[Public-List] molds for Albergs.

[Bill Spires]

The molds would be good if someone ever crashed into something or someone 
crashed into them,  I helped with the repair of a boat a long time ago where the 
molds were not available and we had to find a boat to do a take off, build a 
male plug, then build a female mold to mold the part.  I really like the Alberg 
boat.  There are a couple of abandoned ones around here but they are not a boat 
for this area.  Too much wetted surface, too much draft.  The ones I have seen 
liook like they are well built.  I have sailed and raced on a Columbia contender 
and it is a full keel.  It really goes if you have some wind but alas, about 99 
% of the time we have 4 knots or less.  Here we need a light boat, not much 
wetted surface and a huge sail plan.  Think Hobie 33, Soveral 33 or Olson 30. 
 What happens here is that at some point in the race there will be a breeze for 
a short time.  Fast boats will finish while there is some air and when it dies 
the slow boats will not finish before the time limit is up and will be scored 
DNF though lately some of the race committees have been assigning a finish time. 
 I will be working at Calvert Cliffs in the spring and will try to attend a 
party if I can.. 



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From: John Riley <jriley at dsbscience.com>
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 10:33:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] molds for Albergs.

George Dinwiddie wrote:
>
> It would be interesting to know what happened with the molds.  I lost
> contact with Bill Boyle years ago.
>
> I don't know that they would be handy for repair parts, though.  Bill
> told me that, when he received them, they needed some significant work
> before being used.  Others have made molds for small parts:  Read
> Beigel for spray hoods and J Bergquist for winch pads, for example. 
> It's not that hard to do.
>
> Bill Boyle decided that there wasn't sufficient market to produce new
> hulls.
>
>  - George
>

I talked to Bill on the phone a couple of years ago, and he said he was
not interested in building any boats on spec.  He did, however, mention
that he would build them 'to order' with a minimum order of several
boats, and given the caveat that he thought some interior furniture
improvements were in order, taking advantage of the last 40 years
improvements in space efficiency in small-ish boats.

I know a handful of folks that would LOVE to see A-30's go back into
production.  I guess the question is how much does it cost to build
hulls to original lay-up schedule and where to get orders.  I'd hate to
see a 'modern' Alberg 30 with a paper thin hull...

On a side note, my trailer boat had not been in production since the
mid-1980's when a few years ago International Marine obtained the molds
and started producing them again.  So this sort of thing CAN happen.


-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521

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