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<DIV><SPAN class=430114403-29072002><FONT color=#0000ff>Bill: Owlet
again, further to Bob's comments Owlet's seat locker panels were so
deteriorated that I had all of the wood routed out and the void filled with GRP
and a none slip surface . This makes for a good solid locker lid which bears a
lot of stress where you step in and out of the boat. Cheers, Doug
Wight "Owlet".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT size=2>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> public-list-admin@alberg30.org
[mailto:public-list-admin@alberg30.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Bob<BR><B>Sent:</B>
28-Jul-02 10:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> public-list@alberg30.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [Alberg30] Rookie questions<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On Sunday, July 28, 2002,
at 07:25 PM, Mary & Bill Mahony wrote:<?bigger><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial>2. The boat has no compass...is
there a recommendation for a compass? Is the little compartment
just aft of the companionway the preferred
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<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial>3. The cockpit seat locker
panels are deteriorated...any info on what kind of wood these were
originally? <BR><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><BR><BR>Bill,<BR><BR>If
you use a conventional liquid filled compass the compartment in the bridge
deck is too close to the engine and therefore will make it difficult to
compensate the compass for deviation. I have mine located on the left
bulkhead. I'm not sure if flux-gate compasses are in use nowadays, but, if so,
the indicator could be in the bridge deck as long as the flux gate itself is
located in an appropriate location away from iron or other magnetic material.
I use the bridge deck compartment for my depth sounder. <BR><BR>On our boat
the seat locker panels, lazarette hatch and companionway hatch were all
laminated teak. I sanded them down to the next layer of teak each time they
wore down to the glue joints. After some years, the teak in the seat lockers
got below the level of the fiberglass top of the seat and I replaced the
laminated teak with solid teak planks about rwo inches wide. The space between
planks were filled with a black sealant.I found that the seat then would flex
along the sealant. (The laminated teak had been providing stiffness to the
seat.) If you use solid planks this way you should put stiffening on the
inside of the seat.I made the thickness of the teak planks thick enough so
that I could sand the teak down without taking the surface below the
surrounding fiberglass.<BR><BR>Good Luck with the new boat,<BR><BR>Bob Johns,
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