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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I would say the mast is overbuilt. I have
compared the wall thickwall of the mast</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>with other brands of 30 +
footers and they don't even come close to the wall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>thickness of the A-30 mast.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Guy #466</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="mailto:guy.lalonde@sympatico.ca">guy.lalonde@sympatico.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Gordon E. White <<A
href="mailto:gewhite@crosslink.net">gewhite@crosslink.net</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A href="mailto:alberg30@onelist.com">alberg30@onelist.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:alberg30@onelist.com">alberg30@onelist.com</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Thursday, November 05, 1998 8:00 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[alberg30] Re:
mast strength<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Greg, <BR> I don't know
whether the mast is over-built, but my boat was hit by a tornado in the fall
of 1995 at her pier. The force was such that it broke off two hefty pilings
<U>at the point they entered the bottom mud</U> but the Alberg's mast was
only slightly bent above the spreaders. Tornados are "funny"
things, but the boat stood up pretty well. The same storm twisted off
several 18-24 inch trees ashore.
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