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<DIV><FONT size=2>Until last year my boat #384 was on the hard beside one of the
Whitby built folkboats (Continental Folkboat is one term I have heard). As
Paul said it has an external iron keel and that was evident by the rusting on
the surface although is didn't seem to be a large problem. What I found
interesting is as follows. One morning in early spring I arrived at the
yard and noticed that the ballast on my A30 (staying very cold on a relatively
warm day) had caused frost to outline its profile on the fiberglass. I
immediately looked over at the Folkboat and voila the profile is virtually
identical to the external iron (very high at the forefoot and tapering toward
the aft end of the keel but stopping well short of the rudder
shoe). I didn't measure or mark it with anything so I can't say for
sure what the exact measurements are. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have a copy of Choice Yacht Designs by Richard Henderson
(1979). He reviews the A30 (and Triton). He has a diagram of the A30
hull lines complete with the ballast outline. It would appear to extend
from just aft of the watertank and decline at about a 10 deg. angle ending about
1.5 to 2.0 feet in front of the rudder shoe where is drops straight
down about 8 to 10 inches to the base of the fiberglass hull. There
is also a bottom up profile (Iines). Because Henderson couldn't get
original plans of the Triton from Pearson at the time he wrote the book, he had
Carl Alberg draw him a new diagram of the Triton Mark II. That plan has a
slightly different rudder which might have been to apease Pearson. The A30
plan also shows a squared off rudder. Perhaps this also reflects Alberg's
revised thinking on rudder profile???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I will see if I can get an enlarged copy of the page. If
I can enlarge it properly I can fax a copy to anyone who wants one.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Peter Hay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Rubicon #384</FONT></DIV>
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