[Alberg30] Doldrums

[Mike Lehman]

Have fun in New Zealand. The seminars started great with Ralph Bluntschli
giving a presentation on the intracoastal waterway Chesapeake to Florida and
Bob Leigh taking it from Florida to the west coast of Florida the Keys and
the Bahamas. The party was great too, about 50 people and the infamous Clam
Chowder. George and I were the last ones at the party until 1 a.m.
(surprise!) Everyone else left at 8:30 and Trish went to bed at about 9, but
George and I kept the party alive, even if it was just the two of us!

I will look into the cunningham arrangement again, it's a good idea to fix
the boom because it increases control over the draft.

No word from our friend Don. He bought an old 60 something Mercedes and it
having it restored. That and his several girls friends keeps him pretty
distracted. I think he fancied the idea of being a part boat owner, but
wasn't really committed to it. I am working on another chap that rides the
bus to DC with me. Stayed tuned.

Give our best to Lucy and the dogs and have a great time with at AC races.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Fortnam" <Tony.Fortnam at btopenworld.com>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Doldrums


> Mike
>
> This thread reminds me that Valency's boom is not fixed and is virtually
> floating without the vang . You may remember that you did fix it but when
we
> fitted the main and hoisted it the luff was too long .I don't know if it
can
> be fixed OK , but I think it would be better if it could be , so that we
> would just have the fixed boom and cunningham going upwind .
>
> No news from Don , so it looks as though I scared him off - unless he
didn't
> get my email . Have you seen him recently and if so do you think he got my
> email OK ?
>
> If I remember correctly I  think the seminars have now started and that
you
> were due to host the first one . If so I hope all went well and that a
good
> time was had by all in spite of the very sad accident to Columbia which as
> you might imagine was received over here with great shock and sympathy .
>
> I'm off to New Zealand one week today -back 5 March . Hope all is well .
> Love to Trish .
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
> To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Doldrums
>
>
> > Same here - simple to do and with a cunningham it's necessary to fix the
> > boom, also gives more headroom in the cockpit.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
> > To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Doldrums
> >
> >
> > > Chris,
> > >
> > > I don't have a rigid boom vang, but I did make the boom stationary
> > > (replace one of the flat-head bolts with a round head), and added a
4:1
> > > cunningham with a cam cleat.
> > >
> > >   - George
> > >
> > > greeksailor at att.net wrote:
> > > > It seemes that as the further the temperature is dropping so is the
> list
> > > > activity. In case you feel the same way I feel and you want to check
> to
> > see if
> > > > you are still on the list, please answer me this question:
> > > >
> > > > After the installation of a rigid boom vang;
> > > >
> > > > A) Did you make your boom sationary on its track?
> > > > B) Was a cunningham neccesary?
> > > > B) Do you have blocks / purchase for the cuningham?
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> >
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >    Hope your road is a long one.                        George
Dinwiddie
> > >    May there be many summer mornings when,
gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
> > >    with what pleasure, what joy,
http://www.Alberg30.org
> > >    you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time;
> > >                                             from 'Ithaka' by C.P.
Cavafy
> >
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