Reasonable Payload for a 40' Mono

[Suijin]

Originally Posted by 2big2small

Hallberg-Rassy has a nice way to determine the, wat I would call “cosmetic,” waterline.

They build the boat and add the options such as generator etc, then they put it in the water and just mark the waterline, which will be different for every combination of options. These marks determine where they stick the striping and maybe other cosmetic details. As a consequence this also determines up to where the antifouling will reach.

I strongly suspect that Valiant did exactly the same thing given the variety of options and fit out that were available.

[hellosailor]

Jim-
I have seen Bob's plans for the Islander28. Which among other things had a keel-stepped mast. And I've seen the boat itself--which Islander built with a crazy offset-supported deck-stepped mast.
What the designer designs, and what a builder builds, are not necessarily the same thing. The builder may have all sorts of reasons, and the designer may be contracted out, or perhaps on salary in-house, and available to polish things off without running up more billable hours. The two are not necessarily equal "partners" in the boats.