[Alberg30] Cast Iron Keel

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

Your friend's observation confirms my belief that, if the glass around the 
top were cut away and the floors removed( i forget the proper term for the 
small cross-wise bulkheads which support the cabin sole- I think its 
"floors"), the ballast would not be that difficult to remove.Of course, this 
doesn't apply to the lined boats, only the linerless ones like mine.
Paul
#23 Ashwagh

In a message dated 6/25/01 9:03:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bnewman at attcanada.ca writes:

> I am well acquainted with a gentleman who was plant manager at Whitby
>  Boat Works for several years starting in 1966.  The keels are definitely
>  cast iron, he recalls about 3200 lbs., set in cement.  After he started
>  he insisted that the top be glassed in since there was a possibility if
>  the boat turned turtle, the iron casting could fall out.
>  
>  Bill Newman
>  Marion Rose III, #233
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