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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mbullen" data-source="post: 499397" data-attributes="member: 24594">Your boat has a weight capacity that includes passengers, gear, and motor.   Alumacraft cap plates were usually found on the transom, but I'm not sure if that's still true in 1972.  If you can't find your capacity, say it out loud here and we can surely figure it out.  It's a calculation based on displacement and on most 70s 14ft open top Alumacrafts, it ranges between 650-950lbs.  Once the capacity is known, you can do the math on allowable weight between those three categories. If you're maxed out, if you add to one category, you subtract from another.  How it rides depends on how and where you pack the weight.</blockquote>