[Alberg30] Deck Beam-dispute

[Mike Lehman]

George is absolutely right. There have been over 100 A30's with this repair 
and it time-tested over 20 years proven to be the correct fix. Find another 
yard!


----Original Message Follows----
From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>
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To: public-list at alberg30.org
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Deck Beam-dispute
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:54:51 -0400 (EDT)

Tom,

How many Alberg 30 deck beams has the yard boss repaired?  I would
bet that there are over a hundred that have been successfully repaired
with the sistering plates.  The point is not to hold the laminations
together, but to provide the strength that the laminations don't
have.

You could squirt some epoxy between the delaminated pieces before
jacking up the beam, if you want.  I can't see how it would hurt.
I'm not a structural engineer, but I'd bet that a combination of
the two plates epoxied to the beam and through-bolted to each other
will provide plenty of strength.  Bruce Rankin developed this fix
and I have great faith in his engineering abilities.

  - George

 > SwiftLaw at aol.com said:
 >
 > Hello again:
 >
 > My yard boss and I are into it, and I need your help. I promise to make 
it up
 > to you all somehow!
 >
 > I have just now come from the yard and the yard boss insists that because 
the
 > deck beam depression has caused some de-lamination, that the side to side
 > aluminum plate repair won't do. He is adamant that the plate must go 
along
 > the bottom of the beam and be through bolted to plates placed on the 
deck.
 >
 > The thought is that the fore and aft mount will further exacerbate the
 > de-lamination process. I really need help with this as the jack is going 
in
 > today.
 >
 > Call me if you will Cell # 312-287-4524  Tom Swift

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