Hi Bilby

As long as its sort of clear at the start that you shouldn't be aiming for minimum weight, its just that method of construction used at that time, the minimum weight was higher I think (someone can probably correct this but it might have been 65kg or something like that) 55kg on the older boats made in fibreglass and older timber boats for that matter, may be unrealistic. They weighed my boat at Waranga Basin, Vic years ago for a state titles, and the platform weighed something like 70kg, and they didn't bother measuring anything else <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> not much lightweight material around back then.

All I'm really saying is you might have to aim a little higher than minimum, do a nice clean job, have fun and remember you won't be the only one thats got a heavier than minimum boat.
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Regards