When "weigh" anchor...really means weigh the anchor!

So how do you know the exact weight 300ft of chain and anchor added onto the boat - if you did not weigh the anchor and chain to begin with? Well, you set the entire boat on digital load cells, that how!

So we added some pretty cool new toys to the arsenal. Digital load cells from the great team at LoadStar now live under one of the boats at the shop. We will use these as standard procedure going forward on all builds. They allow us to watch the weights of the build in real time on a laptop of choice.

http://www.loadstarsensors.com

These tools do not make up for doing the hard work on paper before construction starts to ensure weight studies are correct, but they go a long way towards verifying if we are on our numbers and on plan for weights and CG (and yes we are!)

Due to four load cells used - one at each corner, we can also see, judge and manage CG issues as well as total weight.

As they are real-time we could even use them for security as any step onto the boat is indicated. Unless you pulled the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible levitation bit....

Thanks!

Pat and John
www.pacificexpedition.com