[alberg30] Introduction and query

[sunstone]

From: sunstone <sunstone at idirect.com>

They are great boats - period.
Just check the usual items with a reputable surveyor, including mast
beam, chainplate bolts - put in larger ones if they are 1/4 inch, ensure
the decks are good but get a survey!!!!!
Fair winds,
John Birch 

SandersM at aol.com wrote:
> 
> From: SandersM at aol.com
> 
> TO THE LIST:
> 
> I am about to sign a contract to buy Hull 297 and join the legions of people
> owned by Alberg 30s.  That said, I confess that in 20 years of sailing I've
> never had the chance to sail one.
> 
> I realize the folly of eliciting from a group of Alberg 30 slaves their
> opinions as to how their masters sail ... but I would nonetheless be grateful
> if someone -- anyone -- would take this opportunity to sing their praises, or
> to vent their frustrations, as to what I can expect when I take the tiller.
> 
> Thank you all in advance for your paeans, brickbats, gratuitous advice, etc.,
> etc.
> 
> Sanders McNew,
> New York City
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