Muddy32
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Any ideas, - needed for possible arrangements to have a boat moved by road.
Rough Weight of a Colvic watson 32 ?
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pvb
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Allowing for some gear in it, probably around 9 or 10 tons.
Caer Urfa
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The Colvic Watson 31'-6" has a general displacement of 10.0 tons, this can vary slightly as to the weight of the engine fitted as some have 4 Cylinder and some 6 cylinder
This is assuming no bilge keels have been fitted
This is assuming no bilge keels have been fitted
fisherman
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That's within the capability of a Hiab lorry. But when I asked, they weren't keen on a long trip away, they were doing several local jobs a day.
Laminar Flow
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Ours, 8.5t, fully loaded. I know one that claims to be 18t, and another supposedly at 14t.
fisherman
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One we used is 15t. but that's between the outriggers and close alongside. To reach a boat from the water beyond the outriggers it's about 9t.
Muddy32
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Thanks for all comments to all concerned.
V1701
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Yours concurs with the info on sailboatdata.com & so does my CW34, I wonder if the 14 & 18 tons could have been derived from 14000lbs/18000lbs?
Caer Urfa
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If you want to damage your hull lift it with a Hiab crane off a lorry, unless they have a proper 4 point lifting cradle, if they take all slings back to a central hook forget it.
Laminar Flow
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No, I questioned the owners specifically on their claims, as I thought them incredibly high also; in tons, metric; no wonder some say they don't sail and are slow!
pvb
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How would the owners even know how much their boats weigh?
Laminar Flow
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You have it lifted. The lift/crane operator will read his gauge and tell you. That is how we know that we displace 8.5t.
Just wanted to add: the 8.5t concurs with several lifts at different locations +- 100kg.
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pvb
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Those gauges often aren't particularly accurate. It's inconceivable that a 32ft boat would weigh 18 tons, when the design weight is around 8 tons.
Laminar Flow
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Just what I asked the owner. I also quickly calculated that she would be 30cm below DWL. Supposedly designed to go to the arctic with steel plate in the bows to break ice, even though that is not how ice breakers work.
CWs are frequently grossly over weight. Many are amateur fitted and with little understanding of basic engineering. This is not helped by self-styled experts on the type, advising that such and such needs to be "built like a fortress", rather than properly engineered. The inevitable outcome of this are massively overbuilt vessels that perform poorly and are less seaworthy.
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