Log of Alberg 30 #262 on 01 April 2019


Date: 01 April 2019 11:30 till 01 April 2019 16:00
Endpoints: Smith's Marina to Smith's Marina
Purpose: Continue Preparations for Launch
Complement: Jonathan Bresler
Weather: Mid to High 40's

  • Rove main and genoa halyards.
  • Used brown craft paper to image the prop so that its area and pitch could be determined using the methods documented by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook Appendix B.
  • Taped the bottom of the boot stripe.
  • Applied the fourth coat of Awlwood to the companionway sill after sanding with 220 grit.
  • Painted the hull with PCA Gold . Second coat including the strip between Friday's coat and the boot stripe. Ran out with about half the port aft quarter to do. Phil of Marteng II gave me about 1/2" in a gallon can of Red WestMarine CCP, enough to finish the job. Seems that two coats requires about 5 quarts of bottom paint.
  • Replaced sheave in the aftmost Spinlock WL2 fairlead for the genoa furling line.
  • General cleanup of items aboard. Moved sails to be used from the v-berth to the port side settee. Positioned docklines and two spring lines.

© Jonathan M. Bresler