[Alberg30] Bottoms

Fri Nov 14 07:20:38 PST 2003

I have such a mess on deck at the moment that I think I've talked myself
into going with a very smooth ablative for one more year. I put a good
bottom on last year and it still looks good. Removing that and switching to
a hard paint is probably more work that I can get to before NOODs in March.

Definite project for fall of 2004!

Bill

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 11/14/03 9:53 AM, "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bill, if you want to get serious about racing bottoms go with baltoplate
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> Mike Lehman
> "Gilleleje" #505
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Bill Blevins <billblevins at mac.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Bottoms
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:22:48 -0500
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> 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
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> 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
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Bill Blevins
>>  To: Alberg 30 public list
>>  Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 6:21 AM
>>  Subject: [Alberg30] Bottoms
>> 
>> 
>>  If you race your A30, do you paint with a "racing" bottom paint or a
> "cruising" bottom paint?
>> 
>>  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.
>> 
>>  Bill Blevins
>>  Sabrina #158
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