People capacity. ?

[edward]

How many adults can / should be on. a 53 m/y for a slow cocktail cruise on a protected river ? Edward

[Boatsb]

As few as posiible.

That is if you want to enjoy it.

[SEVEN]

I’ve had parties on the dock with 25 aboard. No issue with space but that’s sitting still. Not sure what the safety factor is but make sure you have a life jacket for each.

[Pascal]

I ve had up to about 40. Some 53s have certified by USCG for up to 49

[dottieshusband]

We've had 55 aboard a 63 MY. We were not underway and were tied to a dock. Swim platform was about 2 inches above the water. I wouldn't recommend it, and we now have a 25 person rule.

[Toolsntoys]

Personal I wouldn’t want more the 6 but prefer 4. I like small intimate cocktail parties at anchor. The smaller the group allows better conversion. If I want to get plastered I’d stay at the dock and have a free for all

[SEVEN]

Goes back to the old rule, entertain 6, feed 4 and sleeps 2.

[Walter P]

We've had 55 aboard a 63 MY. We were not underway and were tied to a dock. Swim platform was about 2 inches above the water. I wouldn't recommend it, and we now have a 25 person rule.

Wow... that's about 8,000 lbs (55 x 150 average). That would probably actually help as ballast down
low in the ER but spread over the boat ...........

Years ago I ferried about 30 people plus about a half a dozen cases of beer from Rariten Bay, NJ to
lower Manhattan a distance of about 25 miles or so on one of my 43 DC's. In retrospect I was nuts to do
it because often it gets snotty under the Verazano bridge but we made it OK without incident except that
all the beer was gone and all we had left were a few large trash bags of empty cans. Boat weight was
the same even with the empty cans but the contents were still on board, just distributed differently.
My most recent boat was a 1982 Series I 48' MY and I figured that it would be much more stable since
it was a larger boat but even with only about 20 people it seemed very unstable so I stopped taking
out large parties. Although according to formulas, those numbers should work I believe that it constitutes
overloading especially if too many folks decide to run over to one side or the other to see something.

Walt

[Scarlett]

Ok with a lot of people underway just keep the hem off the fly bridge all at once. John

[racclarkson@gmail.com]

Ok with a lot of people underway just keep the hem off the fly bridge all at once. John

My flybridge seats 12. Had 15 up there at once for a 4th of July harbor tour and fireworks cruise. Water was just choppy. I expected some handling issues, but was pleasantly surprised.