[Public-List] Hello from Vancouver.(Somewhat)proud newowner of Antares 1967 A30.

[Mike Lehman]

The last Alberg 30 built by Whitby was #655 in 1983...it is the one I have 
been restoring for the past year and a half.



Mike Lehman

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Gordon Laco
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:01 AM
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Hello from Vancouver.(Somewhat)proud newowner of 
Antares 1967 A30.

Hi Jeremy

That number indicates you've got an Alberg 30, hull number 693, built in '82

Gord #426 Surprise. (3042670)

On 2012-07-28, at 5:26 AM, Jeremy Brown <j_l_brown at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Should I still remove tabbing since it is unbroken?  I have pictures of my 
> mast step and the sticker on it which is all I could find for identifying 
> marks, blue water spars out of north Vancouver.  Hull plate says 3069382, 
> so I suppose I'm hull 382, anyone know any history on it?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeremy
>
> Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jeremy
>
> You are welcome. I look forward to getting progress reports. Mike 
> Meinhold,
> owner of #272, commented that you should not loosen the rigging too much 
> at
> a time, only enough to put slack in the rig, then jack up the beam until 
> the
> rigging is tight, then loosen the rigging some more, etc. He learned this
> the hard way earlier this year.
>
> I would not worry about deforming the deck...just take it slow.
>
>
>
> Mike Lehman
>
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jeremy Brown
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:43 AM
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Hello from Vancouver. (Somewhat)proud newowner 
> of
> Antares 1967 A30.
>
> Thank you so much:)  that's going to be so valuable when it comes time to 
> do
> it.
> That's exactly my suspicion with the screws.
>
> My understanding of the depression was exactly that, but the tabbing on 
> the
> back is totally unbroken, and the deck has no depression.  A different
> surveyor and two experienced boat people looked at it.  They were puzzled 
> by
> the obvious depression in the underside as the deck looks perfect on top.
> One said that the way the fiberglass tape goes around the trim, and the
> other edges make it appear that the deck was cut out and returned inside
> only.
> I'm worried about distorting the outside deck when I move it back into
> place.
>
>
>
>
> Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jeremy
>
> The long screws through the bottom provide no support at all. Once they 
> are
> removed you may find that the delamination is more pronounced, if the 
> screws
> are holding the layers together.
>
> An understanding of how the beam was originally constructed and why it
> failed is helpful to understand how it can be repaired.
>
> 1. Whitby Boat works used the wrong kind of glue to laminate the beam. 
> Maybe
> it was the only kind available at the time the boats were manufactured. 
> The
> glue failed and the laminations s
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