[Alberg30] lifelines, shrouds, and ballast

[Michael]

>or if it was just my surveyor
>being overly anal retentive.

Best survey for lifelines I have heard of is to climb up on 'em and bounce a
little. Anything else is just speculation.

'Course, I haven't had the guts to do that myself...

Michael
#220

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Bergquist" <j at ship.saic.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:02 AM
Subject: [Alberg30] lifelines, shrouds, and ballast


> Dear list,
>
> When I had my boat surveyed before purchase, the surveyor (Fred
> Hecklinger) told me it was a problem that my lifelines are not secured
> to the upper shrouds. He said that the unsupported span of the lifelines
> was too great between the stanchions forward and aft of the shrouds and
> that they should be secured to the uppers. I have no stanchions in way
> of the shrouds, and I assume the rest of you also have none. I (not
> really knowing anything about this particular nuance) simply assumed he
> knew what he was talking about.
>
> So I went to Bacon's to ask if there was any kind of hardware that I
> could buy for securing my lifelines to the uppers, and they looked at me
> like I was from Mars and said my surveyor was full of baloney.
>
> This is fine and good, but my insurance company thinks the surveyor is
> on his rocker and that I should be doing something about this. Can any
> of you verify yes/no whether your lifelines are secured to your uppers,
> how great is your unsupported span between stanchions forward and aft of
> the shrouds, and if this is a problem, or if it was just my surveyor
> being overly anal retentive.
>
> And while I'm at it, he gave me another recommendation that I am not so
> sure about. On top of my encapsulated ballast, there is an area where I
> have some failure in the fiberglass cap (this is internal to the boat -
> under the cabin sole. The crack begins forward, just aft of the forward
> bulkhead between the head and v-berth. It extends aft about 5 or 6 feet
> until  there is a false floor which I haven't yet removed and which my
> batteries are currently sitting on top of. The crack may extend farther
> aft, but since I've never looked under that false floor, I don't know.
>
> The surveyor said that this failure was a big problem and that I would
> have to grind it out, down to bare metal, rebed with polysulfide, and
> then re-seal the top of the ballast with fiberglass. The area is not
> currently very wet (at least it's not SUPPOSED to be), so I figure it
> can wait until the wintertime, because it doesn't look like my ballast
> is about to jump ship, and I don't figure this is something that will
> happen rapidly. There were no signs of corrosion externally when the
> boat was on the hard. However, the insurance company also is asking
> questions about this and I just thought I would ask some of you if you
> had any experience and/or advice about this problem. I realize that
> corrosion of the ballast would cause it to expand and potentially crack
> the encapsulation.
>
> I asked a colleague who used to own an A30 what he thought, and he said
> that he thought they were all like that and I shouldn't waste my time
> worrying about it. However, I need to be able to explain that to the
> insurance company...
>
> Thanks for all the great posts and advice!
>
> J Bergquist
> Calliope #287
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