[alberg30] New Alberg Owner Questions

[Gavin Jefferies]

From: Gavin Jefferies <gj262 at yahoo.com>

Thanks Greg, I couldn't believe it myself but midway along the track it is now
twisted 30 degrees to port with the top and bottom still held in place at the
correct angle. On my rig there is one bolt at the very top of the track and the
rest look like screws. The wood that the track is screwed into is still firmly
in place, the middle screws are pulled out and twisted. I'll be going down to
the boat on monday to try and take it off myself. 

As regards the incident I've asked the people I lent my boat to for more
details but they didn't even notice the damage. I'm not in the habit of lending
my boat to people but these are among the very few I would trust her with. They
are more used to sailing modern racing boats but I would have thought that the
Alberg 30 could more than match new boats for ruggedness/strength, one of the
reasons I bought her. Twisting the track I reckon could only happen if the
gooseneck locked somehow when tacking or gybing... the boom cannot go forward
past the shrouds and the force when going underway seems unlikely to cause such
damage... but if the gooseneck could lock or was in the habit of it I would
have noticed that when trimming the sails, so I'm stumped.

Anyway thanks for everyones advice, I'll let you know how I get on.
Gavin

> Hi Gavin... I'll try and tackle the mast and boom question. You are not very
> clear as to the state of the mast or the boom.  It is hard to imagine the
> track being pried 30 degrees off line without the mast material being
> distorted or bolts being striped. It is my recollection that the track on the
> mast is held on with taped screws. I do not think there are any nuts on the
> inside of the mast that deal with that track. All you should have to do is
> back them out if they have not been wrenched too much by the accident. 
> 
> 
> Gavin Jefferies wrote:
> > 
> > From: Gavin Jefferies <gj262 at yahoo.com>
>  
> > The track on the mast that the gooseneck attaches to has warped off by
> about 30
> > degrees pulling out most of the screws. I don't know how it happened as I
> was
> > not on the boat at the time. I'd like to hear if anyone else has
> experienced
> > this and what was the cause in your case? As far as fixing it I haven't
> tried
> > to remove the track yet but I suspect that I'll have to lower the mast?
> Which
> > in my case means a trip to a professional.
>  
> First I must say. I have not sean to many aluminum booms with "alot" of paint
> on them. But under that paint there should be some pop rivets. The boom end
> (and also the goose neck) should be held on by  pop rivets around the
> perimeter of the end. Through the boom and into the end plate. These can be
> drilled out with a little care and liberal amounts of oil to assist the
> cutting action. If need be you could cut off the boom by 1/2 an inch and
> start
> over when you reattach the end plate.
> 
> > Along the same lines the plate on the end of the boom that the main tackle
> > attaches to is also warped. The bolt attached to it seems to be clasped on
> the
> > inside and in any case the fittings are solidly welded in place from years
> of
> > over painting. Any ideas as to how I might remove it?
> 
> 
> Regarding sailing too hard... These boats are capable of being sailed hard.
> What you describe is not the result of sailing hard but sounds to me like
> mistreatment or an accident of another sort. Do you have anymore info on the
> incident?


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