[Public-List] Stem head fitting

[Glenn Brooks]

Kris,

If your looking for one, the rigger in Port Townsend was the outfit that made up my new mast head  for Dolce.  They also cut apart an extra piece of mast tubing and riveted reinforcing plates on both sides of my mast, at the spreaders.  Total cost was around $3k with a Solent stay and some misc blocks and running rigging. Dolce has made 6 or 7 Ocean crossings now with the new owner with no rigging problems. 

Glenn 

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> On Oct 27, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Kris Coward via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I recently heard from a friend that he has a friend who operates a
> crusher and made some remarks recently about A30s being tough boats to
> crush. I'm expecting to get acquainted with him shortly, and see if he
> has any idea where the stem head fittings have ended up from any boats
> he's crushed
> 
> -K
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 02:48:51PM -0400, Mike Lehman via Public-List wrote:
>> I do have a spare stem head fitting. However is is for the older boats. I
>> removed it from hull 135 prior to the boat going to the crusher. It will
>> not work on the 'new' boats.
>> 
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 9:48 AM mahseer--- via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I believe that mike leeman May  have a line on one from a destroyed berg.
>>> John Boor
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 26, 2019, at 7:57 AM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Good day -
>>>> 
>>>> Edson in the USA supplied many of the castings.   If you catch them on a
>>> good day (and send a photograph) they may look through their collection of
>>> patterns and that could result in finding your stem head fitting.
>>>> 
>>>> Because they were made specifically for the Alberg 30, and because our
>>> boats have been out of production for so long, I would say that is the only
>>> way you’d get a new one.
>>>> 
>>>> You could have the existing fitting welded.  A skilled machine shop may
>>> have a welder who can identify the alloy then do a good job of the repair.
>>> I think that may be the route you should explore.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Gordon Laco
>>>> #426 Surprise
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 26, 2019, at 6:36 AM, Shaun Sims via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> We just recently sold our Alberg 30 here in Cairns, Australia after
>>> crossing over to the dark side and purchasing a catamaran.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tropica is one of the last Albergs to be produced and was sailed out to
>>> Australia from Canada about 6 years ago.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We’ve sailed Tropica up and down the Queensland coast in every kind of
>>> weather and she has handled like a dream.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can understand our dismay then, when this morning we bumped into
>>> the new owner of Tropica who told us that the cast aluminium stemhead broke
>>> just below the forestay roller furler. Fortunately he was able to turn the
>>> vessel downwind quickly and the mast stayed upright while he tied the
>>> spinnaker down.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So my question - can you still source a cast aluminium stemhead for the
>>> Alberg 30’s?
>>>>> 
>>>>> It looks like it's cast as one piece comprising a large triangular
>>> inset the rides up over the gunnels with a large toggle fitting at the end.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any help most appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Fair winds,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shaun
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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