[Alberg30] Keel bolts

[Gordon LACO]

on 4/14/03 10:39 PM, RABBIT649 at aol.com at RABBIT649 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/14/2003 11:03:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ngundy at earthlink.net writes:
> 
>> hello,
>> I am wondering if the early Alberg 30(hull #s less than 100) had keel
>> bolts,
>> if so how hard are they to change.  Norm
> 
> Nope. No keel bolts. Internal ballast(cast iron - because Carl H. the founder
> and chief shipwright of Whitby boat works, decided he could save some money
> by departing from the Alberg specification of lead). Reid Beigle's father
> told me that one canadian boat has a lead internal ballast by special request
> of its owner / buyer, but he didn't know which one.
> Paul
> #23 Ashwagh
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Hey there guys - 

Old Mr Hansen's name was Kurt... and I think the boat with lead ballast was
Caliban; anybody out there remember her?  She was markedly quicker.  When I
was a kid I sailed aboard #234 Surya in the Toronto fleet.

Gord 
#426 Surprise

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