[Public-List] Stern squat.

[Jason S]

What is the story with the A30 and San Fransisco bay? I thought I read
somewhere where it was based off or designed for SF bay.......just curious
On Feb 15, 2013 10:51 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Hi -
>
> Hansen and Alberg collaborated on the design at the request of the Canadian
> Folkboat Association based in Toronto, who wanted a larger boat than the
> Folkboat.  However, the part about the engine is partly true; the boat was
> designed for an engine, but the Grey Marine and Atomic IV is somewhat
> larger
> and heavier than Alberg might have had in mind. The ballast story is true;
> iron is much cheaper and that's why we got it.  Folkboats use iron, and
> Kurt
> was comfortable with it.
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
> On 15/02/13 10:45 AM, "David Gilbert" <bigkanu at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> > Big Kanu is # 620 and sports a liner; one of the newer ones if you can
> > call a boat built in 1977 "newer". I have heard that Carl Alberg
> > designed the 30 at the request of some sailors in the Chesapeake Bay
> > and that it was designed without an engine. Kurt Hansen, being smart
> > enough to recognize the potential, installed an engine without
> > altering the ballast - ergo, she squats. Last year at launch, well
> > before the mast was reinstalled, I had members come to me in a panic
> > because they thought the boat was taking on water.
> > David
> > On 14-Feb-13, at 11:27 PM, Jeremy Brown wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> As I finish up some projects and spend more time actually relaxing
> >> on the boat I'm noticing some things that bug me that I would like
> >> to fix soon.   One of the biggest is the squat at the stern.  While
> >> I do need to empty the aft lockers, and currently have nothing up
> >> front, it seems to me that it squats a bit even when totally empty.
> >> One thing I have noticed is that the mast is slid as far it will go
> >> aft on it's bolts.  Could I move it forward?
> >>
> >> Has anybody added permanent weight up forward?  I have a Yanmar
> >> 2GM20F, and tank under the cockpit sole, as well as the port locker
> >> containing my house battery bank, even with empty lockers she sits a
> >> little bit heavy aft.
> >> I'm thinking either poured in place concrete(broken up into smaller
> >> sections with 3/8$ foam, with a hard plastic layer on top of 1/2"
> >> closed cell foam to make it easy to remove if needed, and to protect
> >> the hull, or lead(shot in bags).
> >>
> >> I'd like to get the bow down a couple inches, it's not the end of
> >> the world if I can't but it does bug me a fair bit.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Jeremy
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