[Public-list] Atomic four intake seacock location

[Gordon Laco]

Hey Rachel - I'll take the heat off you by resuming my complaining about the
A30's ballast ratios and that damned totem pole mast...

;) Gord #426







> 
>  easy folks... get them hackles back down...
>  Rachel wrote:
> 
> What I don't get is the ire.  I mean, I thought I made it clear why I
> was *thinking* about moving the through-hull.  And I certainly respect
> the basic design of the boat.  However, after seeing -- for example --
> the way the bilge was constructed at Whitby, I have no illusions that
> the boat was constructed in the best possible way at all times, and I
> believe that certain things can be improved.  What I don't like are
> ill-conceived, poorly executed "improvements" that weren't thought
> through in the first place.  I'm putting a lot of effort into NOT doing
> that, but posting about it here can be rather discouraging.
> 
> If replacing a 40-year old gate valve that was on a "through hull" that
> consisted of a piece of pipe peened over a washer makes me a "NEO
> Marine Architect" then so be it.
> 
> Rachel
> 1967 Alberg 30, #221
> Possibly interested in selling - contact me offline if you are
> interested.  Boat is located in lower Chesapeake Bay.
> 
> On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:10 PM, C.B. Currier wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I don't get it!
> 
> Why move anything in the first place? ..... As for the other through
> hulls ... these boats have been around for 40
> plus years ... why is it we have all of these NEO Marine Architects
> that
> want to REDESIGN the boat? It Aint Broke so don't fix it!


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