[Public-list] Atomic four intake seacock location

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Rachel,

I agree with Gord.  Cast iron is for wood stoves, not boats.  I have a new
scheme for a bolt on wing keel made out of heavy metal; a little radioactive
but, talk about heavy, it's even in the name.  I figure I can chop out
enough of the original cast iron keel to accommodate a hot tub under the
cabin sole.  

Relative to the "totem pole" mast, what I had in mind was carbon fiber,
lot's of it; mast, stays, sails (rudder, tiller, frying pans).  Perhaps an
Aero Rig with a rotating, carbon fiber mast plunging through the center of
the main cabin.  If I attach a round table about 30" above the cabin sole, I
could have a lazy susan and the crew could eat each other's lunch on every
tack.  

Thank goodness everything on my boat is broken; otherwise "the page" might
require I sail a design built when I was 15 (from what I recall, a very good
year, but not exactly yesterday).  I just hope none of the "if it aint
broke, don't fix it" crowd are airline pilots.

Roger Kingsland,
Rubber, scraper, chief check writer
"PERFECT intentions"
A30 #148
 

 

  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Gordon Laco
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [Public-list] Atomic four intake seacock location

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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