[Public-List] Babying our boats

[Mike Lehman]

I have sailed the Alberg with the rail in the water, the winches in water, 
the coamings in the water and even the spreaders in the water...all proved 
to be slooooow (especially with the spreaders in the water). The fastest and 
most comfortable angle is when the boat is healed to the cove stripe. Even 
if you have to backwind the main a bit...keep the rail out of the water!



Mike Lehman

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Gordon Laco
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:48 PM
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Babying our boats

Kris

I remember back when we were a One Design in LORC people reckoned 18-20 
degrees as the high end before heeling began to hurt speed.   I think that 
angle puts the rail a couple or a few inches free...

What do you Chesapeake  people say?

Gord 426

On 2012-09-26, at 5:11 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:

>
> 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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