[Public-list] Big Move

[George Dinwiddie]

Randy,

It's highly unlikely that your boat meets the design weight of 9000 
pounds.  I would guess that 10 or 11 thousand would be more likely, 
though since she's been out of the water a long time, at least the hull 
won't be saturated.

  - George

Randy wrote:
> hi
> 
> I am the owner of Tertius, Alberg 30 hull #3. I have
> owned her for over 15 years, unfortunately the last
> few she has been in her cradle. Part of that has been
> due to her being in Ontario and me being in British
> Columbia, something that I intend to fix shortly ...
> which leads to my questions for the list. 
> 
> I am intending to move her myself cross continent and
> the question has become important as to how many
> pounds she is? I vaguely remember that the first few
> boats produced by Whitby has smaller ballasts and
> therefor weighed less than the advertised 9000 lbs?!
> Can anyone tell me the specifics? I also had her
> original Grey Marine gas engine replaced in 1990 with
> a 25 horse Perkins diesel. Any help firming up the
> numbers would be appreciated. Also any words of wisdom
> about such a long move would also be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Randy Lynch 
> 
> 
> 
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