[Public-List] Rciahrd Mair

[Richard J Hughes]

Richard,  if you take this off list I would love to be included at 
rjhughes at shaw.ca.  Thank you.



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From: "Richard Mair" <ramair49 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:13 PM
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-List] We are looking for Richard, his partner and INTO 
THE BLUE

> We would be happy to tell you more..We should probably take this off list
> and e-mail directly..Our longest trip was 28 days and we ended that with
> enough supplies to have gone another  week. Getting ready for a trip to
> Ontario right now but after we get there I will go into more detail on 
> what
> we have found so far..Unfortunately we are off the boat right now because 
> of
> all the work we are doing and Halifax is no place to live aboard in the
> winter..As you will see later the work we are doing in the v birth would
> have been difficult while living aboard..Living on a A30 is much more
> enjoyable than living in a small apartment..We would not consider a larger
> boat..Will go into the reasons later
> Bye for now
> Richard 609
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:46 PM, <elyse.pastor at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Richard and Partner,Elyse and I are sorry the way we approach - but 
>> we
>> have an Alberg 30, LADY HERON 297 that we started to recondition in our
>> second owners year of spring 2009 (18 major projects like holding tank,
>> solar panel, GPS Standard Horizon, complete new wires and electrical 
>> panel,
>> electric powered anchor roller, complete inside mold removal and 
>> painting,
>> re-manufacturing of tiller to rudder point attachment etc. etc.).The 
>> reason
>> for this was to prepare the A-30 for a potential travel to the south or
>> may-be one day for a circumnavigation. We then traveled 72 days in Canada
>> (St-Lawrence river, Lake Ontario, Trent-Severn waterway, Georgian Bay, 
>> Lake
>> Huron, Lake Erie and back) to test our Lady Heron - and the 1,800 nm were 
>> a
>> complete success. However, our feeling was - if you need stuff (food, 
>> water,
>> security equipment, dinghy, clothing etc.) for a 25 or 30 day passage, 
>> and
>> you want to live on board for a few years, the A-30 starts to look a bit
>> small for that (for
>>  2 persons). Without more knowledge and experience, we began to look at
>> larger boats like the Alberg or Tajana 37.Now that we read you are on the
>> way since 2005, we are certainly impressed and would like to find out if 
>> you
>> could send us some pictures/information on how your A-30 is equipped and 
>> has
>> transferred, how many days were your longest transfers and how do you 
>> feel
>> about your way-of-living (limited or not at all). This would help us to
>> decide what to do and how to plan such an adventure.We thank you in 
>> advance
>> for your respond.Bruno & ElyseLady Heron 297
>>
>>
>>
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