ballast

[Phoenix of Hamble]

A boat we've looked at online has the following spec:

Displacement 8,400 kg (18,522lbs)
Ballast PTE 3,210 kg ( 7,078lbs)
Ballast GTE 2,850 kg ( 6,284lbs)

Anyone got any ideas what PTE and GTE might stand for?

something Tonnage Equivalent perhaps?

 

[FullCircle]

Pies to Excess

and

Guinness to Excess

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

roflmao..... IF ONLY

 

[Sans Bateau]

Would the PTE and GTE be the initials for the words, without any translation, for either deep keel or shallow keel, the shallow keel being the heavier? What is the boat?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

its a First 405... could be.... but i'd be suprised if they did a shallow keel First... kind of defeats the object of the boat doesn't it?

 

[Twister_Ken]

Pertol Tank Empty
Gin Tank Empty

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

I like the style of your thinking...... (but not so impressed with your spelling)

 

[Norman_E]

Would it be this one by any chance?
If so the First 405 could be bought with a deep keel at 7 feet 6 inches draft or a shallow keel of about 5 feet 4 inches. The latter obviously had to be heavier. The puzzle is that the only other 405 with its ballast weight quoted that I can find on line is in the USA and quotes ballast of 7694 lbs, which is about 3490 kilos, and it is a deep draft boat. There is something wrong somewhere here, so the only thing to do is ask the broker to explain. (Which may tell you whether the broker knows diddley-squat about the boat he is selling)

 

[Twister_Ken]

Mmm, pertol - some sort of insecticide maybe?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Thats the one....

but before I call the broker its has to pass the all important 'SWMBO likes the look of it' test....

Without this step, it is likely to be condemned as a pile of junk as we drive into the yard car park....

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

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Would the PTE and GTE be the initials for the words, without any translation, for either deep keel or shallow keel, the shallow keel being the heavier? What is the boat?

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urm... further thought....

Petite TE....

Grande TE....

Yep... you must be right.....

 

[michael_w]

TE = Tirant d'eau = Draft.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Thanks Michael, the mystery is solved!

 

[achwilan]

PTE stands for Petit Tirant d'Eau, eg shallow draught, and GTE for Grand Tirant d'Eau, eg deep draught.