1 bloodies. But not so much that when I agreed at the last minute to do the same race with him this year, I made him promise me we had enough beer. Well this year it blew like shit and we were in in about 6 hours. 50 mile spinnaker run and we get in after getting the crap beat out of us at about 2:30 and again we are out of beer. Remember that we were too busy all night to be drinking much if at all. I later asked and was told that he only had about 8 beers on, 4 bottles of water and had even made his wife take all the extra baby wipes off the boat to save weight. BTW. 3 of the 4 of us are over 200#. I just don't buy the extra weight, but try whatever you think might work for you. All I can say is that the boats around here wouldn't consider carrying any weight they didn't have to. Especially up front. In a message dated 12/20/2007 5:49:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
One point that has barely been mentioned is stabilizing this weight. In a knockdown shifting 800 lbs of extra ballast might prove a hazard. Not to mention I wonder what damage a sizable chunk of lead would do to what got in its way in such circumstances... I have to wonder how poor your performance is with 4 people (sizable adults I guess)in the cockpit. Are you racing? If not, is the added cost, hazard, etc, worth the questionable added performance? Joe McCary Aeolus II #4795 West River,MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of DHoy > > The chain idea is a good one. If I can find the pigs I think the weight > density ratio to size would be helpful so that two can be put into the > forward portion of the bilge, the others wedged either side of the > walk-in behind the bulkhead in the forward cabin, and either side of the > holding tank **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
