[Public-list] #306 Lost on Grenada

[Gordon Laco]

I agree...if your A30 is in the midst of a pile up like the one in the
pictures from Grenada, I think it is likely that she will come off better
that whatever she hits.

When I first owned my first boat (the Folkboat I keep pining for) I used to
have a nightmare in which she was anchored in a river mouth, and I was
ashore watching as she strained at her cables with the river flooding past
in some sort of storm...until a tree came down the current and hit her &
took her away.  I don't live in a part of the world where hurricanes happen
but it is strange that some part of me worried about that sort of storm.

Good luck.

Gord #426 Surprise






> If any boat can take it - it's the A30 and by today's standards of
> boatbuilding, it's one boat that is worth repairing after a storm.
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>             Mike Lehman
>> <((((º>¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
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> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] #306 Lost on Grenada
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:21:44 -0400
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> Dave,
> 
> The A30 is a tough boat, so don't give up hope.  They're also quite
> repairable.  Even something like a split hull/deck joint isn't all that
> bad.  If the boat's integrity is compromised in such a way, though, have
> them pull off the engine intake hose and open the seacock so the boat
> can't fill up with water.
> 
> - George
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 05:58:26PM -0400, CAPTDAVE40 at aol.com wrote:
>> Last fall I sailed my Alberg30 #306 from Islesboro, Maine to Grenada.
>> It was hauled out at Spice Island Boat Yard. Every vessel was blown off
> their
>> supports. The eye of IVAN passed over the yard, with winds clocking the
>> compass and blowing 118 mph, gusting to 125mph.
>> Although my vessel was on the hard I consider it lost until I hear of
> it's
>> condition. There has been no correspondence out of Grenada. SIBY is
> working as
>> best as they can under the circumstances to inform boat owners of the
> condition
>> of their vessels. For more info go to, www.stormcarib.com
>> and www.spiceislandmarine.com/
>> Dave
>> Coober Pedy
>> Spice Island Marina
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