[Alberg30] Twin Headstays

[Charles B. Currier]

I don't understand why people introduce such silly ideas like this.
The Alberg 30 as a one design boat has well represented it's designer
through the world for almost 40 years. Most wooden boats never lasted that
long (there are always anomalies). The Alberg 30 has been around the
World. Why mess with it. As I see it "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Give us a great reason why we need thos otherwise lets worry about things
that are little more mundane in the a30 world.  Like getting people to
join the associateion & race???

-- 
C.B. Currier
Annapolis, MD
Infinity # 57
Daybreak #458


Dave Terrell said:
> Not to be fussy, but heaving to is done with the sails, most commonly, I
> think,  with the headsail. I think it can be correctly described as
> backwinding the headsail and lashing the tiller or the wheel on the
> opposite tack. The result is that with the sail wanting to go one way
> and the tiller/wheel wanting to go the other way, the two forces - the
> tiller/wheel and the sail - work against each other and stop the boat
> allowing it to drift downwind very very slowly. The head sail needs to
> be cranked in tight. I was working with a friend on this the other day
> and he could not get his boat to heave to until he cranked in head sail
> in. When he did, his boat hove to just fine. Heaving to can also be done
> with the main sail as the Pardees do. I still  have to get their book
> and find out exactly how they do this.
>
> It is really hard to imagine what this thing you describe really is, but
> you may be right, it is intented to put in the water to hold the boat
> into the wind. In that case it would be a sea anchor and is
> deployed off the bow of the boat. Or could it be a drogue which is
> deployed off the stern and designed to slow the boats speed when going
> down wind? Most sea anchors I have read about resemble parachutes. So if
> it has a frame, maybe it is a drogue? Who knows? I would like to hear
> what others think this beast is.
>
> When I got into larger boats with keels, the most valuable thing I
> learned from the salesman, who handled the first purchase, was how to
> heave to - everyone should know how to do this - great for dealing with
> storms, especially when used in tandem with a sea anchor, also good for
> stopping for lunch or a swim - with appropriate line overboard, and for
> reefing - makes a sometimes scary job pretty simple and not scary at
> all.
>
> I hope I was not too fussy.
>
>>>> schuylki at vanent.vanebros.com 10/08/03 04:10PM >>>
>>a very large bra.  It has a triangular  frame about
>>the size of a small head sail made up of Dacron strips about 1-1/2"
> wide
> but
>>only the lower half has sail cloth inside the frame.
>
> Sounds to me more like a rig for heaving to. the idea is to throw the
> mess
> in the water and let it hold the boat's bow into the wind
>
> About the headstay idea: how about a foil type roller furler (it
> basically
> slides over the existing stay, with modifications) and then have a tape
>
> for that foil added to your present sails. Not sure about staying in
> class
> with the foil, but it sure looks efficient
>
> Michael
> #220
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