Sloop questions.

[PenguinKing]

Two queries for those in the know:

1) How much does your average (average, mind) fishing sloop weigh?

2) What sort of speed could it reasonably (i.e. relatively safely) attain under sail power? If motorized?

- Sir Bob.

 

[PenguinKing]

Nobody has a clue, eh?

 

[Bob Aberton]

Being an expert sailor, I can tell you this:

Weight: Probably in the realm of 45-50 tons, for a typical small one.

Speed under sail: probably, fully crewed and with all sail piled on, with a good wind, probably around 5-6 knots maximum.

Unless you're talking a Grand Banks type fishing schooner, in which case it would probably be about 10-13 knots.