[Public-List] Hull number

[David Terrell via Public-List]

What was the point of sail?

David, 432


On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Glenn Brooks via Public-List wrote:

> Yep, you got it!  And congratulations on buying one of the finest 
> sailing boats ever designed.  My going away present, upon selling 
> Dolce, hull no. 318, (3068318 as it were) was a sea trial last Friday 
> broad reaching out into the Straits of Juan De Fuca, leaving Port 
> Townsend Bay with the winds blowing WNW'erly down the strait - 
> gradually increasing from 20 knots to 35 knots, with sustained gusts 
> over 40 and several periods easily reaching 50 to 60 Knts.  We had 
> moderate seas of 4-5', but the winds were blowing the bow spray 
> horizontally for a long ways to windward - a boat length or more. 
> Very impressive weather. Yet the Alberg sailed a wonderfully straight 
> course with little heel  at 5 to 6 knots boat speed. With the main 
> trimmed out properly, the helm was very light and responsive and she 
> sailed herself well and true with the Cape Horn Windvane.  We put in 
> two reefs in the main and carried the Genoa as a mere scrap of sail, 
> less than a storm jyb, with maybe 7 or 8 wraps o
>  n the roller furling gear.
> Couldn't have been more impressed on this last day on board, and 
> rather wished I hadn't sold the boat as I found I  wanted to go out 
> and do this some more!
> I think you will find your Alberg will be a magnificent sea boat, well 
> worth the time and effort you put into her.
>
> Again congrats, and enjoy your new boat!
>
> Glenn B.
> Dolce #318
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:51 PM, John Richards via Public-List 
>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the info. My plate number is 3067250 so I guess I'm the 
>> proud owner of hull #250 built in 1967.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 2:27 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List 
>>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think they all originally had builder's plates, but those are easy 
>>> to lose. See http://alberg30.org/boat/numbers.html for the longer 
>>> version of the story.
>>>
>>>> On 6/18/15 12:24 PM, Glenn Brooks via Public-List wrote:
>>>> My previous Alberg, hull 318, made in 1968 didn't have a hull 
>>>> number
>>>> or plate anywhere on board.  I believe these weren't required until
>>>> some maritime registration law was passed in the U.S. In 1972.
>>>> Either it was removed by a previous owner or never had one.  Check
>>>> your DMV title. The serial number on the title should be the hull
>>>> number - something like 6830318 (Yr-Length-hull number), or maybe 
>>>> the
>>>> length and year are reversed as in 3068318.
>>>>
>>>> I chiseled my hull number into my compression beam when I replaced 
>>>> the beam.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Glenn B
>>>> Regretfully the past owner of
>>>> Dolce, 318
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 9:50 PM, John Richards via Public-List 
>>>>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I just bought a 1968 Alberg 30 and was wondering where on the boat
>>>>> is the hull number located. I've been into every nook and cranny
>>>>> but can't find it. Can anyone help?
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>
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