[Alberg30] engine pan

Sat Jan 11 07:00:14 PST 2003

Rob,

I would like to remove the mast plate from the deck to seal that area, the
original material from 1965 is breaking down. I have read many statements
concerning this task, what challenges lie ahead in removing the plate from
the deck.

1) Are the screws tapped into the glass or are there nuts/bolts holding this
plate to the boat?
2) It looks as though the previous owner removed the step, broke a few bolts
and retapped into the plate on deck. 

Thoughts?

Stephen 

-----Original Message-----
From: R.C. Alley [mailto:ralley at chesapeake.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 9:55 AM
To: Alberg 30 public list
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] engine pan

Thanks--I meant the beam sisters, but it would be useful to have the specs
for both.

I don't know if you got an answer to your question about holes for the mast
baseplate--'twer me, I would try to duplicate the original, which isn't
hard.  Drill three or four (depending on size of slot) holes in a line and
clean up with a file, etc. You can overlap the holes if need be when
drilling, but not more than, say, 25% of the diameter of the finished hole.
Use a drill press if you can.  The slots are there to provide
adjustment--you may as well make it easy to do so; it was the designer's
intent.

Also, you might think about separating the mast plate from the deck with a
piece of eighth inch (.125) thick Teflon if you have enough bolt length. It
provides a useful and movable gasket.

Rob Alley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Blevins" <billblevins at mac.com>
To: "R.C. Alley" <ralley at chesapeake.net>; "Alberg 30 public list"
<public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] engine pan

> The beam sisters or the plate on the bottom of the mast? I'm going back
over on Monday. I'll ask on both.
>
> I remember them saying that the one for the mast foot didn't have much
magnesium in it. They didn't want to weld it either. I went with what they
recommended.
>
> Bill Blevins
> SABRINA #158
>
> --
>
>
> On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 07:40PM, R.C. Alley
<ralley at chesapeake.net> wrote:
>
> >Paragraph 2:  Mop.  Bill I may have missed it--what kind of aluminum are
> >your mast plates made up from?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bill Blevins" <billblevins at mac.com>
> >To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> >Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:18 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Alberg30] engine pan
> >
> >
> >> On Sabrina #158, someone just took a thin sheet aluminum and shaped a
pan
> >with a bottom that sort of looks like a cross between a
"almost-rectangle"
> >and a "long triangle". They folded up the sides and put pop-rivets in
tabs
> >at the corners. It fits underneath pretty tight and about 5 inches below
the
> >engine and I just put a spill pad in it cut to the shape of the bottom.
It
> >works and never has turned over or fallen into the bilge.
> >>
> >> I want to know how to get that last half-inch of water out of the
bilge -
> >(the water that runs back down the line when you turn off the bilge
pump).
> >>
> >> Bill Blevins
> >> SABRINA #158
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 05:27PM, J Bergquist <j at ship.saic.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> >Okay I got another question...
> >> >
> >> >Another thing I want to do is install a drip pan beneath my engine (I
do
> >> >not have a hull liner). Right now, the engine leaks a little oil from
> >> >the rear seal. I am going to pull it out and fix the seal in February.
> >> >When I do that, I want to install a drip pan beneath it so that I can
> >> >make sure that nothing falls from the engine into the bilge (I like my
> >> >bilges very very clean, as I expect most people do...) Has anybody
done
> >> >this? Currently, I am thinking to just epoxy/glass 4 blocks of
hardwood
> >> >to the hull, then drill holes in them and bolt a piece of 1/2"
plywood,
> >> >cut to shape, to fit there beneath the engine. I will waterproof the
> >> >plywood and then put an oil-dry pad on top of it. I figure this should
> >> >help me keep my bilges clean. Any recommendations or ideas?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks!
> >> >
> >> >J Bergquist
> >> >Calliope #287
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