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[Rob Alley]

Thanks to all (particularly Gord)for straightening out my:

1. Junk issue--I had forgotten the folkboat bit
2. Giving me Blondie Hassler's name. Hassler had an interesting time in 
WWII, if I remember correctly--but as you know now, I may not!

In my defense-- that part of the library is now behind 2 dog crates, 
holding, in aggregate, 150 lbs of retrievers.  I only have access at 
their meal times!!

R

Gordon Laco wrote:
> 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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