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[Gordon Laco]

After years in the Folkboat with no seperate head, one of the things I told
people I liked about the Alberg was the fact that you can do your morning
duty 'like a gentleman, in privacy.  One has to wonder if a skylight in the
head would improve that situation by affording a view and gracious light
from above...or perhaps degrade the situation to humiliation by becoming a
temptation to spectators...

;)

Gord



> Thanks gord, I do not think I will reflect on the plusses and minuses of
> having a skylight in the head.
> 
> david
> 
>>>> Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> 01/13/08 2:03 PM >>>
> HI David - I was just going to write.  It did not occur to me until after I
> hit 'Send' what you were referring to - sorry.
> 
> I would guess that the owner of that boat fitted a Wagner hydraulic steering
> system to the wheel.  The pump on the head side of the bulkhead is only
> about 6"x8"x6" deep.  And the hoses I guess would run down the bulkhead and
> aft under the bunk. Back aft there would be a steering quadrant like your
> cable system had, but with a hydraulic cylinder pinned to it.   Interesting
> idea but a lot of work to avoid being in the cockpit!
> 
> A friend once told me that it is not easy standing in one of those domes for
> any length of time in bad weather - if your hands are on the wheel and not
> available for bracing yourself you get your head banged up.  This is
> personal opinion of course, but I would suggest that spending less money on
> really good foul weather gear would be for me a better solution.
> 
> What could be better on a Sunday afternoon than talking about what some-one
> else did to his boat???
> 
> Gord #426
>


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