[alberg30] Support Beam

[Miabarchet at aol.com]

From: Miabarchet at aol.com

After all the discussion about the support beam I have become concerned . 
Barchetta Mia was built in 1974, hull # 565.  I was told that Albergs of that 
vintage had a metal beam under the liner.  Does anyone know if this is 
correct. If not I would think the liner would need to be cut away to make the 
repair, making for a a ugly job. 

Also this is the first I am winter storing with the mast up.  I thought about 
relieving some of the tension in the rigging but decided it wasn't necessary 
since the coefficeint of expansion of the aluminium mast is greater  than 
that of the rigging. This would cause the mast to shrink in lenght more than 
the rigging thus relieving some of the tension. 

When I tune the rigging in the spring I use a tension gauge and tighten the 
forestay and  upper and lower shrouds to 15% of their  breaking strength . I 
would appreciate other comments . 


                             Jim Allocco

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