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Oksky
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Initially Posted - 04/15/2009 : 23:25:52

Tonight I pulled my boat out of storage to get it ready for the new season in a couple of weeks. Out of curiosity I stopped to weigh it. It was a real eye opener for me. On the trailer it came in at 6834 pounds. Question I have is how does this stack up against other boats. It seems very high to me. I thought 4500 for the boat, 1000 for he trailer and maybe 200 for other crap stuffed in the drawers. It's a 1990 standard rig wing keel.

Mike Payne
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/16/2009 : 04:37:08

The C25 is fairly heavy for a 25' boat, and it has always been a puzzlement to me that it sails as well as it does, even in light air. My boat was a tall rig, and, with sailboats, performance is very closely related to sail area. A heavy boat can still perform well if it has enough sail area to drive it. In lighter air, the extra sail area of a tall rig is great, but as the wind increases, it becomes overpowered earlier.

Larry and Lin Pardey's boats are very heavy, but, like some of the old cruising designs, they are capable of carrying a huge amount of sail area, and they reportedly perform surprisingly well.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 04/17/2009 : 05:32:59

Mike, over the past few years many people have weighed their boats and your number is typical. This is why we discuss towing vehicles so much around here. In casual conversation most of us use 7000 pounds as the factor to use when evaluating a tow vehicle, hence the preponderance of 3/4 and 1 ton truck recommendations. It is one of the reasons I advocate for electric brakes, I think something that heavy should have a standalone braking system rather than a surge system that requires big brakes on the tow vehicle and relative alignment of the rig for the force to be transferred to the surge cylinder.
This is also one of the reasons that we short course round the buoy sailors are so slow relative to other boats on the race course, our boats do not accelerate well with so much weight and so little sail area. Once we get going our waterline makes up for it but on a short weather leg on a race course it is tough to keep up.

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Oksky
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Response Posted - 04/17/2009 : 08:57:43

Thanks for the info. The towing vehicle thread is what got me thinking about weight. I normally tow with a one ton but if I'm moving it around town for a few blocks I have been using my Astro. Guess at 5700 lbs it is a little under the boat weight, lol. I have never raced yet so that is all new to me. Where I sail there are only 3 other sailboats and a couple McGregor's. Surprising because it's such a large lake.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 04/17/2009 : 09:28:59

Mike, what size are the letters for your boat name. I think this is the size I would like to buy.

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Oksky
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Response Posted - 04/20/2009 : 07:03:31

Hi Chris. I'll get the size this morning and post it here for you.
The letters are 5 inch high.

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 04/21/2009 : 07:22:00

Hi Mike,

I know of at least two C25s that weigh in - on the trailer - at between 9,000 and 10,000 lbs. Both have a lot of added equipment (one has an inboard engine and a hot/cold pressure water system with shower in the head). At any rate, both of these owners have added a third axel to their trailers to accomodate the extra weight.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839

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glen
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Response Posted - 04/21/2009 : 09:22:27

When LOADED for a trip, Adventure on her trailer weighs in at over 8,000. Yes she has a lot of c*** on board.
(you never know when you might need a pipe wrench)

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KiteKraemer
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Response Posted - 04/28/2009 : 10:16:55

I just made a splash with mine, happened to take it over the truck scales: 1500 for the trailer and Just over 5000 for the boat.

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