[Public-List] Babying our boats

[Jeffrey Randall]

I still consider myself new to the sailing world but did't John Vigor make
the A-30 the first boat in the book "20 pocket cruisers to take around the
world"  That is the reason I bought Yankee Star and I will reef early and
sail on.  Every time the weather is iffy, I consider it a chance for the
boat to show me who is tougher.  It is always the boat.

Jeff Randall
Yankee Star #296

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Manza, John CIV OSD POLICY <
John.Manza at osd.mil> wrote:

> Fully concur.  I just get a bit lazy sometimes on my need to reduce sail!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kris Coward [mailto:kris at melon.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 05:11 PM
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Babying our boats
>
>
> That sounds like pushing the boat too hard to me; I find that Candy Cane
> is a little quicker with her rail kept comfortably 2-3" out of the water
> (though I don't have much of a collection of flags to back this claim
> up...)
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 05:05:06PM -0400, Manza, John CIV OSD POLICY wrote:
> > Sometimes I worry that I push the boat too hard because of the full keel
> -- with a fin keel she would be more easily overpowered under too much
> sail.  On the A30 I often just put the rail in the water and drive the boat.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeffrey [mailto:fongemie at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 04:01 PM
> > To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> >
> > Subject: [Public-List] Babying our boats
> >
> > I just came back from spending a few days on my boat and pushed
> > Seagrass pretty hard yesterday.   Wind was consistently in the mid
> > 20's with gusts over 30.  We started the day sailing down a river with
> > current opposing the wind generated waves and it made for some nasty
> > chop.  The boat handled itself well though. We had a double reefed
> > main, with a standard working jib and were able to make progress
> > beating into the wind, even against a couple of knots current.  It was
> > a heck of a sail. Rails awash, water running into the cockpit..we were
> > soaked.
> >
> > It did occur to me, that might I give this poor old girl a break?
> > She's from 1965 and pushing 50! I figured that the hull is strong, all
> > my bulkheads are solid, chain-plates and bolts replaced.  Standing
> > rigging good. Cast aluminum mast-head..unknown. Mast beam is original,
> > but holding on..
> >
> > Anyone else think twice when the wind picks up?
> >
> > Jeff Fongemie
> > #116 Seagrass
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie
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Sincerely,


Jeff Randall
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