[alberg30] Re: Thanks - Question on Average Heeling Angles

[Guy Lalonde]

From: "Guy Lalonde" <guy.lalonde at sympatico.ca>

Marjorie,
check out this Alberg 37 for sale. I found it on the web
the other day.

http://127.0.0.1:7654/?req=r&q=Alberg+%2b37&r=&svc=2&pg=q&url=http%3a%2f%2fp
ost%2equeensu%2eca%2f%7eashcroft%2findex%2ehtml

Guy        Cyrena # 466
guy.lalonde at sympatico.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Marjorie Goettle <mgoettle at erols.com>
To: alberg30 at onelist.com <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 4:25 PM
Subject: [alberg30] Re: Thanks - Question on Average Heeling Angles


>From: Marjorie Goettle <mgoettle at erols.com>
>
>Jackie,
>
>My husband, 2 cats and I cruised aboard our Alberg 30 for 9 months.  We
>avoided winter by going to the Bahamas, so we did not address the
>northern winters.  We will not take our Alberg 30 to the Bahamas again.
>It sailed wonderfully, and handled everything thrown at it as well or
>better than many other boats down there.  BUT, after enjoying it for
>about 4 months, each day it got smaller and smaller.  Small space
>related irritations became big when repeated again and again.  We did
>not reach that point on our 3 months in Maine this summer.  We love the
>Alberg design, and thus, we are looking for an Alberg 37.
>
>That said, I think that the Alberg 30 whould have been great for one
>person on the 9 month's cruise that we made. It makes a great
>singlehander's boat. On a limited cruise, one's "stuff" is elsewhere.
>For full time liveaboard, in my opinion, an Alberg 30 is not big enough,
>even for 1 person.  Where would you hang all your clothes, for example?
>Where would you install a big enough heater?  Where would you put your
>wet clothes when you came home?
>
>Of course, perhaps my comfort level is different than yours, as I do not
>think that I would live aboard any sailboat in a northern winter.  We
>have known several couples that tried living aboard sailboats in about
>the 40' range in the Chesapeake area.  None did it for a second year.
>Each couple complained about condensation making their cloths mold and
>dripping on their heads, etc. The Alberg will give you the same
>condensation problem as other sailboats. Our Alberg is a "new" one and
>thus has a liner.  In theory, condensation is less than on those without
>liners.  However, on our recent 3 month cruise to Maine, mildew was a
>big problem.  When it rained or was foggy, the "dew" inside dripped.  We
>used our kerocene heater to dry out the saloon, but the v-berth area
>molded, and I had to clorox it several times.
>
>One couple used condensation in the "small" 39 footer's cabin while
>living aboard in Baltimore as the reason for trading their boat with the
>man in the next slip's boxy power boat after the first winter.  (Their
>second reason was that their cat could not look out of the high windows
>while they were away and was going crazy).  That solution did not suit
>them either (the cat loved it), and one day after crawling down the dock
>to their boat after work in the dark in an ice storm, they quit their
>jobs and motored down to South Carolina where they have been working and
>living aboard for several years.  As far as I am concerned, there is
>only one way to handle a northern winter on a boat -- go south until it
>gets warm.
>
>These are just my thoughts.  I am sure that others would disagree.
>
>Marjorie Goettle, Jubilant #435
>
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