No, I am not sure, but I think they found that the beams were the easiest places on the boat to put additional weight. It is obviously important to keep the additional weight low in the boat, but is it not a bit weird to put lead bars in the hulls? They could have done both though..


Flying cat, the T5.7 is approx. 142 kilos "out-of-the-box". One therefore had to gain some 40 kilos to meet the F18 classrules, as the minimum weight for the F18s is 180 kilos.

Lance, how is your new T5.7 working for you? Done any upgrades (self-tacker, carbon mast etc)? It is a great boat is it not?:)
My dad has been mailing Goodall a bit, and Goodall claims the T5.7 to be a bit faster than the Capricorn in sub 10 knots conditions. After that, the C is faster.