[alberg30] address

[Gord Laco]

-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
Get a NextCard Visa with rates as low as 2.99% Intro APR!
1.  Fill in the brief application
2.  Get approval decisions in 30 seconds!
http://click.egroups.com/1/9336/10/_/476031/_/969543124/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->


  Thanks, Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: <finnus505 at aol.com>
To: <alberg30 at egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [alberg30] address


>
> In a message dated 9/19/00 10:31:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> gord at transatmarine.com writes:
>
> << egatta... wind was 20-25 knots.  Upwind, poor old Surprise KC426
>  lacked the stiffness to carry enough sail to keep  up with the
competition,
>  she just lay down and slid away to leeward. After we shortened sail as
far
>  as we could, she got left behind both due to lack of speed and inablility
to
>  point.   My previous boat was a Danish built Folkboat whose best feature
was
>  her ability to carry sa >>
> Hey Gord,
> great boat, the Folkboat. A30's are great too. The CCA type hull that
alberg
> drew for her is very typical of the type-when there are winds high enough
to
> warrant reefing, and wave action is making the boat pitch alot, the
classic,
> but inefficient shape of the keel will not be as efficient as a boat of
equal
> displacement with a fin keel.   A blade of a forsail, and a very flat
reefed
> main will help, but there is going to be a maximum boat speed and pointing
> angle under these conditions.  The advantage of the CCA hull in these
> conditions is a much more comfortable hull motion than seen in more modern
> boats in a blow, and if you are on a passage in rough weather, hysterical
> boat motion leads to earlier fatigue of the crew.
> And they are so much prettier.
> Lee
>
>
>
>




 969543763.0