[Public-list] Atomic four intake seacock location

[Jack Vanderloo]

Hang in there, Rachel, and noli nothis permittere te terere.

Thoughtful improvements (or necessary refinements) on Kurt Hansen's 
original views on the boat's hull/mechanical interface placements are 
not unique to the A30.  The previous owner on my A37 got damned sick and 
tired of standing on his head to access the starboard cockpit drain and 
moved it - period ... just as you are proposing for the water intake.

Jack
ex-A30 KC641
A37 KC180

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!
>>
>>-- 
>>C.B. Currier
>>Infinity #57
>>Dabreak #458
>>    
>>
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