[Public-list] A30 Yawl Plans

[Gordon Laco]

Hi there - 

I think that yawl rigs on boats as small as ours are not usually considered
successful from a performance point of view.  They look good, and there are
aurguments to be made in favour of handling characteristics (more combos of
sails etc) but performance is uniformly poorer, especially upwind.

Gord #426







> I recall reading that Alberg wanted to place the A30 mast 2 feet aft of
> current location but Witby didn't, resulting in a short(er) masthead rig
> with low aspect
> main (I think the boom is longer than my wife's car).  It would be cool to
> see the yawl version assuming the same main mast height with shorter boom.
> Bet it makes the boat look bigger also (a friend who had a 31 footer
> installed double life lines so his boat would look bigger, he was 6'-6" so,
> scale wise, he must have looked like a giant on a toy boat).  I guess the
> only place to step the mizzen would be the lazarette bulkhead and main sheet
> would either bisect the cockpit or span over the forward end of the main
> hatch opening.  Wonder if a yawl would point higher.
> 
> 
> 
> Roger Kingsland
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Brugeman" <johnbrugeman at ameritech.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] A30 Yawl Plans
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  I saw Andy at his boat on Monday and asked him about the plans for the
>> A30 Yawl.  He is willing to share whatever he has with the group. But he
>> also told me that Carl Alberg only had sent him vertical plans for the
>> placement of the mizzen mast and sail. He has no plans for the rigging
>> involved; that was engineer after the mast was placed.  It does involve a
>> split aft stay and the shortening of the boom.  I will share them as I
>> receive them.
>> 
>>  John Brugeman
>>  Mermaid 305
>> 
>>  PS.  Does anyone have a half hull model of the A30 or know of anyone who
>> makes them?
>> 
>> FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> In a message dated 7/14/2006 6:09:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> gdinwiddie at alberg30.org writes:
>> 
>> Could you ask Andy if he would be willing to copy his plans? I would be
>> glad to pay for duplication, and I think it would be a fine addition to
>> the Alberg30.org web site. I'd love to include the story of converting
>> the A30 to a yawl, too.
>> 
>> - George
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> A copy of the plans is available?!?!?!?!? :) If you remember, when we
>> first
>> bought Stargazer, I tried to get a copy of the plans of the A 30. The Carl
>> Alberg Archive at MIT, which has the originals of most of ALberg's
>> designs,
>> didn't have the A30 plans, and the company that supposedly did have the
>> plans
>> never answered my calls, so I gave up. If an opportunity is opening to get
>> a
>> copy of the plans, that would be great!!!
>> 
>> Lee Trachtenberg
>> Stargazer #255
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