[Alberg30] Request for Purchasing Advice

[quest433 at msn.com]

Your right George, there's alot of boats with bad balsa cores out there.  I use to think that they're a bargin too...but not anymore.  Stay away from bad decks.

Jim Mennucci

----- Original Message -----
From: George Dinwiddie
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 8:27 PM
To: Alberg 30 public list
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Request for Purchasing Advice

quest433 at msn.com wrote:
> Some of the Albergs manufactured in the early 70's, Hull numbers
> between around 400 to 500 developed soft decks.   
[snip]
> Use a hammer on the deck.  If you get any dull thuds in
> stead of a nice sharp crack you probably got some water & rot in
> process.  If you can feel the softness when you walk on it I'd say
> the deck was in an advanced phase of degradation.  I wouldn't buy one
> with soft decks.

Of course, Mennucci doesn't say how he knows this.  He rebuilt the  
entire deck of #433.  Actually, check for deck rot on any balsa-cored  
boat.  (The early A30's used masonite for the core.)  On my boat, cracks  
and holes drilled for hardware had allowed water to infiltrate in a  
number of areas.  I've re-cored as needed (and still have some to do),  
and it's a lot of work.  It's better to keep the balsa dry in the first  
place.

  - George
    Calypso, #543


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