Isn steel awfully heavy?
In relative terms, no. RED weighs about 20 tons fully loaded with a couple of tons of personal gear, tools, spares, water, and fuel. This compares favorably with other vessels in her size range, other than high-tech composite vessels. It’s true that a small steel boat (say, 30 feet) would likely be a bit heavier than a fiberglass boat of the same size, but hull weight drops rapidly as a percentage of total vessel weight as boats get larger. In our size range, there isn’t a significant difference.
