A J105 is rated at 10 tons, so that sounds about right with the C27. It's like the entire volume, filled up with depleted uranium...I think that's the form-u-lah!
tf > When I was prepping my forms for documentation, I used 7.25' from midships > deck to keel bottom, based on measurements made in AutoCAD from the > profile > view. My gross tonnage calculated to about 8 tons, which qualifies--and I > know other C27's are documented so it was probably right. But I got to > wondering later if I wasn't supposed to use depth of the canoe body, which > only works out to about 4.6'--a lot less. That's what's used for > scantling > numbers and other calculations that consider displacement. But the CG > simplified application method is kinda mysterious. I don't know how in > the > world a C27 would be considered an 8-tonner, although I suppose if I keep > buying batteries and gear I'll hit that soon (and ride 12 inches deeper > than > I should... ) > > Dave Shaddock > Pixie the Submarine > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: gross tonnage measurments > > if you know the name of a Catalina 27 that is documented, you can > search for it here and use that figure > > http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html > > or get the form and figure it out from here: > > http://www.uscg.mil/hq/msc/t3/cg5397/cg5397.htm > > best of luck! > > tf > > >> hi not sure if this where i ask questions or not. but i am wondering if >> anyone knows what the tonnage depth (top of the deck to the bottom of >> the >> keel) measurement is. and what the gross tonnage of the cat 27 is? i >> am >> also wondering what the gross tonnage and net tonnage coeffiecients are? >> thanks for any help. peace. >> >> james >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Enter today for your chance to win $1000 a day-today until May 12th. >> Learn >> more at SignInAndWIN.ca >> http://g.msn.ca/ca55/215 > >
