[Alberg30] Re: Kicking the Tires

[Wally Moran]

Gord - if you want to place a free ad for your boat, go to my 
website, www.georgianbaysailing.ca and send me an e-mail. I can also 
include a picture. Same for anyone on this list who is interested in 
selling their boat or other equipment and is private.

Wally
s/v Publisher's Choice

>Hi Neil.... sounds like an interesting boat.   Mine is for sail too; it's in
>Midland Ont.   I know ABYC well, bought my old boat (Folkboat "Touch Wood")
>from John French.... work with Joe Blair here, his family are old AB
>members.
>
>I'm in the market now for another wooden boat.
>
>Gord
>A30  #426
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Neil McPhail <namcphail at hotmail.com>
>To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:25 PM
>Subject: [Alberg30] Re: Kicking the Tires
>
>
>>
>>  Hi all:
>>
>>  Thanks very much to everyone for their advice.  It came in very handy when
>I
>>  had a good, long look at that mid-70s Alberg 30 yesterday.  For those of
>you
>>  following along, here's what I found:
>>
>>  1.  The general condition was pretty good for a 27 year-old boat.  The
>>  interior woodwork needs cleaning up and refinishing, but otherwise she (or
>>  "it", if you agree with the recent Lloyd's decision) looks pretty clean.
>>  The hull and deck look like they've seen some of the world, but that's
>>  expected for this age of boat.  Best of all, there don't appear to be any
>>  soft, mushy, flexy or delaminated spots (as far as this non-surveyor can
>>  tell).
>>
>>  2.  The through-hulls have been updated to "proper" (as opposed to the
>>  "homemade" version that was mentioned), with ball valves.  I think one or
>>  two may be brass, though, since they are showing a lot of green coloured
>>  corrosion.  Does bronze also turn brightish green (or blue)when corroded?
>>  All are backed up by at least 1/2" plywood blocks and appear well bedded.
>>  That same corrosion can be seen on a large nut on the prop shaft, just
>>  behind the engine.
>>
>>  3.  Worry #1 - the Atomic 4 has about 1300 hrs on the engine (assuming the
>>  hour meter was installed at the start).  It's been painted white sometime
>>  not too long ago, and rust spots are already showing through (it looks
>like
>>  a case of chicken pox).  The boat was on the hard and there was no way I
>>  could easily start it.  It's raw water cooled, so seems like a good idea
>to
>  > convert to a fresh water system.  Should I be worried?
>  >
>  > 4.  Worry #2 - the bottom forward area of the keel looks like it has gone
>  > "crunch" on something hard.  The damage doesn't seem too severe, though.
>>  There are one or two small (dime-sized) holes through the gelcoat, and
>it's
>>  obvious from this area that the two hull halves were joined together
>>  longitudinally when built.  Also, there is a 5-inch crack on the aft edge
>of
>>  the keel, on one side only, just at the point where the upper gudgeon
>>  attaches.  Are these normal, or something else to really worry about?
>>
>>  5.  Worry #3 - I can second (or third) the recent comments about the chain
>>  plates and bolts.  This boat too has problems.  The starboard upper
>>  chainplate bolts have bent slightly, which has caused the chainplate to
>pull
>>  away from the support knee (or plywood bulkhead - I can't remember which).
>>  Both forward lowers have pulled the support knees away from the vee-birth
>>  shelves, but still appear to be firmly attached to the hull.  This area
>>  definately needs some work.
>>
>>  Thanks for reading this far.  Are these unusual problems for Alberg 30s?
>>  Should I walk away from this boat, or are the problems not so severe that
>>  the boat will still survey satisfactorily?  Are there any sure things in
>>  life?! :-)  (besides the two obvious ones, that is...).
>>
>>  You Great Lakes guys must be heading back into the water now.  I sailed my
>>  C&C 25 for 5 years out of ABYC in Toronto until last year, and know how
>>  special this time of year feels.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Neil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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