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Tom Potter
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Initially Posted - 11/21/2006 : 16:20:51

Standing room in the WK vs the WB was being discussed in a earlier thread. I've heard the was a 6" difference and I've heard there was a 10". So today while on the boat I took a couple measurements. I'm hoping someone in a WB will take measurements in the same areas so we can see if its 6" or 10". (My guess is 6")

Okay here's what I came up with.

Standing at the foot of the stairs with the sliding hatch closed.
From the floor to the bottom side of sliding hatch--> 5'5"

Standing at the aft end of the table, from the floor to the cabin top just forward of the sliding hatch--> 5'3"

Aft berth - (highest point) at the opening on the starboard side, from the aft berth floor (without cushion) to the bottom side of cockpit--> 3' 1"

Aft berth - (lowest point) from aft berth floor (without cushion) to underside of the cockpit floor--> 2' 3/4"

1997 250 TR WK (sold)
1984 O'Day 28 (sold)
1979 SISU 22
Bath, NC.

Edited by - Tom Potter on 11/21/2006 16:26:55

Bob Jack
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Response Posted - 11/21/2006 : 17:39:48

Tom,
Your head room measurement of 5'5'' is exactly the same as the head room measurement listed on the brochure for your boat.
Therefore, if this accurate-ness is a trend, maybe we can trust their measurement for the W/B...Which they list as 4'8'' at the same spot..A difference of 9 inches..?? That's a lot...

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/21/2006 : 18:45:03

And my 1989 25 measures 5'10" at the hatch, I thought the wing 250 had more head room than me and the WB less, shows what I know.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/28/2006 : 14:32:11

Interesting. We've been kicking the idea around of moving to a 250 from our C25 and we've been listing standing room as one of the advantages of the 250.
Time to take a closer look at the brochures.

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 12/02/2006 : 15:04:23

Tom,

I measured my Water-Ballast today.
Here's the Winged-Keel vs. Water-Ballast measurements.

Standing at the foot of the stairs with the sliding hatch closed.
From the floor to the bottom side of sliding hatch
65"(5'5") Winged-Keel
56"(4'8") Water-Ballast
9" Difference

Standing at the aft end of the table, from the floor to the cabin top just forward of the sliding hatch.
63"(5'3") Winged-Keel
53"(4'6") Water-Ballast
9" Difference

Aft berth - (highest point) at the opening on the starboard side, from the aft berth floor (without cushion) to the bottom side of cockpit
37"(3'1") Winged-Keel
33"(2'9") Water-Ballast
4" Difference

Aft berth - (lowest point) from aft berth floor (without cushion) to underside of the cockpit floor
24-3/4"(2'3/4")Winged-Keel
18-1/2"(1'6-1/2") Water-Ballast
6-1/4" Difference

Russ #793

Edited by - Russ.Johnson on 12/02/2006 15:04:45

Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 12/02/2006 : 15:25:12

Thanks Russ,
Thats a bigger difference than I thought. I'm really surprised there was a difference in the aft berth area. I always thought they were the same back there. My thought was the water tank on the WB was just under the main part of the cabin floor and that they just raised the floor up to accommodate the tank.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 12/02/2006 : 16:37:24

So, my question is how do these two measure up to the different C25 models. I thought the C25 had the most headroom with the wing version being the best. This may be a good thing to have as a comparison on the web site. I know we do a matrix to show the differences. This may be good to bring in new sailors to the class as it will give them a good benchmark to make decisions.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 12/03/2006 : 13:28:30

All information is helpful to contribute to good decisions so I'd encourage what you suggest. But... I respectively suggest that headroom is not for most the primary factor in choosing between the models.

For example, while your C25 swing keel has superior headroom to my C250 WB, it is not an acceptable boat for my sailing venue due to safety issues.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 12/03/2006 : 15:29:54

Arlyn,

I agree completely. I think their are many factors that could be put into a spreadsheet and maybe a column for a perspective to rate the importance of each item. I think that each boat must fit the person and their needs.

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