[Public-list] Alberg 30 History Spreadsheet

[Christos Katehis]

Excellent job Robert. It must of been pain-staking research. Thank you.

Chris
Kasia#383

-------------- Original message from Robert Kirk <isobar at bcpl.net>: -------------- 


> Albergers… I always wondered about the long previous life of Isobar before 
> I was lucky enough to come aboard, and I imagined that other folks were 
> interested in the history of their boats, too. Through the courtesy of 
> Ralph Bluntschli who saved copies of the Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 
> Association Handbook from its first issue in 1966, I was able to make a 
> spreadsheet of the boats & owners of all our members. I was going to have 
> the spreadsheet printed and given to all the folks who came to our 40th 
> Anniversary Dinner as a souvenir, but the spreadsheet turns out to be very 
> long and awkward at least the way I formatted it - and is really 
> incomplete since we don’t know the background of the boats that never 
> cycled through our Association. (Of course, why any A30 owner wouldn’t have 
> joined is hard to understand, anyway.) So I asked George Dinwiddie to post 
> the spreadsheet on the A30 web site. He posted the spreadsheet as 
> http://www.alberg30.org/boat/A30BoatHistory.xls and referenced on 
> http://www.alberg30.org/boat/numbers.html 
> 
> Having the spreadsheet on the web site will let everyone download it and be 
> able to read or print out just the part that interests them, although it’s 
> great fun, too, to browse through the whole list and get a feel of the 
> breadth and history of our boats. Please enjoy. 
> 
> It’s also an opportunity to get more input beyond our old membership 
> rosters and from anyone who can remember the history of their boat beyond 
> what I have entered. It would be great to hear from the Great Lakes folks 
> and elsewhere. If you can help fill in the blanks for unknown boats, years, 
> owners, & locations, please email me and I will keep updating & reposting 
> the spreadsheet until we know where every Alberg 30 lived for every year of 
> its existence including when those few boats sailed to Valhalla. 
> 
> A couple of notes on my conventions: 
> 
> 1. I have hidden columns B-AF to make it easier to read, but those columns 
> are where the yearly history of all except the last few years are stored. 
> Just highlight the first two columns and use the Excel function 
> Format>Column>Unhide to show them all. 
> 
> 2. The US vs KC designation is not entirely clear. As far as I can tell, 
> Whitby gave dual numbers to only the first 22 or so boats maybe fewer. 
> Those boats with dual numbers need a US or KC to differentiate them. Later 
> boats don’t, even if they usually use the prefix, so I’ve left them off. 
> 
> 3. The “Kept” column, AR, is not necessary and can be confusing since one 
> owner could have “kept” his boat in several different creeks & marinas 
> during his ownership. I only added it since it’s given in the Handbook in 
> most cases and was easy to enter. Feel free to ignore. The “Location” 
> column is very useful, though. 
> 
> 4. I only filled in the years I could verify from the Handbook, knew 
> personally, or got from the Internet signatures. Please fill in the blanks. 
> 
> 5. The numbering may not be 100% accurate. Whitby/Hanson apparently was a 
> little cavalier on his numbering system as some of our past discussions 
> make clear. By building the spreadsheet I was able to correct some 
> misnumbering in a couple of handbook issues, but there are still 
> discrepancies. For instance we seem to have two 227’s which I’ve indicated 
> with an asterisk. That may be Whitby’s mistake or the owners. Any help 
> appreciated. 
> 
> 
> Bob Kirk 
> Isobar #181 (whose history I can now trace back to it’s commissioning) 
> 
> 
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