GLAA in his issue Commodore s Corner P. 1 Direcors Repors Pgs. 3-7 Boas for Sale P. 8 Updaes P. 9 New Life for an Alberg 30 P. 10 Why Buy an Alberg Design P. 12 glaa execuive Commodore Cahie Coulis Secreary Gord Marin Treasurer Phil Birkenheier...and much more GREAT LAKES ALBERG ASSOCIATION Commodore s Corner by Cahie Coulis Direcor Membership Larry Richardson Direcor of Racing Jane McNally Direcor a Large David Tessier Newsleer Jeff Willis Pas Commodore Don Campbell Webmaser and 2nd Direcor a Large Rob Feeney Pas Commodore Don Campbell Race Commiee Jane McNally Don Campbell Rick Ken Chaing recenly wih sailing friends here in he Bay of Quine area and pors eas, I find ha he annual pre-launch buzz around he boa yards has no been happening quie as early his year as in previous years. Many boas are sill ucked away under heir winer covers, anxiously waiing he warmh of spring s sunshine o once again rejuvenae hem and heir owners. I encourage all Alberg sailors (including GLAA members pas and presen) who receive he GLAA newsleer o reach ou o fellow Alberg sailors a your clubs and marinas. As he Associaion eners is 51s year, membership is lower han i has been since 1967. Having an Alberg Associaion for hese beauiful and classically designed sailboas increases he value of our boa...wheher i is a 22, 29, 30, 34 or 37. During a Phone Commiee call, checking covers a your boayard, a a work pary or a a social gahering, when you come across an Alberg owner who is no a GLAA member ake a few minues and engage ha Alberger in conversaion...perhaps offer him or her a beer or rum...i ve never known an Alberg sailor o urn down a free drink!...and an opporuniy o alk abou heir boas!! Asking why hey love heir Alberg will no doub include a sory or wo of seaworhiness and seakindliness...unlike some of he newer horod or floaing palace designs coming off boabuilders assembly lines. Having an Alberg Associaion increases he value of all our good old boas.
Commodore s Corner con d New members and annual membership renewals conribue grealy o ensuring ha value and he GLAA will coninue for years o come as dinghy sailors look o move up o a keelboa or aging racers look for a more comforable sailboa ha offers boh compeiive One Design racing and blue waer cruising capabiliies. The Carl Alberg designed sailboa offers a sailor wih any level of experience and skill a wonderful sailing experience! Simulaing ineres and paricipaion in Associaion aciviies is crucial and an ongoing challenge. This year will be no excepion as more GLAA members are puing heir boas up for sale...our boas and a large porion of he GLAA membership are a a place in heir lives where bodies and boas are growing older, and boh require more 'mainenance'. Sailing, for some, has become a chore and less enjoyable. The boom line is he GLAA needs new members! Our Associaion began as a One Design Racer/Cruiser class organizaion for racing Alberg 30 owners cenered in and around he Torono area who happened o also enjoy cruising wih heir families every summer. In fac, one such racer wroe a grea sory in an Aug-Sep ediion of he 1968 newsleer called The Racing Skippers Guide o Cruising. These 'early' Alberg 30 racers paricipaed in heir clubs' weekly race series and if here were enough Alberg 30s, hey would ge heir own sar as a One-Design Class...and he Alberg 30 Lake Onario Associaion flourished. There was los of socializing, boh on and off he waer.....more han here has been for quie some ime. Since he '80s, he GLAA has expanded is membership o include oher Alberg designs. Over he pas few years, owners of A22s and A37s have also joined our group. Though our One Design Racing oday doesn' have quie he large number of boas coming ou o he sar line on a regular basis as here were in he early years (12-15 boas and someime more), here is currenly a core of 4 commied Alberg 30 owners in he Torono area, and ohers across he lake and a he wes end. If you would like o race or cruise bu you are finding ha i is difficul o find he ime, consider paricipaing in a GLAA even by offering o help he Execuive. For example, he Direcor of Racing would cerainly welcome he suppor of members' help on a race commiee, eiher wih pos race pary arrangemens or wih organizing an addiional race his year. Beginning his year, he GLAA is aking a differen ack on is Cruising forma, going from Annual Rendezvous evens o Bi-Annual. However, if anyone is ineresed in organizing an informal cruise, please conac myself or he edior of our newsleer, Jeff Willis, wih a few deails, and an e-blas will be sen ou o he GLAA membership on your behalf. 2
Secreary s Repor by Gord Marin I ge a lile frusraed a he AGM because I really jus wan o have fun and cach up on all he news wih my friends, bu I need o be making noes in my secrearial role. I ge up he nex morning o pleasan memories, and he mos unbelievable jumble of papers and unreadable noes, so I have no choice bu o wrie ficion. Only kidding abou he ficion, bu once in a while I need o check facs wih someone else o sraighen ou my noes. Evenually i all ges done. The 2014 AGM a Cherry Sree Resauran was aended by 34 members, parners and guess, represening 19 boas. Commodore Cahie Coulis reviewed he 50 h anniversary year, complimened members on good aendance a 50 h evens, and is looking for member inpu via he Members Quesionnaire. Throughou he evening an Alberg hisorical video, produced by Rob Feeney, was playing on he TV. The DVD was available for purchase, wih proceeds going o he GLAA. Cahie announced he passing of wo Alberg friends, Jim Cannon, former owner of A30, Hirondelle, and Douglas Sephenson, a former parner in Whiby Boa Works. Doug conribued much maerial o he associaion archives. The business porion of he meeing was fairly unevenful as i was no an elecion year and he GLAA Execuive, excep for Cruising Direcor, was remaining. Bill Newman has resigned afer 12 years of excellen service on he execuive. One moion; o change he Bylaws o reduce he number of Direcors a Large from wo o one, was defeaed afer some calm bu impassioned discussion. The oher moion was simple housekeeping; CYA is now called Sail Canada, so he bylaws need o show ha. Carried wihou discussion. I seems ha we can have a very enjoyable AGM meeing wihou always needing a gues speaker. There is no shorage of informal soryelling, as he wai saff will aes o as hey sand by hoping we will wrap i up soon. Anyone wih srong opinions and/or ideas for gues speakers, please le Cahie know. Cahie Coulis gave special recogniion o he following people for excepional service o he GLAA: Jane McNally for racing. Rick and Celina for hosing he Syronelle pary. Bev Dales for visior s accommodaions. Bill Newman and Wendy Anderson for seing up he RCYC 50 h Rendezvous. Phoebe Campbell for he 50 h calendar. David Gilber for providing A30 drawings. Ann and Sam Malcolmson for hosing he Blah s Pary for many years. Jane McNally handed ou awards as per he racing repor, and gave a special hanks o Cahie Coulis for all he hard work in organizing he 50 h Anniversary evens. (Much applause!) 3
Racing Repor by Jane McNally Alhough he signs of spring are few and far beween hese days in Onario, plans for he racing season are well under way. Righ now is a good ime o noe he following daes on your calendar: The Syronelle will be he weekend of June 19 21 a Naional Yach Club The Grea Lakes Championship is on Saurday Sepember 12 a Aquaic Park Sailing Club The Rankin Regaa will be he weekend of Ocober 17 18 in he Chesapeake Looking a hese daes, you will see a long gap in he middle of he regular racing program. We have a rophyhe Bob and Mandy Townsend Memorial Trophy- looking for a race his year. I would be happy o hear from anyone who is able o organize a race in eiher July or Augus o fill his gap. Family commimens have me unable o ake on anoher organizing duy in mid summer, bu wihou an organized cruise his year, I see an opporuniy for anoher very enjoyable even. Please conac me if you or a group would like o plan for anoher grea Alberg race even his summer. More informaion on each even will be sen o you once he boas are launched and he 2015 sailing season is a realiy. Albergers Have Talen! Do you have a skill, alen, or business you d like o promoe? Conac us, and we ll be glad o provide a menion in our newsleer. 4
Webmaser s Repor by Rob Feeney Greeings o everyone. As we approach he 2015 sailing season I am ever aware of how much work remains o be done o ge our websie in order and back on rack. Los is going on behind he scenes and, as informaion comes my way, I am making every effor o updae and add o our available pool of informaion. Of noe are wo more Alberg 30s ha have been lised for sale in our 'Markeplace' secion. Follow he links o see which Alberg 30s hey are. Here is a lis of oher recen updaes and changes: 1. Updae o he Commodore's Leer. 2. Dedicaed Cruising and Racing pages have been added. 3. Calendar updaes. All he evens of he 2015 season ha have been confirmed are now easily accessible. Go an even coming up ha may be of ineres o oher sailors? Le me know and I'll be happy o add i o he calendar. Here are a few oher iems I'm working on: 1. Archives. Our commodore has supplied me wih los of amazing archival daa which will gradually sar appearing on he sie. Wach for he addiion of new maerial over he nex few monhs. 2. Online order and paymen sysem. Soon, you will be able o order Alberg regalia and pay for your annual membership dues online. We rus everyone will appreciae he convenience. In addiion, he hun goes on for non-funcional links and oher errors in he pages. The general weakage coninues. If you are looking a he websie or blog and you happen o noice a problem or can' find somehing ha should be here, please email or call me direcly. This is he kind of feedback ha will help make he sie a beer resource for everyone. Say uned! The bes is ye o come. Rob Feeney Web Adminisraor 5
Membership Repor by Larry Richardson Membership numbers are down a bi over pas years. So far, 46 memberships are paid, and anoher 11 are lised as probable. Please welcome new members Ivor and Chris Corbe, A37 Moon Child II and new member Daniel Swords, A30 Soliude, from Slidell LA (Lake Poncharrain). Addiionally, Ken and Shannon Sephenson, former owners of A30 Rubber Ducky, are reurning members. For hose of you who inend o renew your GLAA membership bu have no ye done so, please do so. I can hen include you in he 2015 Roser. 6
Treasurer s Repor by Phil Birkenheier Wih he low membership submission hus far ( 68% reurn rae), here is a significan corresponding decrease in he budgeed income for he Associaion. As repored previously, he evens of las year were a facor in reducing he available funds for his year and in he 2015 budge process, he Execuive pared down all heir requess o mee wha we hough would be a reasonable membership roser. There is sill some room o adjus he budge and if he membership does no reach he budgeed amoun, ha will have o be done. Treasurer Phil Birkenheier speaking a he Annual General meeing. 7
Bisro is For Sale Professionally mainained by he RCYC marine yard for almos 50 years and wih jus wo dedicaed owners in all ha ime, I like o hink she is a very good boa for anyone who loves ha classic syle of yach ha you and I enjoy. Conac: James Roy ( jamesroy@rogers.com) cell: 416-316-9743 8
Miscellaneous Updaes: We re sill looking for your aricles and phoos of mainenance and upgrades. We know Albergers are a resourceful and skilled bunch, so any echnical ips and suggesions are mos welcome, preferably wih phoos. The Buy and Sell corner of he websie has changed o Markeplace. Please le Webmaser Rob Feeney know of any gear, boas, or family members ( kidding!) you d like o dives yourself of, and we ll do our bes o help adverise hem. Members are encouraged o use he Conac Us link on he blog o send us feedback or o advise he Execuive of upcoming evens you d like o see offered, wheher i be a seminar on provisioning for a cruise or delving ino he deails of he Racing Rules. Prior o upcoming evens, members can expec a phone call from Direcor a Large David Tessier who heads up our Phone Commiee (lef). Chaing wih David could be a good opporuniy o share commens or suggesions. A reminder ha all our newsleers are archived on our websie, so a paricular aricle or informaion can be easly accessed. Please send in phoos or ideas for subjec maer for he nex newsleer. Deadline for submission is June 20. Long-sanding Cruise Direcor Bill Newman has sepped down, and anyone ineresed in filling he posiion for a one-year period is encouraged o conac Cahie Coulis. 9
New Life for an Alberg 30 by Jeff Willis GLAA member Harry Black s vinage Alberg 30 has received an exensive refi a he he hands of Larry Slivinski, boa resorer exraordinaire. When no busy working a ( now-defunc )Wes Marine and currenly The Rigging Shoppe, Larry has dedicaed his ime o ransforming his somewha imeworn classic ino a rue beauy. Mos noable is he inerior renovaion: reconfiguring lockers, rebuillding he head comparmen, repurposing he ice ches, and renewing he galley area are only some of he highlighs of he remarkable projec. I visied Larry on a raw Easer weekend o have a look in his purpose-buil shop enclosing he boa. Ouside, a cruel wes wind raled halyards hrough he yard, bu inside was warm, cozy, and redolen wih he scen of curing varnish. The phoos serve o ell a beer sory. Head comparmen deails Galley wih new counerop, sink, and fiddle. Basin and washsand in former hanging locker comparmen 10
Forepeak deail, replacing old pegboard wih mahogany baens. Redone shelves and sorage in he galley Reconfigured shelving in main saloon. Noe he old lockers have been replaced wih sepped shelves, and he sowage space has been repurposed. Below lef: Reconfigured icebox Below righ: New elecrical panel Rebuil forward hach Rebuil Companionway Hach Original Companionway hach 11
Sailboa Design Raios or Why Buy An Alberg Designed Sailboa? by Jeff Willis I s a cold winer weekend, and I m once again hinking abou sailing. One of my favourie subjecs is sailboa design, so naurally I ve perused he inerne for some more informaion. My venerable copy of Elemens of Yach Design by Norman Skene and C.A. Marchaj s Seaworhiness have been so well humbed hey offer no new illuminaions. Bu his fellow Eric Sponberg, now-he seems like a good source.( check him ou ) Sponberg liss abou a dozen key elemens of boa design in his aricle The Design Raios, and he explains hem horoughly wih illusraions o enhance he ex. He levels his sighs firs a he Cenre of Floaion, or CF. Archimedes principle ells us ha an objec floaing in waer will displace a volume of waer equal o is own weigh. Exra weigh added o he objec will have he effec of displacing sill more waer. How ha weigh is disribued, hough, is of paricular ineres. If exra weigh is added o a floaing body direcly above is cenre of floaion, he body will sink uniformly o deph ha maches he exra weigh s displacemen. However, if he weigh is added o a locaion near a side or end, he body ( a boa, in his case) will rim in order o bring is cenre of floaion in line wih he weigh. This applies no only o weighs, bu also forces. Thus, heeling brough abou by forces on he sails make a boa behave as if exra weigh is being added. If he boa s proporions are no balanced, he endency will be o rim down a he bow or sern a odd angles wih effecs on performance. Sponberg quoes examples of wide, shallow boas such as hose used in he Vendee Globe races. Wih heir broad secions af, hey behave like rockes downwind. This suis hem in he condiions hey primarily encouner, bu as a rule hey are poor performers o windward because as hey heel, he larger af secions raise he sern and drive he bow lower ino he sea and away from he windno he desired direcion. Sponberg mainains ha a well-proporioned hull will keep is CF posiion no maer wha is heading, wih predicable and favourable performance in all condiions. He cies some famous examples from Nahaniel Herreshoff, whose boas moved he CF slighly forward when close reaching, enhancing heir abiliy o lif o windward. I seems ha in modern imes many of he Herreshoff lessons have been forgoen. Sponberg closes his chaper wih a denunciaion of a modern design ene: powerful sern secions. While hey may increase downwind performance and give more habiabiliy o he cockpi area, upwind performance is adversely affeced. Marchaj is even more criical of his rend, showing how sailboas wih hese characerisics, regardless of rudder couneracion, have disurbing endencies o round up and broach once he sern rises and he bow buries. As he phoographs in his ex Seaworhiness demonsrae, he resuls are ofen specacularly disasrous. 12
Well, all his comes as no surprise o Alberg sailors. Seeped in he radiions of Scandinavian yach design, Carl Alberg s boas suffer none of he ill effecs of modern designs. Wih heir modes enries forward, ample beam and weigh disribuion amidships, and graceful, apering sern secions wih jus he righ amoun of overhang, Alberg designs have proven hemselves salwar performers in all condiions from ligh air whispers o roaring gales. Jus ask hose who have circumnavigaed in hem. True, he sail plans are ample, and reefing is required o offse being overpowered in srong breezes, bu ha is simply a mark of a radiion where reefing was more a fac of life han a major imposiion. I consider i a small price o pay for an invaluable aribue: a boa ha can be relied upon o perform respecably in all condiions. The boas always answer heir helms, never behave obsreperously downwind, and promp such commens from seasoned sailors as, Like sailing on rails. Wih he increase in populariy of sailboas designed wih exra-large cockpis and an emphasis on marina comfors over acual sailing, Alberg designs are losing currency. Moreover, aggressive markeing campaigns by mass-marke producion builders overshadow he virues of hese exraordinary vessels. I s ime o urn he ide, and insis on sailboas ha acually sail, and can be relied upon o do so in any condiions wihou he assisance of a deck full of beefy human moveable ballas. Carl Alberg, he Herreshoffs -faher and sons-, he Akins, John Alden, Olin Sephens, Aage Neilson-hese designers go i righ hen and heir designs sill have racion oday. So if you or someone you know is considering acquiring a sailing vessel, look no furher han one of he renowned Carl Alberg designs. Saisfacion is guaraneed. 13
Trion Sails I am pleased o inroduce Trion Sails, he laes company o join he GLAA Parners Program. From my firs boa, a DS-16, in he mid 80s, I deal wih Joe Fernandes a Trion Sails. I was a pleasure o deal wih Joe: always fair pricing, good qualiy work, and los of good advice. I have never been emped o go anywhere else. Since Joe s passing in 2002, Ron Lopes has carried on he family radiion wih grea sails, grea service, and fair prices. Trion Sails is always busy, bu hey have never failed o have my sails ready when he season sars. Give hem a ry; you won be disappoined. Gord Marin 14
Rick and Celina Ken ride an elephan in Thailand Jeff Willis among caci in Arizona How Albergers spend heir winers... Meanwhile, back in Wellers Bay, i s business as usual for Cahie and he snowblower 15
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Winer Blahs 2015 Sam and I love having he Blahs pary so much ha we have been doing i for almos 20 years! We will go on doing so unil asked o sop. Las year I inroduced a genle heme, suggesing a Medierranean menu. This year we celebraed anoher body of waer, he Caribbean. No everyone paid aenion o he heme, bu i was fun for hose who waned o join in. As always, he pary is abou he people, no jus he food. Abou weny Albergers colleced, wih sories of rips, rials and ragedies, and a few all ales. Don and Phoebe usually bring us a hank you plan, and his year, wih Jane s help, ou-did hemselves and brough an orchid plan, my very firs! Jane old me o feed i ice cubes every week, and I am glad o repor ha i is hriving on he die, and sprous nine blooms! Happy launching! Ann and Sam Malcolmson 17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 6, 2015 Tren Por Marina Docks and Breakwaers Saus Updae QUINTE WEST, ON: Based on he curren weaher forecas, Tren Por Marina is opimisic ha he docks and breakwaers could be on heir way o Quine Wes from Gananoque wihin he nex wo o hree days. Kehoe Marine is waiing for he ice o break in he navigaion channel. The souh basin docks (212 slips) and all dock services remain on schedule for insallaion prior o he May holiday weekend. The marina building consrucion has no progressed as quickly as anicipaed. While saff remain confiden ha he marina will be operaional in ime for he long weekend in May, hey are working on coningency plans in he even ha here are any furher delays. Deails will be shared as plans become finalized. 18
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