[alberg30] A-30 Hull Amazement

[Alan P. Kefauver]

I cut quite a number of holes last year, both internally and externally. I used a hole saw for most, and have the plugs labeled and put on a shelf to show the various thickness to the clorox bottle set.
Andante
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On 8/23/2000 at 1:09 AM Rick Leach wrote:

>Ahoy all!
>
>I've started the installation of my Cape Horn Windvane, which I'll be trying
>to document in an easy and entertaining manner on my website.  In the
>meantime, I have a little nugget to take a peek at.  There are all sorts of
>"tall tales" about how heavy the A-30's hull lay-up is.  Well, there's more
>than a little bit of truth to them!  The cut-out  from the transom for the
>windvane is fully 1-3/16" thick!!!  These good old boats never stop warming
>my heart!  I wonder how thick a modern "bleach bottle" hull would be at the
>same spot?  
>
>  <<CH-Cutout.jpg>> 
>
>Rick Leach
>Sugar Magnolia, #121
>http://www.angelfire.com/ca/Alberg30
>
>




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