[Alberg30] Keels-Casting Iron

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

Whitby was no stranger to casting iron. Before and during the time they were 
building the A 30,  they built a FRP copy of a 25' Folkboat that had an 
external, bolted on, pig iron ballast that, of course was cast in one piece. 
I know because I owned one and it was one of the reasons for moving up to the 
A 30.
Paul
#23 Ashwagh


In a message dated 6/21/01 1:05:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
taylor at echlinvests.com writes:

> Now you've thrown me.  I was always told that Kurt Hansen used iron slabs  -
>  cause he found it too expensive to cast lead in a mould.  My understanding
>  was that the workers hand laid the iron slabs in the fiberglass (after it
>  cured) and then filled the hollows with vermiculite.
>  
>  Lew Dohn owned Caliban #78 - built in 1965 (he retired the Great Lakes
>  Championship trophy after winning it 3 times in a row) and he "special
>  ordered" the boat with a lead keel after writing to Carl Alberg.  Lew told
>  me that Hansen got mad at having to cast the lead - and wouldn't cast lead
>  for anyone else afterwards.
>  
>  So - if Hansen didn't want to cast the lead - why would he cast the iron???
>  
>  I would much rather have a one-piece iron casting for ballast - than iron
>  slabs hand laid as I described.
>  
>  The club member I mentioned is a yacht broker - he never built an Alberg 30
>  - so I don't know if he has direct knowledge.  But he told me that's how
>  other boat builders filled their keels.
>  --
>  Taylor Echlin
>  le papillon 612
>  
>  ----------
>  >From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>
>  
>  > Does he have any direct knowledge, or was he just speculating?  I've
>  > never heard of an Alberg 30 with anything but a one-piece casting
>  > for ballast.
>  >
>  >  - George
>  >
>  >
>  >> Taylor Echlin said:
>  >>  [snip]
>  >> He said that the ballast in Alberg 30s can be iron slabs, pellets, and 
> even
>  >> nails.
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