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Offline RobinJones

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Weighting Around...
« on: January 04, 2021, 10:43:32 AM »
Morning Guys,

Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New year.

Just wondering if people could give a bit of info on weights; I'm trying to work out what's light + whats heavy on Banshee and could do with some benchmarks for the following:

Winged rudder: 3050g
Stock: 1140g
Pole: 2400g
Boom: 2680g
Mast: 5600g
Cboard: 3060g
Hull: ~48kg (without Pole and some other fittings)

Any info on how much your kit weighs would be ace!

Ta,
Robin

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2021, 06:52:11 PM »
How did you get the measurement for the hull weight?
The measurement given at stone nationals was 60.5kg. (Or the better question is ‘what’s changed since stone?!)

When I find some time I’ll weigh some stuff for you.

Although I can tell you that poppies measured weight fittings weigh 3kg (that’s ropes and fittings excluding the backing plates, nuts and screws.)
Thanks
Jamie

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2021, 07:50:13 PM »
Thank you!

I hung a luggage scale off a tree, and hung Banshee off that. Wouldn't be surprised if its a few kg inaccurate. That said, the pole I had at stone was about 6kg on its own - and the old front wingbars/little deck thing were pretty hefty before I gave them the chop. I've also got no ropes on the boat, so I expect my current "measured" weight is closer to ~56kg, maybe more.

It would also be fantastic if anyone could measure their jib sheeting position distance from centreline.

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2021, 08:04:59 PM »
It would also be fantastic if anyone could measure their jib sheeting position distance from centreline.

Do you mean this stuff?
https://www.uk-cherub.org/forum/index.php/topic,2214.0.html
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Jamie

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2021, 06:46:07 AM »

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Do you mean this stuff?
https://www.uk-cherub.org/forum/index.php/topic,2214.0.html
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Exactly what I'm after, ta!

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2021, 01:09:04 PM »
Winged rudder: 2900g
Stock: 1240
Pole: 1590 (with tack line)
Boom: 2000g (clas mandrel one, with a mainsheet and blocks)
Mast: tba. (Kitchen scales wouldn’t go that high)
Cboard: 2540 (Bloodaxe short board)
Hull: 49kg just with paint.

I’ll try and get the mast weighed when I do poppy this weekend (weather permitting) as I’ll have the class scaled tied up to the engine hoist to do so.
Thanks
Jamie

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2021, 02:17:20 PM »
Toe nails = 1g

Always get your crew to cut them before an event

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2021, 01:35:20 PM »
Mast weighed 8.33kg
Ctech mast with all the wires, all trapeze lines etc.

But there is a remarkable difference between that and shinys mast, yes; due to the stump the mast is about 500mm shorter, but I have to put a bit of effort in to lift Poppy’s mast.
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Jamie

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Re: Weighting Around...
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2021, 08:58:39 PM »
The below include dust/grime/birds muck

Mango CB = 2.103kg
Aquamarine (Bloodaxe) CB = 2.165kg
Mango bowsprit = 1.046kg
Mango rider stock (pivoting, with rudder pivot bolt and stock pin) = 1.168kg
Mango rudder (no t-foil) = 1.406kg
Mango (with fittings excl. bowsprit) = 59.5kg!... 9kg of growth from when I sold her in ~2006.

I have had lighter and heavier bowsprits, have broken them all.
Lightest boom (tube) was ~900g. They got progressively heavier as I needed more strength. The last one was with Primal Scream at last whereabouts.