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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Wed Sep 08 2004 - 19:49:10 EDT
Chris,
Are you mixing apples and oranges here? I think the Thames Measurement Rule
is
Tons = ((L-B) x B x .5B)/94.
And the Coast Guard simplified rule for yachts is
Tons = hull volume + deck house volume/100
All the best,
Robert Gainer
>From:
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [world-cruising] HP vs Displacement
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:59:05 -0400
>
>I have about 5 hp in my 15000 lb boat.
>
>The old rule of thumb used to be one hp per Thames Ton. I am running at
>about half of that, but I use the sails mostly. (Our admeasurement tonnage
>is 8 gross.)
>
>The Pardeys are running at zero HP per ton.
>
>Chris McKesson
>currently: Puget Sound
>
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