Would an extra 700 kilograms of cargo effect the perormance or a 42 foot cat?

[garymalmgren]

Here we go again.

Men deny knowing 700kg of cocaine on board boat as it sailed from Tahiti to Australia

Two men on trial over a 700kg cocaine importation racket used encrypted mobile phones to help arrange for the drugs to be sailed from Tahiti to Australia, a court hears.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Will Gilmore]

Yes.
It would effect it more or less depending on how it was distributed. The Lagoon 42, for example, is 12.1 tons. 700kg = 0.77 tons. That's about 6% of the overall displacement. Sailors who switch from rope rode to all chain rode notice a change in trim and performance. 100 meters of 11 mm chain only weighs about 140 kg. It's like that times 5.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[garymalmgren]

Thanks for the reply Will, but I have to admit that it was a bit of a tongue in cheek post.
Just last Friday I posted a similar post asking if 1000 kilograms of cargo (cocaine) would effect performance.
That was a yacht that approached Australia from the West.
Then today the story of a yacht approaching from the East with a load of 500 kilos popped up.
I guess some folks just never learn.

An extra 1000 kilo of cargo. Performance?

If you added an extra 1000 kilograms of stuff aboard, I wonder if it would effect the sailing performance? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/men-charged-as-alleged-drug-yacht-runs-aground-abrolhos-islands/11478908 gary

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When I sailed out of Aus in 1978 a customs officer came a board and told us clearly, "You will be searched when you come back and we will find anything that is hidden aboard". I was pretty young but smart enough to get the message loud and clear.

gary

 

[Will Gilmore]

I was pretty young but smart enough to get the message loud and clear.

I've been through random USCG coastal boardings a few times. In and out of port customs in a few countries. Most of the time, it is very civil and causes more personal trepidation than necessary. (The movies set the stage).
Returning home seems to be a bigger deal than entering a new country. Maybe it's just the US. I don't know what it's like for a non-US citizen to enter the US, but Ireland was, by far, the easiest. When the customs officer wasn't availible to come down and check us in immediately, we were told to go have a pint at the nearest pub and he'd get to us when he could. I don't see that ever happening in the US.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Benny17441]

Not too long ago you could detect a smuggler's boat by the waterline painted a foot or two above the waterline when empty of cargo.

 

[dlochner]

I've been through random USCG coastal boardings a few times. In and out of port customs in a few countries. Most of the time, it is very civil and causes more personal trepidation than necessary. (The movies set the stage).
Returning home seems to be a bigger deal than entering a new country. Maybe it's just the US. I don't know what it's like for a non-US citizen to enter the US, but Ireland was, by far, the easiest. When the customs officer wasn't availible to come down and check us in immediately, we were told to go have a pint at the nearest pub and he'd get to us when he could. I don't see that ever happening in the US.

-Will (Dragonfly)

Clearing US Customs has become exceptionally easy. Last week I cleared US Customs from Canada and never spoke to an agent. Pulled out my phone as soon as I got 2 bars, opened up the ROAM app, answered a few questions and a minute or two later I got an email with my clearance number.

If you enroll in a Trusted Traveller program clearing customs in Airports and by car is also exceptionally easy. Two years ago we came back from the UK, cleared customs, made a pit stop, walked a long way to the luggage carousel and still had to wait for out baggage.

 

[capta]

I think it would most probably depend on the cat you were talking about. There are a whole bunch of cats out there now that one couldn't possibly use the term 'performance' in relation to, where that weight would not make any significant difference, if properly distributed.