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--The Viper is designed to be 125kg with a crew weight of 120 – 140 kg. The hull buoyancy and shape is designed around this.
Notice how this leads to the following situation :
boat weight + max crew = 125 + 140 kg = 265 kg
Were the other F16's will have :
110 + 155 kg = 265 kg
Basically what AHPC has done was to take out any excess weight of the Viper itself from the maximal competitive crew weight. The final overall weight remained the same.
Please note that the Aussie Blade was sailed by a man who weighs OVER 120kg as well - so the Aussie Blade would seem to NOT have any weight carrying problems?
The all up weight might be the same with a lighter crew on a viper, but the crew on the Viper can move less of it around so generating less RM and so less power and so less speed.
