a"m I over weight /

[txsurbrook]

Just had a bottom job on my 1989 compac 27.When the boat lift picked it up for launch, I asked the weight. He said the lif could be off by as much as 500#. With a full diesel tank, watertank and personal gear it weighted 9000# dHas anyone else weighted in?

[Craig Weis]

The company says that the CP-27 is 6,000 lb [delivery weight] and that she is 28 foot over all and 26'-11" at the waterline.
Call it 27 foot.
At your 9,000 TravelLift Weight + or - 500 lb is about 333 lb per foot. Factory says 222 lb per foot.
With personal gear, fuel, water, add-ons of 100 lb per foot, give or take 500 lb is 'spot-on'. Or about 3 lb per foot.
So on a calm day how does she sit on her indicated boot stripe waterline?

All I know is it is a darn better boat then the Hunter.

skip.

[bmiller]

I took mine to the scales at the gravel pit. They are pretty accurate. On the trailer, no water, full diesel weight was 9,900. I'm guessing my trailer is close to 1,000.

[Nicolina]

9000 pounds? What do you put on the boat as "personal items"? Bricks in the ice box? Dead people in the closet?

Joking aside, I have not weighted mine but believed the Hutchins number of 6000 pounds "dry weight". Add to this tankage and gear, and it should not add another 3000 pounds. Full tankage accounts for 400 to 500 pounds; a lot of "stuff" in the holding tank adds no more than 100 pounds at most. Lenders, lines, a few tools, dodger, couple of books, life vests, some eating/cooking utensils, of course my flares and whistles (!), a roll of toilet paper - this can't be more than 1000 pounds, can it?