Hi Tom, I got this weight from the broker when I bought the boat. He looked the specs up somewhere. Anyway the Navy version weighs 16500 lbs, I had a 24' CB Fiberform before that all ready had 7300 lbs empty on the scale (single engine, empty tank, no gear) My neighbor in the marina (drydock all our boats are getting hauled out and put on blocks) has a 28' Bayliner, he thinks he is @ 10000lbs. Well all together and keep in mind that Uniflites where never build to be light racers, I think 12500lbs sounds about right.
Are you talking about stress cracks? I got lots of them all over the place and talked to the fiber glass guy @ the marina here. "Not a problem, in his experience it is the gelgoat that cracks and not the fiberglass structure. He is usually really concerned when he sees chiped gelcoat (the best way to start blister) on these stress cracks he doesn't do anything about them because the don't start blisters and they will usually appear again after 1 or 2 seasons.But I guess it's only one opinion. I would asume that fiberglass loses some flexibility properties over time but not the integrity it self at least as long as we are talking mono hulls, more likely the gelcoat will lose some properties over time. Oliver On Oct 21, 6:56 pm, tomdepot <[email protected]> wrote: > Oliver > > Where did you get that weight spec for the 31' express? I think it is > accurate but the only printed weight I ever saw for the 31' was > 10,000#, and I know my boat is much closer to 14,000#. > > Have any of you had any topside fiberglass problems? The small piece > of fiberglass between the two front windows of my lower helm cracked > across and completely through. I am worried now that the windows > might actually come out and shatter on the cockpit floor. I don't > think it was particularly rough water (happened on a river) and I top > out at 30 knots (cruise at 20) so I didn't overdo it. Does fiberglass > lose some integrity as it ages? This particular strip is small and > thin, so I am not too worried about it, and I will just repair the > crack with some reinforcing. Has anyone else experienced this? > > Tom in Florida > 1968 31' express cruiser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
