[Public-list] Opening Ports

[Mike Lehman]

I don't think sliding windows would be safe with the way we sail our boats. 
That's why ports in sailboats have big metal frames with thumb screws to 
button them down in rough weather.



Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Opening Ports
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:57:22 -0500

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 07:37:02AM -0800, Michael Connolly wrote:
 > A sailboat is a different animal and because of such I present the
 > caution that these Lexan or Acrylic sliding windows are more likely
 > to fail in heavy seas or a knockdown than thicker fixed windows.
 > The freeboard on an Alberg 30 is such that these windows might only be
 > a foot or so above the water when sailing in heavy air.  You might say
 > that I only sail on inland lakes in good weather so this is not an issue.
 > Anyone who has been knocked down in a sail boat can tell you that this
 > is indeed an issue.

Indeed!  On a fine day, I was hit with a gust while exiting the
windshadow of the Bay Bridge that put the port windows half under water.
The unforseen happens without warning.

  - George
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