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John Birch <Sunstone@idirect.com></tt>
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Actually Carl's original specification was for an external lead keel, and
he was not too happy about having to draw in an internal keel due to Hansen's
insistence on one. The ease of building is enhanced by internal construction
but at least he didn't fill the keel with punchings like some builders
of the time did.
<P>When one haggles down too hard you don't get the same quality - something
has to give. The fact that with all the compromises, the A-30 is
still a good boat, indicates that corner cutting from Kurt's stand point
is not the same as producing crap. More specifically, the corner cuttings
can largely be retrofitted without too much effort.
<BR>Cheers,
<BR>John,
<BR>Sunstone KC-65.
<P>Rap1208@aol.com wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>From: Rap1208@aol.com
<P>Greg, your guess is as good as mine on the score of price. I think
the
<BR>original group tried to force the price down as far as the could,
because of
<BR>the group buy. Yea, a couple of hundred, way down the road, doesn't
mean
<BR>much. But I think the iron balast was Whitby's idea all
along. Lead is
<BR>much better because of the extra leverage, and the non rusting properties.
<BR>That was Carls original specs. They saved a bunch on that.
<BR>Russ
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