[Public-List] Winches for Alberg 30

[Don Campbell]

The question I always ask when it comes to hardware is "What would Carl 
Alberg do now?" I can't imagine he would put old hardware on now,  given 
the safety of current designs.
Don

------ Original Message ------
From: "Gordon Laco via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" 
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Cc: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>; "Wade Wall" 
<wade.wall at gmail.com>
Sent: 2021-08-09 8:00:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Winches for Alberg 30

>Good morning
>
>The wisest could action is to replace the old bronze winches with ‘modern’ ones which will accommodate the universal handles common over the past thirty years.
>
>Black aluminium #8’s are quite inexpensive and serve well as A30 halyard winches.  Modern bronze winches are more expensive but are also readily available
>
>The old slot winches make great doorstops….   Surprise’s old slot winches work well in their retirement as bookends in my office
>
>Gord
>Surprise 426
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>>  On Aug 8, 2021, at 7:29 PM, Clay Pass via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>
>>  You might try Bacon's Sail in Annapolis, last time I was there they seemed
>>  to have the original winch handles.  You can call or send them a picture of
>>  what you need.
>>
>>  Clay
>>
>>>  On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 4:49 AM Wade Wall via Public-List <
>>>public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>>  So I got my new Alberg 30 in the water and everything was perfect, until I
>>>  made my first sacrifice to Poseidon by losing the original (brass) mast
>>>  winch handle overboard. Too deep to retrieve and feel bad that after 30
>>>  years it met such an ignoble end.
>>>
>>>  At any rate, are these winch handles still available? I am guessing I have
>>>  to look around, but just wanted to ask you all first.
>>>
>>>  Wade
>>>  Bellwether #421
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