[Public-list] Space Above Keel

[John Irving]

Just curious, did you have an opportunity to evaluate the construction
of the glass cover? It would be interesting to know what would hold
the ballast in place if the boat were ever to turn turtle.


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:46:26 -0800 (PST), 5thseason at canada.com
<5thseason at canada.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:13:12 -0500, "Roger L Kingsland"
> wrote:
> Roger
> I have replaced the bottom of my bilge locker.  It is
> plywood over a sealed glass bottom, (this glass cover
> is to keep water out of the cast iron ballast). When I
> rebuilt the bilge I made some changes and have
> installed my 4x 6v 225Ahr house batteries and starting
> battery in there photos available if needed.
> John Boor
> MAHSEER 280
> >
> > Hi Albergers.
> >
> > There is a drawing of the hull lines on the upper left
> > corner of the "Alberg30: Brochures" page
> > (http://www.alberg30.org/boat/A30brochure.html) on the
> > A30 web site.  It shows a dotted line sloping up going
> > forward at the bottom of the hull that, I assume,
> > represents the cast iron ballast which, if correct,
> > would indicate there is some space between the bottom
> > of the lockers under the cabin sole and the top of the
> > keel.
> >
> > Has anyone removed those locker bottoms (on a
> non-liner
> > boat) and discovered what lies below?  I assume the
> > "bulkheads" separating the lockers are glassed into
> the
> > sides of the hull from the bottom of the sole to the
> > top of the keel.  I am interested in knowing how much
> > space is available between the bottom of lockers and
> > top of the keel and if the top of the keel forms a
> > continuous diagonal slope as shown on the drawing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roger
> > _______________________________________________
> > Public-list mailing list
> > Public-list at alberg30.org
> > http://alberg30.org/mailman/listinfo/public-list
> _______________________________________________
> Public-list mailing list
> Public-list at alberg30.org
> http://alberg30.org/mailman/listinfo/public-list
>

 1105986079.0