[Public-List] Stern squat.

[Jason S]

I typed it into Google and I guess I read it on alberg30.org....
Seems our boats were based off a similar designed boat called the Odyssey
which was designed for heavy weather of SF bay and the pacific.....by Carl
Alberg
On Feb 15, 2013 11:00 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Sorry, no basis for that one.
>
> Actually they were designed for the light air in Western Lake Ontario....
> And that's partly why the less dense iron ballast seemed acceptable.  The
> loss of stiffness due slightly higher centre of gravity didn't seem to
> matter so much...
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> On 15/02/13 10:58 AM, "Jason S" <mpcylinderheads at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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