[Public-List] Opening ports

Tue Feb 9 06:48:47 PST 2016

:-)  Actually my curtains are pretty well made.  They are doubled with
white fabric to the outside...do they help keep the cabin a wee bit
cooler?  Maybe.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nh285ru3ze7d78v/Looking%20Forward.jpg?dl=0

I just realized what a mess the inside of my boat is...I'm expecting the
rebuilt motor very soon so I have moved alot of stuff out of "the path of
destruction".  The port bunk has become a catch-all for all sorts of bits
and parts.

Wes

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Ha! Curtains....
>
> I remember when I bought SURPRISE I was smarting over the loss of my wooden
> Folkboat...  The new boat had everything I thought I'd never lower myself
> too...  Roller furling on the headsail, aluminium mast, glass hull, inboard
> engine, life lines, standing headroom, a wheel, a proper head, then, I saw
> the curtains.  I couldn't stand that, they were just too much, so removed
> them.
>
> Now that I've become resigned to the comforts I enjoy, I wish I'd kept at
> least the tracks...
>
> Ah - what pride will do to a fellow...
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
> PS - I think I've written about this already, but here it is again... The
> first time we spent the weekend in the Alberg 30, I awoke early in the
> morning.  Our two sons were sleeping up forward, Caroline was in her bunk
> and I was in mine to starboard.  I could hear rain on the deck.  C was
> awake
> so I started complaining to her.  I didn't like all the empty space above
> me, I missed the smell of linseed oil, I missed the sound of wavelets on
> the
> old boat's lapstrake planking... Then she interrupted me saying 'run your
> hand over your sleeping bag',  I said 'why?'  She said 'it's raining, and
> we're dry'.   I had no answer for that...
>
>
> On 2016-02-09, 9:21 AM, "Wes Gardner via Public-List"
> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > Once again, someone has done me a very good turn over the years as none
> of
> > my ports leak (except for the small one that's leaking from the gasket).
> > Not sure what they were bedded with originally but I think I'm going to
> > leave well enough alone.  My plexi is beginning to show crazing but my
> boat
> > has curtains (I know, cute, huh ;-) so I rarely need to look out the
> > windows anyway.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Brian Zinser <bzinser at nmu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, they sell a repair kit. I spoke with someone at the firm a couple
> of
> >> years ago.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Public-List [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Wes Gardner via Public-List
> >> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 9:27 PM
> >> To: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>; Alberg 30 Public List -- open to
> >> all
> >> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Opening ports
> >>
> >> Gord,
> >>
> >> Do you think they still sell gaskets? I have three, one leaks a bit and
> the
> >> other two aren't leaking but I'm afraid to open them in fear they'll
> start
> >> leaking due to old gaskets.
> >>
> >> Wes
> >>
> >>> On Feb 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List
> >> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I reckon that firm in Toronto was Atkins&Hoyle. Not in T.O anymore, but
> >> still run by the same people.  They're across the isle from me at the
> >> boatshow every year.
> >>>
> >>> I reckon the ports will cost a lot more today.
> >>>
> >>> Gord #426 Surprise.
> >>>
> >>>> On 2016-02-08, at 7:25 PM, Brian Zinser via Public-List
> >> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> My boat (now owned by James Baldwin) has opening ports. I have the
> >>>> price list of optional equipment. The opening ports with screens were
> >> $40
> >> each.
> >>>>
> >>>> They were made by a firm in Toronto.
> >>>>
> >>>> Brian Zinser
> >>>> Former owner of #134
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Public-List [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On
> >>>> Behalf Of bill ydel via Public-List
> >>>> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 5:37 PM
> >>>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> >>>> Subject: [Public-List] Opening ports
> >>>>
> >>>> For those of you who have upgraded to opening ports, what did you
> >>>> install and how did it go?
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill Ydel
> >>>> SallyB #441
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
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