[Alberg30] Bottoms

[Bill Blevins]

I've always tended to agree with you comments and still think I do most of the time.

I'm just doubting myself now that I've had a full year racing the A30 with friends aboard who have been "winners" in this fleet in the past. They see that we are sailing well - mechanically (and most of the time technically). Their comments have been similar to, "Well, we didn't make any mistakes today. When you get that racing bottom on, you'll be at the top".

On a somewhat related note, every single person who's been on board this year who has a boat has commented on how much they enjoyed the A30 and it's sailing characteristics. Everyone comments on the "looks". If anything negative was ever said it was along the lines of, "Sure is cozy down here" when going below.

The way I figure it, it's perfect for 2 people racing and cruising by ourselves often and I really eat up the "Sure looks good" or "That's a beautiful boat" comments! (Not to mention that we can keep sailing when the wind builds above 30 knots!

Bill Blevins
Alberg 30, Sabrina #158
http://mysailingphotos.com

 
On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 07:05PM, quest433 <quest433 at msn.com> wrote:

>In the overall equation for winning, the type of bottom paint is probably a second order effect...especially if your just starting.  It's more important to have a clean bottom.  A weeks worth of growth is slower than the difference between 2 kinds of paint....in my opinion.
>
>Jim Mennucci
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>  If you race your A30, do you paint with a "racing" bottom paint or a "cruising" bottom paint?
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>  I'm not trying to start a thread on brands of paint, just questioning whether it's worth the effort to switch from an ablative that I'm happy with or go for that extra bit of speed by switching to a hard paint.
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>  Bill Blevins
>  Sabrina #158
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