[Alberg30] Bilge Junk

[Guy Lalonde]

Roger.

466 also has that sand like material under the "bilge skin". I guess it was 
used as a filler. To the best of my knowledge, Albergs are two half hulls 
fiberglassed together from the inside. Then an iron ballast is lowered into 
the bilge and that sand like material was used to fill in between the gaps 
and the aft end of the keel. Then a skin is glassed above it.

On the outside another type of filler material is used on the seam which 
can get brittle and develop cracks over time.

Cheers,
Guy             #466

At 06:08 AM 7/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I had the plesant task of cleaning the bilge for, what seemed like ,the
>first time;  lot's of caked oil (wet & dry shop vac worked well).  Under the
>muck at the forward end of the lowest psrt of the bilge was what looks like
>sand, light tan and granular.  It was so well protected by the caked oil
>that it was dry.   I scraped the shop vac head against it and was able to
>vacume some of it but, below the loose stuff, it is hard.  It spans the
>width of the bilge (only about 6") and stacks about 4" to 6" high.
>
>Has anyone seen this before?
>
>Roger Kingsland
>A30 #148
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Wallace" <tristan at one.net>
>To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Re. Storage under sink.
>
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > What do you do about hazards from propane storage?  Do you have a vented
> > locker?  Propane sounds better than alcohol to heat up the coffee!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Bill & Mary Ann Mahony wrote:
> >
> > > We also removed the original alcohol stove-it was in pretty sad shape
>when
> > > we got the boat.
> > >
> > > We bought a piece of cutting board plank, and trimmed it with teak to
>make a
> > > low fiddle.  Then we took an old magazine ad for the Alberg 30 & 37 and
> > > varnished it into the wood.  Turned out pretty nice, and gives us easy
> > > access to the space below, where we keep a small portable propane single
> > > burner.
> > >
> > > Fair winds,
> > > Bill
> > > #276 "Mary Ann"
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Maggie Ross" <nauticallyyours-maggie at sympatico.ca>
> > > To: "Alberg-30 List-Post" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:16 AM
> > > Subject: [Alberg30] Re. Storage under sink.
> > >
> > > RC Alley wrote: <snip>organizing the storage under the galley
> > > sink??  There is a lot of storage space under there ....
> > >
> > > We have removed the fixed two burner stove and modified two cutting
>boards
> > > to fit the space. These boards can be lifted separately giving full and
>easy
> > > access to the shelf. We store all of our pots and pans there on a
>non-slip
> > > sheet so they won't slide around. A standard coffee percolator and
>butane
> > > tanks for a single burner stove fit snuggly enough that they don't fall
> > > over. A mesh/net restrainer keeps everything else from falling off the
> > > shelf. We also have a single burner Origo alcohol stove that is stored
> > > separately (on its side as it is never filled to capacity) in the so
>called
> > > wet locker against the bulkhead to the cockpit.
> > >
> > > Maggie,
> > > Strathgowan, #400.
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