[Public-list] Re: Progress w/ #148

[Pete]

Roger, were you able to find lexan in Pittsburgh?

Pete Howell
#169
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger L. Kingsland" <rkingsland101 at ksba.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Re: Progress w/ #148


> Mike;  you wrote.  Roger - I've missed you, how's the boat coming?
>
>
> Thanks for asking about my progress w/ #148.  Sorry not to reply sooner
but
> I was on the road all last week including the weekend at Ferry Point
Marina
> (Arnold, MD) helping a friend get his 41' ketch ready for launching.  For
> some reason, I have developed expertise in fiberglass repair and he is a
> good mechanic, so we are trading time.  I saw two A30s there, both in
great
> shape.  One was "Friendship" (white hull, red bottom) and one had no name
> but had a blue hull and red bottom, the colors I plan for my boat.
>
> I have taken just about everything off the boat; all deck hardware,
engine,
> fuel tank  head, sink & stove, frig, doors & trim, hatches, toe rail, you
> name it. Soon, I might have to actually put something back on.
>
> I have been fortunate to keep the boat at a friend's factory and have been
> able to work on her most weekends during the winter.  I even have access
to
> a 10 ton bridge crane (I have this urge to lift the boat just for fun) and
> some great machining equipment and have been
> fabricating a new bow fitting and brackets to hold the toe rail (boy, is
316
> stainless hard).
>
> In terms of forward progress, hull and deck are less than 12 hours
> (experience dictates I should at lease double that) from
> being ready for paint which I plan to put off till some of the interior
work
> is complete.  All teak was refinished last summer and is ready to go back
> on.  New Lexan window lights are done (cost $100).
>
> Biggest accomplishment so far is filling in EVERY hole in the deck except
> gear shift/throttle and electrical plug.  There were about 600 holes
> including 11 that involved cutting fiberglass patches.  I cut out and
filled
> in the head cowl vent and plan to install 5 SS cowl vents I got for
> Christmas; 1-4" at bow (on a Dorade box) and a 3" over the head, a 3" over
> hanging locker and 2-3" in the lazarette connected to pipes ventilating
> lockers and engine room.  I was in Florida last week and, in between
> meetings, I bought the
> moulds for the cowl vent bases (those not on Dorade boxes) which are kids
> beach buckets I will turn upside down and cut to fit to deck.
>
> I also used the rub rail as a damn to fill in the hull to deck joint with
> epoxy so now the deck plane extends straight to the top of the rub rail.
> This will allow me to elevate the toe rail on 3/8" SS brackets and get
> continuous water drainage.  Sails and dodger have been repaired/restiched.
> I
> discovered the main is good but has some spots and I have a good inventory
> of headsails but only one cut for the roller furler (story goes previous,
> owner, after retirement, started his libation ritual mid afternoon
> [before dropping the hook] and his spouse insisted on a roller furling so
> the hank on sails have been in the bags since the middle 80s).
>
> I water blasted below mainly to get loose paint off.  Now have tarp over
her
> w/ dehumidifier going full time.  Does anyone know how to distinguish
water
> base paint from oil base?
>
> The to do list is getting smaller but sometimes I can't resist the
> urge to try to do as much as possible before launching.  Here is a
partial:
> paint and reinstall engine, install water and fuel filters and fuel pump
in
> engine
> compartment (if they fit); still thinking about a new, larger fuel tank
> under cabin sole (I have  a design where all the openings would be in
engine
> compartment just aft of the removable companionway steps); remount the
> engine gauges (don't quite know where yet); build a hinged mast step (I
> would recoup the cost by not paying for a boat yards to do it a couple of
> times and clearance below a couple of  bridges in Pittsburgh is
> questionable); reinstall head about 4" higher (just a plank spanning to
> bulkheads;) paint interior, deck and hull, replace plastic laminate
counters
> w/ stainless
> steel; replace lifelines; add inner forestay; bring peace to the world.
>
> The hope (springs eternal) is to get her in the water in Pittsburgh in
early
> fall to get the feel of maneuvering under power and do some limited
sailing
> then head for the Chesapeake next season.  I am great that I enjoy
> working on her so much that it is not a burden.  So, the beat goes on.
>
> Hope you have a great sailing season.
>
> Roger
>
>
> Roger Kingsland
> Chief Financial Officer (AKA, check writer)
> PERFECT intentions, A30 #148
> N40°  29.288'
> W79°  54.228'
>
> Author's Disclaimer; This email was produced exclusively by the sender
and,
> 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
document.
> If present, they are certainly unintended and hopefully do not cloud the
> message, or spawn any unnecessary lawsuits.
>
> > Roger - I've missed you, how's the boat coming?
>
>
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