[Alberg30] Ballast

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In a message dated 3/1/01 11:27:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
gord at transatmarine.com writes:

<< s would be leaking, water would be pouring into the bunks through the mast 
collar, etc)  The Alberg, on the other hand, doesn't stick until she gets to 
about 20-22 degrees of heel, and that in less than 20 knts of wind, and at 
that point the leeway is becoming heartbreaking.   So;  I am looking at 
flatter sails... a deeper second reef, and monkeeing with the ballast....
 
 
 Gord
 KC426 Surprise >>
Hey Gord,

Obviously, I'm catching up on my mail today....from the last week!!

Folkboats are great!!  I'm always sorry I never had one.  Maybe some 
day..........
Reading your last letter on this ballast question, I didn't know how 
extensive your experience/knowledge was; obviously sailing a Folkboat in 30+ 
knot winds and accompanying seas, you have first hand knowledge of the forces 
and factors involved  in sail carrying capacity and speed in high winds, etc. 
So let me 'rethink' one thing I said in my last letter-you are right-simply 
adding more ballast will stiffen the boat, allowing you to carry more sail, 
and then possibly increase the speed of the boat.  Stiffening the boat will 
reduce the leeway problem, too, I would think.
Adding ballast will increase the strain on the rig and boat-how much, and 
would it be significant enough to cause failures-I don't have the expertise 
to give an authoritative answer to that one.
Getting flatter sails, and putting in an efficient slab reefing system for 
reef one and two will help too-probably more, I would think, than simply 
adding ballast.
Unless I come across a letter today that I have yet to read that says 
something to the contrary, I guess you will just have to experiment.  I would 
think that in our A 30's, you would start to feel a difference in heeling and 
performance with 200 lbs of lead, or so.  Maybe it would take more to start 
to feel a difference; to make a noticeable difference in performance, it may 
take 2 or 3, or more, times that.
Gee, I'm being real helpfull here, aren't I............:)
Have fun,
Lee
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