[Public-List] A30 castings from Edson
Michael Connolly
crufone at comcast.net
Tue Dec 17 07:33:36 PST 2013
Thanks. Good morning to you Gord,
I was thinking of the best way to organize for the Alberg 30 Groups/owners what Edson has patterns for and would be willing to cast for owners. I know the boat building and parts business is sometimes a bit haphazard. My interest would be to help the Alberg group by working with Edson, and perhaps other mfg's, to organize their patterns and archive them in a way whereby future owners or groups of owners can contact them asking for such and such a part and easily get it made for them. What do you think? Asking too much? This is a project which interests me, but you are the one with the close Edson contacts.
Possibly, we could start by having you, with Bill's permission, send his photos to Edson asking them if they have patterns to match? I believe that Bill's boat #11 and mine #133 might be fitted with the same pintle/gudgeon arrangement. In the meanwhile I will ask Bill to send his photos to me if he will.
My thoughts are if the patterns for the original equipment for the Alberg 30 exist, they should be carefully looked after and not lost. There is a market for these parts. Whether Pt. Townsend, Buck Algonquin, Edson, Davey or Peter McEvoy casts them is in material. I believe that groups of 30 parts could be made, to save mfg costs, and they would find themselves to market.
Michael #133
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Good morning Michael,
I am not specifically familiar with the gear that is cast at Port Townsend
Foundry... But my experience is that usually substantially different from
what Davey makes on a production basis. Port Townsend's gear is on a
special order basis.
Edson will dig about for patterns and make gear on a special order basis;
they say they didn't supply a lot of gear to Whitby Boatworks but might have
appropriate gear. They say the best thing to do is send them photos of what
people are looking for, and they'll look into whether or not they've got
similar patterns.
Cheers -
Gord #426 Surprise
On 17/12/13 9:17 AM, "Michael Connolly" <crufone at comcast.net> wrote:
>
Gord,
Hey you got me all excited about original replacement parts.? I knew
> the Davey parts were not a perfect match for the original Alberg 30 parts. If
> I remember correctly the Davey parts are similar to the ones cast at Port
> Townsend Foundry and they do not fit the Alberg 30 without substantial
> modification.
So my question is exactly what patterns does Edson have which
> were used for the original Alberg 30 production?? This information would be
> invaluable for the Alberg Groups to have.? We collectively would encourage
> Edson to keep them in safe place so they could be used either us or them for
> future castings of replacement parts.
Tracking this down and developing a
> relationship with Edson would be of great benefit for any Alberg 30 owner.? We
> tend to keep our boats for some period of time and?there will always be a?need
> for these parts.
We appreciate your efforts in sorting this out for us.
>
Michael #133
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Laco"
> <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 4:01:00 PM
>
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Hello Michael -
>
William Woodford US #11 just sent me photos - I had misunderstood what you
>
folks were looking for. ?I have those pintles and gudgeons in bronze on the
>
shelf and would be glad to supply them to members for wholesale. ?I've just
>
sent that message to William. ?If anyone else needs them please contact me
>
off line.
Gord #426 Surprise
(when I'm not sailing, and not with the RCN,
> I'm North American distributor
for Davey, the English classic yacht fitting
> manufacturer)
On 16/12/13 3:49 PM, "Michael Connolly" <crufone at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> Hi Gord,
I am sure George Dinwiddie can direct you to many photos
> of these
> parts on the Alberg 30 Web site.
Michael
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>
> -----
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> December 16,
> 2013 3:26:17 PM
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> Edson
Hello gang -
>
Edson has responded and with some enthusiasm. ?
> They¹ve asked for a photo of
>
the lower gudgeon/rudder shoe as anyone got
> such a thing they could email
>
to me?
Gord #426 Surprise
>
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