boat weight

[moterboat]

have a 1969 woodson 17 ft tri hull boat, anyone know around how much this weighs without the motor or trailer?? cannot contact the manufactor,thier out of business.. don't want to have the boat weighed,hoping someone has past experince with this brand or just 17 ft tri hull weights.

 

[Texasmark]

Re: boat weight

My experience with fiberglas boats (back in the '60's and '70's) is that in their basic form were extremely light.....like a 15' FG runabout with WS and front deck, back to back seats on both sides and a splash well would weigh out at 300#.

You could put a 30 hp engine on that with you and the lady of your choosing, a picnic basket and a couple of beverages of choice, and cruise around at 30 mph for a whole Sunday afternoon on 6 gallons of gas. Geez it doesn't get better than that.

Mark

 

[PowerAddict]

Re: boat weight

my fiberglass 1973 16' tri-hull weighs 1600lbs with engine.

 

[moterboat]

Re: boat weight

Thanks.. that helps,mine has a 140 evinrude outboard,I think mine would be a little less weight then a io, so I would fiqure mine being 1 foot longer the ballpark weight would be around the same.. Thanks.. this is for a prop calculator..

 

[woosterken]

Re: boat weight

My 1974 tri hull MFG 17'3" 120hp I/Oapprox wt.is 1950 lbs
same size with O/B approx wt.is1325 lbs (135hp).
woosterken

 

[redfury]

Re: boat weight

NADA doesn't go back that far and your manufacturer isn't even listed....

My 17'4" Glastron tri hull weighs 1100 lbs dry w/o engine. A lot of the weight in my boat seems to be in the cap. After pulling it off, the hull is easier to move around, so I would think that if you had a complicated interior the weight might be higher, but I would imagine most average 17 ft boats would be in the 11-1300 lb category without the motor.

 

[moterboat]

Re: boat weight

NADA doesn't go back that far and your manufacturer isn't even listed....

My 17'4" Glastron tri hull weighs 1100 lbs dry w/o engine. A lot of the weight in my boat seems to be in the cap. After pulling it off, the hull is easier to move around, so I would think that if you had a complicated interior the weight might be higher, but I would imagine most average 17 ft boats would be in the 11-1300 lb category without the motor.

yeah.. all I have found out about the woodson corp is that 1969 was thier last year.. same year as my boat..

 

[Texasmark]

Re: boat weight

If you will go to the boat mfgr section at the end of this site they have a listing of probably 100 boat mfgrs that built boats over the years. Many have sales brochures and you can get your numbers from there.

Mark