[Alberg30] lifelines, shrouds, and ballast

[David Wilsmore]

I have a slightly different boat ( '67 Pearson Coaster) , but with the same 
crack in the ballast area.

As there is an air gap of about an inch each side of the cast ballast (once 
filled with balsa coring material,
now displaced and mostly sitting on the bottom), water (and oil it turns 
out) would pool in here
and slowly leak into the bilge through cracks in the encasement.

I ground away a lot of the edges, as the glass over the center of the 
ballast was fine.  Then re-glassed
the edges, first just to seal it, then epoxy putty filled and faired to a 
nice bead, then glassed it over again.

It came up well.  I have pictures of the process if you are interested - I 
can put up a webpage someplace.

What worries me is that if the boat rolls what's holding the ballast in the 
keel?
Not this glassing over I hope?  None-the-less the new cabin sole beams are 
glassed in overly strongly
in case it needs to help support the weight of a sliding cast ballast!

david


At 01:10 PM 7/29/2002, you wrote:
> > J Bergquist said:
> >
> > 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.
>
>Probably the span doesn't meet current ABYC recommendations.  Certainly
>the height of the lifelines doesn't.  Didn't he mention that?  Maybe
>you can sue the surveyor if you fall overboard.
>
>Rest assured that it is not normal to have the lifelines secured to the
>shrouds.  Nor is it normal to have a stanchion at the chainplates.
>I don't know of any case where this has proven to be a problem, but
>you really shouldn't depend on the lifelines to keep you on board,
>anyway.  If your insurance company is insisting on a redesign of the
>boat, maybe it's time for a different insurance company.
>
> > 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.
>
>I'm not as familiar with the older boats, so I don't know if such a
>crack is common or not.  If you're worried about it, I'd fill the crack
>with some thickened epoxy (mayonnaise consistence, I'd think) poured
>into it.  This will seal it.  The ballast is one piece, and will not
>bounce out of the crack when you fall off a wave.
>
>  - George
>
>
>--
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>   George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
>   The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in
>   sailing.                                    http://www.Alberg30.org/
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  //===============================================================//
>          Cruising the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's Guide
>
>   My favorite Chesapeake Bay guidebook. While it mentions marinas,
>   it concentrates on anchorages--the kind of places I prefer to spend
>   my time. And in addition to listing shore facilities, it rates each
>   location for Beauty/Interest and Protection. This is the guide you
>   need to really cruise the Chesapeake Bay--a smorgasbord of small
>   creeks and coves.
>
>    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071363718/alberg30-20
>  //===============================================================//
>
>_______________________________________________
>Public-list mailing list -- Public-list at alberg30.org
>http://www.alberg30.org/mailman/listinfo/public-list
>To unsubscribe: email to Public-list-request at alberg30.org
>Include command "unsubscribe <password>" in subject or body.
>Use command "help" for more options.


 //===============================================================//
         Cruising the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's Guide

  My favorite Chesapeake Bay guidebook. While it mentions marinas,
  it concentrates on anchorages--the kind of places I prefer to spend
  my time. And in addition to listing shore facilities, it rates each
  location for Beauty/Interest and Protection. This is the guide you
  need to really cruise the Chesapeake Bay--a smorgasbord of small
  creeks and coves.

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071363718/alberg30-20
 //===============================================================//

_______________________________________________
Public-list mailing list -- Public-list at alberg30.org
http://www.alberg30.org/mailman/listinfo/public-list
To unsubscribe: email to Public-list-request at alberg30.org
Include command "unsubscribe <password>" in subject or body.
Use command "help" for more options.

 1027963524.0