[alberg30] Re: Expanded water tankage

[sunstone]

From: sunstone <sunstone at idirect.com>

Friends:

As any long time A30 racer or any other racer should know - rule #1 is
keep the weight out of the ends of the boat.    The same is true with
cruising long distance, unless you like the 'hobby horsing' the boat
will do in chop or waves.   Just sail beside a correctly trimmed out 30
with a 30 that has weight all over the place and you will see exactly
what I'm getting at.   The loss of speed and weatherlyness is very real
and a factor to seriously account for particularly if you find yourself
needing to claw off a lee shore.

Consider a Vetus, or other, flexible tank in a smoothed housing under
the cabin sole, or under the settees or to one side of the V berth as
far aft as possible.  64lb a cubic foot adds up pretty quick. 

But your call, your boat.

J B

Jacques Guerette wrote:
> 
> From: "Jacques Guerette" <jguerett at nortelnetworks.com>
> 
> I've never done this but.......what about the huge volume of space at the
> bow?  Seems to me you could install a small tank up there, overlay a wood
> platform and store your anchor rode(s) above the tank.  This could solve
> several problems: 1) no extra weight aft, 2) your waterline stripe at the
> bow might actually line up with the waterline 3) if your rodes are
> predominently rope, then the effects on stability by moving them "up" should
> be minimal.4) The bow has sufficient potential buoyancy that the increased
> tankage should also not affect stability.  The only downside I can think of
> is that you might experience a little more pitching, depending on the size
> of the tank.
> 
> This is all theory.  I'm just thinking aloud.
> 
> Jacques
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marjorie Goettle [SMTP:mgoettle at erols.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:54 PM
> > To:   alberg30 at onelist.com
> > Subject:      [alberg30] Re: Expanded water tankage
> >
> > From: Marjorie Goettle <mgoettle at erols.com>
> >
> > I would think twice about putting the additional weight of a water tank
> > (when filled) as far aft as a cockpit locker.  When we first loaded for
> > a long Bahamas cruise, we stashed 7, 5 and 6 lb, jerry jugs in the
> > lockers and lazerette.  Didn't leave them there long, -- left one in
> > each locker (extra diesel), and moved the water elsewhere -- 2 under the
> > v-berth and tied the others on deck -- as the stern really squatted when
> > we powered out of the marina.  In fact, it squatted so much that we
> > found that we had a stuffing box on the rudder post (another story!) We
> > have come to think that Albergs do not like weight in the stern.
> >
> > Marjorie Goettle    Jubilant #435
> >
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