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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Amos</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have use the Dutchman system since I purchased hull
#305 (Mermaid) with my halyards still at the mast very successfully. Your
mainsail would have to be redone to accomodate the Dutchman lines because the
are threaded through the sail and attached to the top lift. You can bring your
halyards aft to work from the cockpit with some doing also. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Brugeman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#305 Mermaid</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=peter.amos1@btinternet.com
href="mailto:peter.amos1@btinternet.com">Peter Amos</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=public-list@alberg30.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 08, 2002 7:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Alberg30] Dutchman reefing and
electric fuel pumps.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>At present I have the option of roller furling or jiffy
reefing on the mainsail.Both of these systems need me at the mast when I want
to reef ,often holding on and muttering words like "trawler"when conditions
are bouncy.Also I can rarely raise the main without it snagging under the
lower shrouds or jiffy lines unless I motor into the wind on autopilot,which
seems like cheating somehow, and in tight conditions,like the I.C.W. is often
not possible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I wondered if a Dutchman reefing system would be a better
option for a singlehander of mature years and if it can be operated from the
cockpit.Has anyone fitted this system on an Alberg30 or had first
hand knowledge of it on any boat?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I have just read the "Tip of the Month" in the Mainsheet on
the Atomic 4 fuel pump.I did this conversion several years ago when I had a
Tartan 27 with an A4..The electric pump I used was a Facit from NAPA that cost
about $50 then.It was a fairly simple changeover,it had to be for me to do
it,and worked perfectly taking me from South Florida to Hampton,Virginia and
back without faltering once although I read somewhere,long after I had sold
the Tartan,that these pumps had a problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Peter Amos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Tait Tait #478</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>