Log of Alberg 30 #262 on 02 April 2019


Date: 02 April 2019 11:30 till 02 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

  • Assembled and installed the forward hatch.
  • Installed the icebox hatch.
  • Applied UHMW tape, 7 mil thick, to the underside of the companionway hatch where it rests on the metal slides and where the forward vertical section contacts the cabin top.
  • Applied UHMW tape, 7 mil thick, to the lip of the cabin under the companionway hatch.
  • Use a wirebrush to clean the new two blade prop.
  • Coated the prop with two layers of zinc spray.
  • Painted the underside of the keep that had been resting on blocks while the boat was in Smith's cradle where she will spend the night.
  • Placed docklines and springs for the crew at Smith's to use in tying up the boat should she be launched before I arrive.
  • Inspected the rudder shoe. There is between 1/16" and 1/8" of an inch of play between the shoe and the pin.
  • The pintle is installed on the hull, pin pointing downwards. The gudgeon is installed on the rudder. Both glassed in place. No visible wear on the pin of the pintle.
  • Rove lazy jacks.

© Jonathan M. Bresler