[Public-list] On the other side of the pond...

[Melissa Currier]

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/04/0912/

America's Cup boats tossed like dominoes in France.


> 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
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>> 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>
>> 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] #306 Lost on Grenada
>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:21:44 -0400
>>
>> 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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