[Public-List] Continued Fitment questions on Boom Vang choice

Fri Nov 4 01:22:41 PDT 2016

Gordo, et.al., the track for the boom/gooseneck seems a leftover from dingy days?  I can understand a loose track for a simple under 20 day sailer but for such a weighty boom and degree of sail, seems the boom could be fixed and do just as well with an added vang to support keeping it level--just my initial observation.

Skeep

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From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 9:49 AM
To: Wes Gardner; Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all; Don Campbell
Cc: Bill McCoy
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Continued Fitment questions on Boom Vang choice

I know people pound the table spilling each other's beer about fixed vs
sliding goosenecks... I like mine to move on it's track.  Why?  I just do,
that's why.

I don't think rigid vangs require fixed goosenecks.  Nor should they impose
higher loads than tackles...

Gord #426 Surprise

PS  Pim of WINDWARD and I are just back from the 2016 Misery Trip.  This
year's expedition, although later in the season, was a sore disappointment
in that there was no misery.  We romped SURPRISE north out of Severn Sound
running and broad reaching touching seven knots on occasion getting to our
anchorage at Bone Island way too soon. We lounged and lay about all
afternoon, had a good supper out in the cockpit under lights hung from the
boom, admired the stars, slept in comfort, woke up in a not particularly
chilly cabin, ate a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausage... Then
motored home in an incredible glassy calm in warm air.  Damn.  No misery.

I was thinking we'd have to go again in order to find the suffering we were
looking for, but my wife preempted that by volunteering to help me strip
down the rig in preparation for haul out Saturday.  So now it's too late, we
can't go again.

On 2016-11-03, 9:39 AM, "Wes Gardner via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Oh, the hard vangs MAY require a fixed point goose neck???  Mine is still
> on a track.
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's mine...just a simple arrangement of blocks led back to the
>> cockpit.  In fact it is was cobbled together by a PO use a mast bail and a
>> boom bail.  It's the white line, the blue one is the tack line for the asym.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Don Campbell via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill:
>>>    I know of two Alberg 30's that have Garhauer vangs. Both are in the
>>> Canadian race fleet and the one is still in the box because the first one
>>> went on and tore the track off the mast that held the boom. Garhauer made a
>>> bracket for the boom fitting so that that boom now does not move on the
>>> mast. As far as I know, Phil really likes his set up and I will eventually
>>> get around to replacing the cloth vang I have, with the one in the box,
>>> once I figure out where to put the boom on the mast.  If you do get a
>>> Garhauer, make sure you get the mast bracket too. They are a small enough
>>> company that they should be able to make the same one that was made for
>>> Gemini, # 362 and that was for the stock mast.
>>> Don
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Bill McCoy via Public-List
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 7:08 AM
>>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>>> Subject: [Public-List] Continued Fitment questions on Boom Vang choice
>>>
>>>
>>> So Hull 614 is back in the water.  This time in South Carolina.  Photo at
>>> link:
>>>
>>>
>>> [IMG]http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q763/Skeep575/DSC_0
>>> 479_zpsy8voe1sf.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
>>>
>>>
>>> Update discussion threads on Boom Vangs.  I've read the old posts about
>>> these.
>>>
>>>
>>> Questions for the hearty:  1) For the Alberg, is there a consensus on
>>> type vang, blocks or rigid styles?  I'm referring to any sort of setup.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) Garhauer was mentioned as supplying for Albergs specifically.  Is this
>>> still the case that they are tuned-in to our design for boom vang fitment?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks all,
>>>
>>> skeep
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill
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