[Alberg30] Re: diesel

[Jim]

For you watersking enthusiats: This months Sail magazine has pictures of 
Buddy Melges pulling a skier behind his sailboat .
Says he pulled him out of the water too!

Roger L. Kingsland wrote:

>Mike;
>
>Now I am really jealous.  What kind of fuel consumption do you have?  What
>is your flat water speed at cursing RPM (2,600?)?
>
>Speaking again of water skiing, have you seen those pocket cursers (I think
>by McGregor) that have large outboards (40-50HP) and hinged aft hull
>sections that extend hydraulically.  They change the hull shape so it can
>plane like a power boat.
>
>I was anchored behind Locust Point in the Rhode River (near those islands
>with the highly descriptive, albeit not too creative,  names of Big, Flat
>and High) a few years ago when I looked to the east and saw a sailboat mast
>(the point blocked the hull) coming up river at about 25 knots.  Very
>strange because I had only had one beer.  It turned out to be a rather
>unattractive, boxy sloop of about 22 feet.  Sort of like the sailboat
>version of a bass boat; go like hell, go slowly, go like hell, go slowly, go
>like hell; well, you get the picture.
>
>Roger Kingsland
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
>To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:44 AM
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Re: diesel
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>>Roger - talk about water skiing - when I replaced my A4 I installed a
>>Universal M4-30 (4clynder 30 HP) diesel. I can't pull water skiiers, but I
>>don't have any lack of power. My reason for choosing this particular
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>engine
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>>was because it mounted directly on the existing bed and was the same
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>length
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>>as the A4 which made connecting the shat easy and it cleared the steps. It
>>also weighs 50 lbs. less than the A4.
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>>Mike Lehman
>>"Gilleleje" #505
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>>----Original Message Follows----
>>From: "Roger L. Kingsland" <rkingsland101 at ksba.com>
>>Reply-To: Alberg 30 public list <public-list at alberg30.org>
>>To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Re: diesel
>>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:39:34 -0400
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>>
>>Gordon;
>> >From your comments below, can I assume you don't want to trade your
>>Westerbek for my Universal 18?  Also,  does the 21HP Westerbek allow you
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>to
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>>water ski on one ski or do you have to use two?
>>
>>Roger Kingsland
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>>Roger Kingsland
>>Chief Financial Officer (AKA, check writer)
>>Mahina Manu, A30 #148
>>N40°  29.288'
>>W79°  54.228'
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>>Author's Disclaimer; This email was produced exclusively by the sender
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>>in the interest of expediency, without the benefit of editing by others.
>>The sender, thank goodness, is a much better architect/sailor than
>>speller/editor and, frankly, constantly laments an obvious flaw in "spell
>>check," it does not know what the author is thinking.  Please accept the
>>sender's sincere apologies for any "typos" that may appear in this
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>document.
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>>If present, they are certainly unintended and hopefully do not cloud the
>>message, or spawn any unnecessary lawsuits.
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>> > I have a 21 hp Westerbeke and it does fine. Plenty of power in a head
>> > wind. I would not have anything with less power.
>> > - Gordon White BRIGADOON # 275
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