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<blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 250756" data-attributes="member: 4376"><p>JUST MY OPINION, OF COURSE...</p><p></p><p><em><u>What about the weight that we add with our modifications? and are we overloaded when we then put two or three people and their gear into our modified boat?</u></em> ..... If your mods add more weight AND your two or three people and gear exceed the tag...then you are overloaded....</p><p></p><p><u><em>Is there a rule of thumb? 150%?</em></u> .... My rule of thumb would be 100%...</p><p></p><p><u><em>Also, what about removing that inside the seat floatation styrofoam? In my mod, by volume, I replaced more styrofoam than that that I removed. I replaced it with sheet styrofoam glued under the new fore deck, facing the seat bulkheads, and by placing it below my new floor boards. What about the fact that much of the new replaced foam resides lower, relative to the center of gravity of the boat, than before?</em></u> .......My understanding of the CG requirements say that the boat should be floating level at the gunnels...and stable when the correct amount of foam is placed in a boat with no more than the maximum weight on the plate is added.</p><p></p><p>In all of the above cases, if there was an accident and injury or property damage was caused...or even death(s)...then I don't see much of a defense for the one who added the weight and then captained the boat. </p><p></p><p>Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richg99, post: 250756, member: 4376"] JUST MY OPINION, OF COURSE... [i][u]What about the weight that we add with our modifications? and are we overloaded when we then put two or three people and their gear into our modified boat?[/u][/i] ..... If your mods add more weight AND your two or three people and gear exceed the tag...then you are overloaded.... [u][i]Is there a rule of thumb? 150%?[/i][/u] .... My rule of thumb would be 100%... [u][i]Also, what about removing that inside the seat floatation styrofoam? In my mod, by volume, I replaced more styrofoam than that that I removed. I replaced it with sheet styrofoam glued under the new fore deck, facing the seat bulkheads, and by placing it below my new floor boards. What about the fact that much of the new replaced foam resides lower, relative to the center of gravity of the boat, than before?[/i][/u] .......My understanding of the CG requirements say that the boat should be floating level at the gunnels...and stable when the correct amount of foam is placed in a boat with no more than the maximum weight on the plate is added. In all of the above cases, if there was an accident and injury or property damage was caused...or even death(s)...then I don't see much of a defense for the one who added the weight and then captained the boat. Rich [/QUOTE]
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