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Marty McOmber

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May 15, 2012, 5:08:00 PM5/15/12
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Hi all,
 
In purchasing the Passport 40, we are documenting it with the Coast Guard for the first time.  The CG needs the vessel's "depth and breadth"  Apparently depth is not the same as draft.
 
Would any of you wise Passport 40 owners know those dimensions off hand? 
 
Thanks,


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robert c young

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May 15, 2012, 5:16:01 PM5/15/12
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12’ 6” beam

5’ 9” draft

From memory.

 

Regards

Bob

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Jim Melton

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May 15, 2012, 5:38:46 PM5/15/12
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Marty,

Breadth is probably a couple of inches greater than beam because our caprails extend outward from the hull by that amount.  (Confidence level: 50%)

Depth is draft plus distance from top of caprail to waterline.  (Confidence level: 98%)

Hope this helps,
   Jim


At 5/15/2012 03:16 PM, robert c young wrote:
12� 6� beam
5� 9� draft
From memory.
 
Regards
Bob
 
 
From: passpor...@googlegroups.com [ mailto:passpor...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marty McOmber
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:08 PM
To: Passport Owners
Subject: [Passport] breadth and depth
 
Hi all,
 
In purchasing the Passport 40, we are documenting it with the Coast Guard for the first time.  The CG needs the vessel's "depth and breadth"  Apparently depth is not the same as draft.
 
Would any of you wise Passport 40 owners know those dimensions off hand? 
 
Thanks,


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Jeff and Jane Woodward

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May 15, 2012, 9:51:23 PM5/15/12
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Gross Tonnage: 10 GRT    Net Tonnage: 9 NRT     Length:  39.7     Breadth: 12.7      Depth: 5.8
 
From our Certificate of Documentation.

Jeff
Adagio
San Carlos, MX 

Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:38:46 -0600
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Larry Rovin

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May 16, 2012, 6:20:03 AM5/16/12
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From Whisper’s Coast Guard documentation – breadth 12.7 (actually 12’ 8”), depth 5.2 (we are shoal draft of 5’ 3”).

 

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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:16 PM
To: 'Marty McOmber'; 'Passport Owners'
Subject: RE: [Passport] breadth and depth

 

12’ 6” beam

Ian Macrae

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May 16, 2012, 11:59:35 AM5/16/12
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I'm looking at the original sales material from Camden Yachts in
Florida (~1983) for my 1983 hull #49, which has what look like
original Robert Perry drawings as illustrations. Their literature
states that the draft is either 5'9" or 5'3", that LOA is 39'5", LWL
is 33'5", beam 12'8", D/L ration 252, Ballast/displacement ratio 37%,
sail area/displacement ratio 15/4 or with a 130% genoa it's 19.2, 125
gallons water, 110 gallons fuel, displacement 22,700, ballast 8,500.
I also have a reprint from Nautical Quarterly Magazine from 1983
setting forth those same numbers.

I = 50' 8"
J = 15' 9 5/8"
P= 45' 10 1/2"

My book written by Perry about his boats is at home, not sure what it
says.

Ian
S/V Freyja
P40 #49

Jim Melton

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May 16, 2012, 12:51:14 PM5/16/12
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Harumph!  I guess I should have looked at my Certificate before answering.  Each of the several surveys I've had done on Dream SeQueL over the years says that her *draft* is 5'9" (5.75', rounds to 5.8') and that her *depth* is around 9' - 10' or so (each survey says something different).

I withdraw my answer ;^)
   Jim

P. Sherwood

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May 16, 2012, 1:25:11 PM5/16/12
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My USCG doc'n says that my gross tonnage is 17 and my net tonnage is 15.
Grossly inaccurate; no idea where those numbers came from; not worth $84
(the cost of new doc'n) to fix. Length is shown as 39.4, breadth 12.7,
depth 9.2.

Phil
s/v Cynosure

On 5/16/2012 09:51, Jim Melton wrote:
> Harumph! I guess I should have looked at my Certificate before
> answering. Each of the several surveys I've had done on Dream SeQueL
> over the years says that her *draft* is 5'9" (5.75', rounds to 5.8') and
> that her *depth* is around 9' - 10' or so (each survey says something
> different).
>
> I withdraw my answer ;^)
> Jim
>
> At 5/15/2012 07:51 PM, Jeff and Jane Woodward wrote:
>> Gross Tonnage: 10 GRT Net Tonnage: 9 NRT Length: 39.7 Breadth: 12.7
>> Depth: 5.8
>>
>> From our Certificate of Documentation.
>>
>> Jeff[...]

Larry Rovin

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May 16, 2012, 1:30:07 PM5/16/12
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Gross tonnage and net tonnage have nothing to do with displacement. They are calculations based on the volume of the enclosed space of the vessel and the full formula would give you a headache.

P. Sherwood

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May 16, 2012, 1:40:29 PM5/16/12
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Ah. Well, someone's doc is way out of whack if one P40's papers show 10
gross and 9 net tons and another's show 17 and 15. Point is, I guess,
that USCG papers aren't gospel.

Phil

Larry Rovin

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May 16, 2012, 2:00:14 PM5/16/12
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And mine says 13 and 11.

Marty McOmber

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May 16, 2012, 4:49:59 PM5/16/12
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Hi all,

I got the official coast guard application and it shows the measurements they need. Depth for our boats is not the same as draft. Depth is the measure from the top of the hull ( in our case, the cap rail ) to the bottom of the keel.

Combined with the width, or beam, it is measure of hull volume.

We measured the depth as 9'3"

Thanks for the help!

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Jim Melton

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May 16, 2012, 5:16:09 PM5/16/12
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Aha! Vindication!

Just one little question...from what point along the caprail did you
make that measurement? I'm pretty sure that the distance from the
water to the caprail at the bow is greater than the distance to the
caprail at midships (although probably by only a very few inches).

Thanks, Marty,
Jim

At 5/16/2012 02:49 PM, Marty McOmber wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I got the official coast guard application and it shows the
>measurements they need. Depth for our boats is not the same as
>draft. Depth is the measure from the top of the hull ( in our case,
>the cap rail ) to the bottom of the keel.
>
>Combined with the width, or beam, it is measure of hull volume.
>
>We measured the depth as 9'3"
>
>Thanks for the help!

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Marty McOmber

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May 16, 2012, 5:33:37 PM5/16/12
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Midships.

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