[Alberg30] Keels

[John Birch]

The iron was a casting done off site - lead was not used for economic
reasons - the A-37's all have cast lead internal keels - they also cost
proportionately more because of it. Part of the reason for the use of iron
likely involved the tough negotiating stance taken early on by the
Associations for low price group purchases and the subsequent insistence on
keeping the boats one design. This is not a slight, just an observance of
economic reality. Remember Hansen was one of the few builders to actually
retire wealthy.

They never used punchings or nails or ball bearings or whatever in the
keel - nor will you find Jimmy Hoffa there ; )

John

----- Original Message -----
From: Taylor Echlin <taylor at echlinvests.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Keels


> Now you've thrown me.  I was always told that Kurt Hansen used iron
labs  -
> 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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