[Public-List] Stern squat.

[George Dinwiddie]

Jason,

You may be thinking of the Odyssey. 
http://www.alberg30.org/collaborate/OdysseySailboat

  - George

On 2/15/13 10:58 AM, Jason S 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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