I should have been more clear. Too much catalyst dissipates with an acrid, almost vomit type odor, often accompanied by a pinkish color shift and/or haze. This is a different smell than the normal outgassing of formaldehyde. In my opinion, companies that use a diluted catalyst are just trying to sell more product. A gallon of catalyst at 3% lasts a lot longer than a gallon at 10%. 3% ratios are not difficult to measure with reasonable accuracy.
Crew weight. There is a wide range of crew weights that is competitive in the Viper 640. The average of all crew weights at the 2015 North Americans: 550 lbs. Crew weights ranged from a low of 490 (#10) to a high of 650 lbs.
In collegiate menâs crew, the minimum weight for a coxswain is 125 pounds, regardless of whether the coxswain is male or female (this is, it appears, the main reason why so many coxswains are femaleâit is simply far easier to find a girl around 125 pounds a guy).ome coxswains have no trouble making weight; some even have to work to reach the weight minimum. A full Nalgene of water weighs two pounds, one coxswain tells me, and that is precisely what she would drink to bring her 123-pound frame up to the minimum.