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[Fly Navy]

How heavy is the average 50' Narrow boat  (full tanks).

 

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Edited February 26, 2019 by Fly Navy

[Captain Pegg]

Something in the region of 15 tonnes. Or 33,000 lbs for the old timers.

[Alan de Enfield]

The general 'rule of thumb' is "1 tonne per metre"

[ditchcrawler]

43 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

Something in the region of 15 tonnes. Or 33,000 lbs for the old timers.

I would say most of that size are less

49 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

The general 'rule of thumb' is "1 tonne per metre"

Well as you could have 2 X 20 mt boats and one could draw 50 cm and the next 75cm a big difference in weight

[Athy]

1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said:

Something in the region of 15 tonnes. Or 33,000 lbs for the old timers.

I think the "old timers", as you call them, would refer to tons - "tonnes" being a foreign measure. Very few people would refer to something as heavy as that in pounds.

I believe that our fairly heavily-built 45-footer weighs about 15 tons. So a boat five feet longer but of more standard construction would perhaps weigh about the same.

[Alan de Enfield]

27 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I would say most of that size are less

Well as you could have 2 X 20 mt boats and one could draw 50 cm and the next 75cm a big difference in weight

Indeed - a boat with a 1-tonne Aga compared to a 10kg Gas Hob ,  1000 litre water tank Vs 150 litre, 500 litre pump out tank Vs a 20 litre cassette etc etc etc

 

As a general rule of thumb 1 ton per metre but every fit out will be different.

[Athy]

11 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

As a general rule of thumb 1 ton per metre

How splendidly cross-cultural. Not 1 tonne per yard, then?

[ditchcrawler]

well I am 57 foot, draw 2' 4" and weigh about 18 tons

[Iain_S]

38 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

well I am 57 foot, draw 2' 4" and weigh about 18 tons

But what about the boat?

[Alan de Enfield]

37 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

well I am 57 foot, draw 2' 4" and weigh about 18 tons

57 feet = 17.4 metres = 17.4 tonnes.

 

So its not far off the 'rule of thumb'.

[ditchcrawler]

32 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

57 feet = 17.4 metres = 17.4 tonnes.

 

So its not far off the 'rule of thumb'.

But not many modern 50 footers are 2' 4" deep

[mark99]

On 26/02/2019 at 21:38, ditchcrawler said:

well I am 57 foot, draw 2' 4" and weigh about 18 tons

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