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A little digging around suggests 35kg per square meter is a more reasonable estimate[1], which is about 8lbs per sqft. I suppose it's possible some measures inc
by blacksmith_tb 9y ago
A little digging around suggests 35kg per square meter is a more reasonable estimate[1], which is about 8lbs per sqft. I suppose it's possible some measures include the weight of the water in the mussels, and others don't?
1: https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/boat-weight-increase-due-to-the-marine-growth.48041/ https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/boat-weight-increase-due-...
- Retric 9y agoThat's ignoring the buoyancy from displacing water and only covers two years. I could see the worst case say a stationary house boat being vastly more problematic over 30+ years. But, they should generally fall off before the weight gets crazy.