Albin Vega displacement

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marco

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Jun 5, 2009
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2 oceanis clipper 323 ancona
Dear Fellow Vega Sailors,

In the Vega specifications, the displacement is defined of 2.3 tons.
I weighted my Albin Vega 27 series III (N°3339) after removing everything from inside (all gear, anchors, chain, ropes, sails, fuel, water, food, mattresses, tables, electronics, tools, etc), leaving only 2 batteries, on a very precise scale, and, to my surprise, I got a weight of more than 2.7 tons.
Arend Schram, expert of the Dutch Vega Club, wrote me that the hull thickness changed a lot along the production. He made holes in 70 Vega units to apply his help rudder getting variable results: the thickness found was between 7,5 mm (Vega 1785) and 26,8 mm (Vega 863) nearly 4x.
The numbers round 1600 and 1700 are the thinnest. Nr.3329 was 14,8 3355 was 14,7. From his experience the last series was stronger built
Does any of you know the real displacement of your Vega?

I'm curious to hear from you!
marco Baldan
Albin Vega 3339 - Spray
 
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gurkin42

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Dec 16, 2011
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I had a similar experience with my Vega 3319. It came out at 6800lbs I had it craned out with everything aboard. That would put her in the "light cruising condition" (water tank was full and fuel tank was fairly full. Batteries mast Rations and clothing, and bedding, sails were all aboard). The given specification is a weight of 5070 lbs. However, 1730Lbs is a significant difference and I know that the crane was accurate (the dude makes a living knowing the weight of stuff he picks up). What is interesting to me is there is still significant distance to my DWL so I can still add a huge amount of gear. And this must also have an impact on stability calculations (I would suggest that it adds to the overall stability of the vessel assuming the weight is below the metacentre.
 
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gurkin42

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Dec 16, 2011
77
Your assumption that the weight or thickness of the fibreglass makes the boat stronger is a little dodgy. The given strengths of polyester resin and fibreglass have more to do with the cloth and type of cloth used and then the overall thickness. I do know that the design called for a strong build (good enough to run up on the rocks). 1 cubic foot of fibreglass weighs approximately 95-125 lbs. if this helps and I have included a reference to some data.

 
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