by Capitan Sardina » Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:13 am
I don’t know about the UK built boats, but the US TPI built freedom 40 has 4.3” draft (I think is closer to ~1.5 m, 4’6”,) and displaces 12 tons (as measured by crane, brochure says 20,000 lbs.). It has a long keel and a centerboard that is not ballasted. Was the UK boat built to the same molds?
BTW, she sails perfectly well without the board. I haven’t used mine in years in the skinny waters of the UK’s East coast, and when I tested racing back in Lake Lanier, GA the gains where marginal at best for a very narrow wind range/directions.
I recall some of the original brochures list 6,000 lbs of ballast, but I suspect that is only the weight of the metal ballast added in (lead?) and does not count the weight of the long keel structure itself + centrerboard , etc which can be significant.
Are you in the UK? We are based in Suffolk-Orwell area.
BTW any relation to Barcelona? I used to sail dingys there a lifetime ago…
Cheers,