[Public-List] 'Alberg 30' circumnavigators

Mon Jan 27 16:52:58 PST 2014

There is a reason Polly Ticks

Throw it in the water before it explodes

Agree, lets keep it about the Boats.

And maybe the odd Rob 'Dubious Maximus' Ford jokes ; )

By the way, Yves is a delightful fellow - met him several times

Cheers,

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Mayfield" <phil.mayfield at sympatico.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] 'Alberg 30' circumnavigators

> Hear! Hear! Beautifully stated.
>
> Philip Mayfield
> Mayreau #236
>
>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:34:35 -0500
>> From: dominic.amann at gmail.com
>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] 'Alberg 30' circumnavigators
>>
>> With respect to Yves Gelinas. As a Canadian, I would like to suggest that
>> in boating, as in the arts, we should leave politics out of it. I have
>> every respect for his achievement, and would love to discuss matters
>> maritime with him any time. In the same way I would have respect for
>> Napoleon, or Montcalm, or any great general, captain or admiral of any
>> nation whether politically or militarily opposed.
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Glenn Brooks 
>> <brooks.glenn at comcast.net>wrote:
>>
>> > Yikes I stand corrected!  My apologies to both Yves and all TROC
>> > albergers.  We used to have a similar outlook when living in Alaska..
>> >
>> > Gpb
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > > On Jan 26, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Michael Grosh <dickdurk at gmail.com> 
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Merde!
>> > >> On Jan 26, 2014 4:33 PM, "David Gilbert" <bigkanu at rogers.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> The boat builder is Whitby Boat Works.
>> > >> I don't want to detract from his aceivement but Yves Gelinas most
>> > >> certainly does not list his home port as Ontario. He is a Quebec 
>> > >> native
>> > and
>> > >> espouses separatist beliefs and in his video shows himself affixing
>> > what he
>> > >> calls his national flag to the stern of his vessel; this flag is
>> > actually
>> > >> the Quebec Provincial Emblem and Yves has stated that he considers
>> > Quebec
>> > >> to be his country. He did admit that this inhibited sales of his 
>> > >> video
>> > in
>> > >> what we real Canadians call TROC - The Rest of Canada. As a proud
>> > Canadian
>> > >> and Alberg owner, I have no time for him.
>> > >> David
>> > >> On 26-Jan-14, at 2:13 PM, Glenn Brooks wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Hi George,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I've been very neglectful not to post some background info 
>> > >>> regarding
>> > >>> Alberg 30 circumnavigators on your web site.  below is the basic
>> > >>> information I've accumulated thus far.  May I ask if you could put 
>> > >>> it
>> > up on
>> > >>> the web page and I will do my best to supplement with some 
>> > >>> additional
>> > info
>> > >>> such as route, pictures etc?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Also I don't have the hull numbers or year built of all the boats 
>> > >>> and
>> > >>> have lost track of the spreadsheet that contains such things. 
>> > >>> Maybe
>> > >>> someone on the list can fill in some of the boat detail.  it would
>> > also be
>> > >>> interesting to know where the boats are now...
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Also, I would like to ask any on the list to please reply with any
>> > >>> corrections or additions I may have missed.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Thanks
>> > >>> Glenn
>> > >>> Dolce 318
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Sent from my iPad
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Four Alberg 30 owners have circumnavigated the globe since the 
>> > >>> Whidby
>> > >>>> boat yard produced the first hull.    Each circumnavigation was
>> > >>>> accomplished singlehanded, two completely by lone skippers, the 
>> > >>>> other
>> > two
>> > >>>> singlehanded over at least three of the five oceans:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Terrell Adkisson, 1975 -78 aboard Altair, home port Port Arthur, 
>> > >>>> Texas
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Yves  Gelanis, 1982 -83  aboard Jean Du Sud, hull # 399, home 
>> > >>>> port,
>> > >>>> Ontario, Canada, via Cape Horn and the other great capes. creator 
>> > >>>> of
>> > the
>> > >>>> Cap Horn windvane - Yves tested his cap horn prototype on his A30
>> > during
>> > >>>> the voyage, and has made six oceans crossings in Jean du Sud 
>> > >>>> since.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Kirk Little,   2008 - 2012 , aboard Salsa, still cruising San 
>> > >>>> Blas,
>> > >>>> Panama after crossing his outbound track near Colombia. Kirk
>> > maintains a
>> > >>>> blog named www.sailingsalsa.com that describes his experiences.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Paul Vibert, 2011 -2013, aboard Rough Bounds, built 1962, hull 
>> > >>>> #25,
>> > home
>> > >>>> port Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Paul was rolled and dismasted in heavy
>> > breaking
>> > >>>> seas in the Indian Ocean during his approach to Cape Town.  Like
>> > Yves, he
>> > >>>> erected a jury rig from remnants of his mast and rigging and 
>> > >>>> sailed
>> > to the
>> > >>>> nearest island where he built a temporary mast from cast off
>> > materials and
>> > >>>> sailed on to Cape Town where he built a new mast to complete his
>> > voyage.
>> > >>>> Paul's last leg was a 4500 NM non stop route from Cape Town to the
>> > >>>> Caribbean, then after a short refit, a final non stop leg to 
>> > >>>> Ontario,
>> > >>>> Canada, arriving home in July, 2013.
>> > >>>>
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