Stewart,

That is 55 kg and 77 kg platform weight that is without mast, sails, boom, blocks and spi gear (these things add a few kg). In case of the Cobra a quick add-up results in 77 kg + 14 kg mast + 7 kg main + 1 kg mainblocks + 1 kg jib + 0,5 kg jib blocks + 1.25 kg boom + 1.5 rigging + something = 95,25 + something kg = say 96 kg minimum ready to sail no spi . F16's in double handed mode are 100-102 kg without spi gear. F16 are noticably higher loaded and wider as well both tend to make a craft heavier in beams and hull layup.

I never understood why certain classes only quote platform weight. I once had a big argument with a 49-er sailor who thought that my (then under construction) boat was ludicrously heavy as his was "only 80 kg". I explained to him that a 49-er ready to sail (including mast and sail etc) was 110 kg's or 110 kg's and therefor heavier; and that it killed the 49-er on the water as well. He then said that I was a typical cat sailor who never had sailed a real boat like the 49-er. I then notified him that I had sailed over a 100 hours on the the following line of skiffs in the past 3 years : laser 2000, laser 3000 laser 4000, laser 5000. RS 800, 49-er. That shut him up.

That is the danger with quoting only platform weights; it can land you in a heated debate with my persona ! (Joke)


Wouter