[alberg30] Remove step plate

[John Birch]

Those old boats can't be that much heavier as it doesn't deter from their
performance on a race course.  Hull #25 won the '93 Great Lakes Championship, in
light air to boot.
US 17 has been a terror in the Chesapeake.
So we should be surprised that a "modern" improvement is in fact the opposite?!
How are those America's Cuppers holding up in NZ, any more fall apart today?
; )
John

FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:

> From: FINNUS505 at aol.com
>
> In a message dated 11/24/99 2:20:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, Rap1208 at aol.com
> writes:
>
> << The design weight is 9000 but I know my boat
>  measured 10,000 for a CCA certificate.  Masonite is heavy.  Russ Pfeiffe >>
>
> Hi Russ,
> Masonite may be heavy, but I thank my lucky stars that 'Stargazer' has it as
> her deck core.  When we got her, alot of the through the deck fittings'
> bedding compound was long gone, and balsa core would have been pulp. The
> masonite seems to tolerate getting wet much better. So heavy, yes, but
> durable.
> and besides, that extra 1000 lbs you measured could be from other sources,
> like extra resin and layers of glass in the hull.
> Sleep well, knowing you have a bulletproof boat!!!!  :)
> Lee
> Stargazer #255
>
> 
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