185 lbs??? Really??
Come to Texas. With our Hispanic, Germanic and African American population mix, we are closer to 225 lbs for men!
Probably close to that for women too!!!
:) :)
When you book, have a line for weight.
Oh, great. I’ve sailed and boated all of my life, and I don’t want to seem too critical, but about the only thing I’ve ever seen the Coast Guard do in Maine where we spend our summers is come around and give people fines for not having enough life preservers or for getting a little oil in the water from their outboards.
If you ever break down, however, forget calling the Coast Guard. They are very unlikely to come to your rescue. Call a friend, or call a lobsterman that you know and ask him to give you a tow.
So, now, with one announcement they’ve made tens of thousands of boats obsolete, because they no longer qualify to carry the number of passengers they were built for.
I’m sure Michelle, the Food Queen, loves this.
I’m a mere 105.6 pounds so the Coast Guard would have no problem with me.
I still maintain my high-school weight these umpty-mumble years later.
/johnny
I fly airplanes. For weight and balance calculations I figure 200# for adults over 21, 80# for kids under 14, and 160# for 14-21 years old. I’m usually not that far off.
The FAA still sticks with 170lbs per person per seat when figuring weight and balance.
Makes sense.
People are taller on average than they used to be, too.
And stronger.
The Coast Guard would be correct. The airlines have already added the extra pounds. The only alternative would be to weigh each passenger individually.
This rule hit us at our workplace. I operate a ferry that holds up to 9 cars and has a 100,000 pound limit. Our previous limit was XX passengers, our new limit is XX passengers. This new limit has nothing to do with the weight capacity of the ferry, it is simply a beaurocratic interpretation based on the prior number of life jackets we carried.
Some government drone said “this vessel has XX life jackets which multiplied times 185 pounds equals this weight. Now divide by the new weight equals how many passengers you can carry.”
9 cars and XX passengers can never get over 100,000 pounds! It’s impossible on our ferry we tell the drones.
No problem they say, for the low price of $4,000 you can request a variance in your stability letter.
Do any of you still wonder why American jobs continue to go overseas?
Americans are also taller.