[Alberg30] Ballast

[JosephFleming]

If you guys would fill up the water tank and use chain rode you would not
have this problem.


----- Original Message -----
From: T. Kevin Blanc <tkevinblanc at yahoo.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Ballast


> And Whitby moved the mast aft, too.
> --- George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net> wrote:
> > Gord,
> >
> > Don't forget that Whitby shortened the rig, too, to
> > switch from the
> > original 7/8ths design to a masthead rig after the
> > molds were made.
> > This is probably a significant component.  Have you
> > ever been on an
> > A30 without a mast?  It makes you feel like a little
> > old lady in
> > a Cadillac with bad rear springs.  You can hardly
> > see over the hood.
> >
> >  - George
> >
> > Gord Laco wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Now that you've mentioned it, the A30's trim does
> > bug me.  I noticed that
> > > the bow high attitude does not show on Carl's
> > drawings... I suppose that the
> > > positioning of the ballast and the fact that it is
> > iron resulted in
> > > something other than what the designer intended.
> > [snip]
> >
> >
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