ALBERG 37 INTERNATIONAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION Tom and Kaye Assenmacher

P.O. Box 32 Kinsale, VA 22488 a37ioa@sylvaninfonospam.com

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VOL 20, NO. 3 (SUMMER-2010)                                                               1 July, 2010

Happy Canada Day To Our Canadian FriendsHappy Independence Day To Our American Friends

SHEARWATER And Crew Are Back

By Tom and Kaye AssenmacherKinsale, VA

After nearly a 7 month 'sabbatical', Kaye and I have finally returned home to Kinsale in early May. We left Kinsale on 10 October 2009 aboard our 1975 MK-II Yawl SHEARWATER in company with Lou and Jean Wayne, aboard their 1967 MK-I Sloop PIKA, for points 'South'! We had a (more or less) uneventful trek down the ICW to West Palm Beach, FL, where we crossed over to the Abacos, Bahamas in mid-December. We spent a few days 'weathered in' at Elizabeth City, NC awaiting passage of some nasty weather and seas on the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Highlights of the ICW portion was spending a few days in St. Augustine, FL in mid-November, and watching the shuttle launch on 16 November while at anchor in Titusville, FL (about 5 miles from the Shuttle Launch Pad) - a SPECTACULAR EVENT!!

Shuttle Launch Shortly after our arrival in Vero Beach on 18 November, we did a short haulout at the “Cracker Boy” boatyard in nearby Ft. Pierce, FL to fix a leaking shaft log/cutless bearing housing – which we promptly fixed, and were back in Vero the following afternoon.We spent Thanksgiving (American) at the Vero Beach Marina which was a grand event. About 100 'Southbound Cruisers' attended an amazing 'Pot Luck' dinner on Thanksgiving afternoon hosted at a nearby city park by the Vero Beach Marina. On 9 December, we left Vero and then proceeded in company with PIKA and MISCHIEF (Kip and Linda Newbould’s 1970 MK-I Yawl) to West Palm Beach, FL, where we made the Gulf Stream crossing (uneventful and easy) on 13 December to Great Sale Cay, Abaco, Bahamas. From Great Sale Cay, we proceeded to Green Turtle Cay (by way of Hawksbill Cay) arriving there on 15 December where we checked into Bahamian Customs at New Plymouth (settlement), paid our $300 cruising fee, and lowered the yellow ‘Quar -antine’ flag and raised the Bahamian courtesy flag. We had anchored just off the settlement of New Plymouth and dinghy’d in to go through Bahamian Customs – when we returned to the boat to go into the anchorage at nearby White Sound, we found that our trans -

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mission had failed AGAIN (our 4th)! We managed to get into the anchorage, and the next day took the boat into the Green Turtle Club Marina, where TJ swapped out the BAD transmission with our spare transmission (yes, we carry a spare). We stayed in Green Turtle through New Year’s Day, having celebrated Christmas with a lot of cruising acquaintances, and where we took part in Green Turtle’s JUNKANOO (which was great!) on New Years Day.Leaving Great Sale Cay in early January (2010), we then proceeded through the “Whale Passage” to Man O’ War Cay, where we’ve spent a lot of time over the past 4 years. Although the weather in the Abacos wasn't the greatest, we thoroughly enjoyed our time here! In December, January, February through mid March, we had 'rip roaring' cold fronts pass through the area every 2-3 days with occasional squalls of 40+ kts. Thank-fully, we were able to spend most of the time on very secure moorings the well protected Eastern Harbour on Man O Way Cay. While on Man O’ War Cay, we did make a few short side-trips, although one needed a ‘weather window’ to go anywhere last winter. Included in our side trips were several short runs to Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco; Hopetown on Elbow Cay; Guana Cay for the ‘Barefoot Man’ Concert; and several days on Manjack Cay. We knew most of the cruisers who were ‘hunkered down’ on Man O’ War, and met new cruisers the entire winter who were passing through the area. Probably due to the poor economy (world wide), there were not the usual number of boats/cruisers in the Abacos, or for that matter, the entire Bahamas.In early April (2010) we left Man O’ War and began the long trek back home to Kinsale. We spent several weeks back in Green Turtle Cay with our friends Lou and Jean Wayne who decided to leave PIKA (1967 A-37 Sloop) on the hard at the Abaco Yacht Services (AYS) Boatyard in Green Turtle (they plan to return to Green Turtle in December (2010) or January (2011) to continue cruising the Bahamas without making the long trek down the ICW and the Gulf Stream Crossing from Florida). From Green Turtle, we (along with crewmembers Lou and Jean) left Green Turtle for Powell Cay and then to Great Sale Cay from which we successfully crossed over to Ft. Pierce, FL. We spent a few days in Vero Beach, FL, and then proceeded up to Ponce Inlet (near New Smyrna Beach, FL) for a 2 day offshore run up to Georgetown, SC. When just south of the Charleston, SC inlet, we experienced our 5 th transmission failure while motor-sailing offshore (there wasn’t much wind). Like all of the previous failures, we had little or now warning of the impending failure – we sim -ply began to slow down!!!! Checked a few things (like checking if we had lost the prop – but reverse worked fine)!!! Oh, by the way, we only got about 120 hours out of this last transmission!!!!! Anyway, the failure occurred at about 2230 in the evening (we were planning on reaching the Georgetown inlet at slack tide the next morning at about 0700 to catch the flood current into Georgetown), about 25 miles south of the Charleston inlet. Not wanting to enter Charleston Harbor at night, and as the weather was great, but only a very light wind, we decided to sail (at about 2.5 kts) toward Charleston, and have Tow Boat US (we had just upgraded to the ‘Gold’ towing service vice the regular ‘Unlimited’ Towing package) meet us at the inlet at dawn. Consequently we had a tow into Charleston to the City Marina. We had originally planned to replace the recently failed trans with the rebuilt spare which we carried, but after considering our luck(??) with this transmission, decided to call our friends, Kip and Linda (who run ‘Boat Lovers Transport’ of Coles Point, VA – only a few miles from our home in Kinsale, VA) and have them transport SHEARWATER back home to Kinsale, VA. We got towed again by Towboat US to a nearby boatyard, where a few days later we were loaded and heading north on I-95 to VA (amazing how the old boat beats to windward at 65-70 MPH – and with no masts or sails up!).Anyway, we are back home from the Bahamas (great trip except for the transmission breakdowns). Tom and Kaye back home in Kinsale, VA (Ed. Note: We plan to post photos of our 2009-2010 Bahama cruise on the website in the near future – SHEARWATER is currently on the hard at Port Kinsale Marina awaiting installation of a new TWIN DISC marine transmission.)

It’s Nearly Rendezvous Time Again!!

Upcoming Rendezvous Events

The 18th Annual

2010 ALBERG 37 FALL RENDEZVOUS Saturday/Sunday, October 9-10, 2010

(Boats may arrive on Thursday or Friday)

 at the ASSENMACHER DOCK

Hampton Hall Branch, Yeocomico River , 

Kinsale , VA. (On Virginia ‘s Beautiful and Historic Northern Neck)

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GPS Coordinates: 38-01.262 N

076-34.417 W   NOTE:  ALL POSITIONAL INFORMATION IS APPROXIMATE – DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION

Click Here for Previous Rendezvous Write-ups and Photos

NOTE: Rendezvous which were held prior to 1998, are not recorded on the Alberg 37 Web site except in the archived newsletters. The first Alberg 37 Rendezvous was held over the Labor day weekend in September, 1993 in Kinsale, VA, and have been held an -nually since the first event.

 It’s ALBERG-37 FALL RENDEZVOUS time again! Plan to include this event in your fall cruising plans (especially you Chesapeake Bay owners). This is a “come as you are” event, no planned activities except relaxing and visiting with other A-37 folks. Plan on pot luck get-togethers as this is a most INFOR-MAL rendezvous (steamed crabs and oysters on Saturday PM). We have room for several A-37s, with room for more rafted alongside. Hampton Hall Creek is quite protected and has plenty of room for anchoring adjacent to our dock if desired. You will miss out on a good time if you don’t attend. Attached are directions either by water or by land. Kinsale is about 35 NM (by water) south of Solomons, Maryland,  just off the Potomac River about 10 NM from the Chesapeake Bay,  and about 65 miles (by road) south of Fredericksburg , VA .

DIRECTIONS BY WATER: From Point Lookout MD (Chart #12233 Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay) pro-ceed west  about 10 miles to the Yeocomico River Entrance light Fl R4s 18 ft 4M “2”  (38-02.44N  076-30.04W). From the Yeocomico River Entrance light proceed (Chart #12285 Potomac River Yeocomico River Inset 4) west -ward to Fl G 6sec “3” (line up on the large white house with red roof on Horn Point), then to “2”. Note the shoal area to the Southeast of “2”. Give “2” a slightly wide berth to the Southeast, and you will have no problem.   Con-tinue in the West Yeocomico past 2 red daymarkers (#4 and #6) and past the Port Kinsale Marina to starboard. Continue to where the West Yeocomico stops (at Kinsale) and you must either turn to the port or starboard. Turn to port (starboard takes you to the grain elevator and a marina) and follow the channel into the Hampton Hall Branch. You will see it open up into a small bay, just continue around the bay until you see a point (WITH FLAG-POLE) on your starboard. Give this point a wide berth, and continue to the second boat dock after passing the point where you will see SHEARWATER tied up there anxiously awaiting all her sisters (we’ll have the A-37 sign and large pennant displayed)! (Check chartlet on Website for an overall view of the area.)

DIRECTIONS IF YOU COME BY CAR: From Fredericksburg, VA, proceed on Rt. 3 to Montross, VA.  Proceed south on Rt. 3 out of Montross , VA. About 2 miles south of Montross, VA you will see Rt. 202, make a left on Rt. 202 and proceed on Rt. 202 through Hague, VA.  About 4 miles from Hague, you will see Rt. 203 (at BP gas station and a sign to Kinsale), make a left on Rt.203 for about 1.2 miles and you will be coming into Kinsale. As you approach Kinsale, you will be coming down a small hill, just at the bottom of the hill you will see a sign saying ‘Hampton Hall Estates’ and also a street sign “ Brook Ave. ”. Make a right turn on Brook Ave. and continue for about 1.2 miles until 1006 Brook Ave , where you will also see a red “12” “daymarker” marking our driveway. Just drive on in and come on down to the water. That’s where we will be. If anyone wishes to stay overnight (those who come by boat, we assume you will anchor out or raft alongside overnight), there is an Inn and a motel in Montross, and several Bed and Breakfasts in the area, (or pitch a tent in our back yard).

  Lodging Information in the Kinsale Area is Available on the Alberg 37 Website

The Port Kinsale Marina, that you passed on you way in by water, is a full service facility, and has a fuel dock. Groceries and other supplies are available nearby, and we have plenty of available transportation.

If you have any questions about the rendezvous, send us an Email (a37 ioa@nospamsylvaninfo.net – remove “NoSpam”)  or give us a call at 804.472.3853  (leave a message if we are not at home).  

If you plan to attend, please contact us at the above email/phone number no later than 30 September, 2010.

 

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New MembersShawn Sprinkel, of Charleston, SC is the owner of the 1971 Alberg 37 MK-I Sloop (#70) EMMA ROSE. Shawn writes: “I believe she was the first Alberg 37 built that year(since 1970 ended at Hull 69). Documented vessel. Great solid cruiser. For Sale to good home, if anyone on the list is interested. Very reasonable. :-).Dan and Johanna Lord of West Newbury, MA are the owners of the 1972 MK-II Sloop NUAGE. The boat is currently for sale – see the For Sale page on the website for details.Gabriel Bonventi of Toronto, ON is the owner of the 1967 MK-I Sloop (#3) RODEO. “This boat belonged to Ed Kunkel, who do-nated the rudder mold to the association. This boat also has the stay sail modification and a letter from Carl Alberg explaining how to do the modification, which I would be glad to share with anyone.” Lucie and Benoit Fauteux of Gaspe’, Quebec are the owners of the 1974 MK-II Yawl FOLICHON 1.Eric Illsley of Angus, Ontario is the owner of the 1976 MK-II Yawl LADY JO’.Tibor and Eva Halasz, of Northwoods, IL are the owners of the 1967 MK-I Sloop FINNAIRE.Ed. Note: We may have heard from other ‘Albergers’ while we were cruising in the Bahamas. Our apologies if we missed list -ing your correspondence in this Newsletter

News From MembersWe recently heard from Robin Phillips who is on cruise from British Columbia to Mexico aboard his 1967 MK-1 Sloop-Hull # 1 KATYDID:"Just wanted to drop a line and thank you for assisting me with acquiring a mainsail from the Newbould's.  Let them know that I left the west coast of British Columbia this spring (May 26th) and am now in La Paz Mexico after spending 23 of the last 30 days at sea.   One stop in Ensenada for a week to clear customs etc.   I left the west coast of British Columbia this spring (May 26th) and am now in La Paz Mexico after spending 23 of the last 30 days at sea.   One stop in Ensenada for a week to clear customs etc.  The sail they sent me is awesome.  I took it in to the sailmaker's for some small repairs and they told me it was impossible to buy sail material with that percale (thread count) in such a heavy material nowadays. It actually made my old main look so poor in comparison that I took it down and use theirs instead.Could you please update the member's list, as I have renamed the boat back to the original name given when it was launched "Katy -did".I will someday do up a complete list of the work I performed on her during the last two years of ownership and submit it to you as an article.  Lots of mistakes and things I learned and would like to pass on.  I may have more time now that I am in Mexico, the days are so hot that you don't do much in the middle of the day so it will be on my list.The boat of course is awesome, I weathered everything from no wind to plus 40 knots off the California coast for three days.   Never once did I worry about the boat, what a pleasure to sail!I am glad you're winter went well.  Wish I could come to the rendezvous and meet everyone. Wrong coast and to far away though.  Thanks, againRobin PhillipsS/V KATYDIDAlberg 37 Hull #1"

We recently received an email from Tom McMaster and Rose Hansmeyer who are cruising aboard their 1985 MK-II Sloop SO-JOURN in the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama:“We are heading back to West San Blas after going 120nm to Colombian border town to renew visa for another 3 months. We have had a great trip to Sapzuro, Colombia with Audrey Paige from MI. We have taken our time sailing with minimal seas so has been nice. We are now heading back to Western San Blas. Wouldn't want to do this in trade wind conditions as this bay is wide open and see that it could be VERY rolly - but cruisers do what they have to do.... The islands this coast are different with volcanic mounds along with beach and coconut trees. Took a ponga ($6/person round trip) to Capurgana - another small clean resort village with NO road access so they use horses pulling carts for commerce. Pretty cool place. Power was out so DAS/immigration was only open from 12-1pm. Was going to go hike the falls to Cielo park in Capurgana but delays changed that plus Dennis doesn't want to pay ponga again and abit far to take dinghy with open seas and chance of squalls at any time coming down from the hills. Plus the Colombian lo-cals are picking up on the Kuna (in the Eastern San Blas they charge $5-10/month) and starting to charge a $25Mil pesos (around $13) anchor fee per week. We have heard that possibly next year you maybe able to have 6 month renewal instead of 3. We left Sapzuro a couple days ago and anchored near Isla Pinos. It's so quiet but the birds (white egret, green parrot, etc.). We have seen great biolumi-nous light in water along with light from MANY jellyfish at night. Before leaving west San Blas I finally saw a black with yellow stripe sea horse and huge pod of dolphins at W. Hollandes anchorage. There are also a couple crocodiles in some of the islands but didn't think it was true till I saw photos -- it was HUGE so guess will watch more next time go snorkeling!When you have time can you please put a query on the Alberg site to ask others if they have heard of issues with the Volvo 2000's series diesel engine? We understand the transmission/gearbox has a spline issue without any warning. The spline between trans-

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mission and engine gradually wears out and doesn't work. We haven't had this issue yet but we have heard from other cruisers that have had this replaced.”

Jack Vanderloo who owns the 1977 MK-II Sloop SOUTHERN CROSS recently reported: “This email is coming to you from still-on-the-hard in Sydney, Nova Scotia, having sailed (no that's an exaggeration - motored) down the St. Lawrence and around the Gaspe last year (mid-June) in weather that was acknowledged by locals all along the way as the coldest and wettest and generally  lousiest in 25 years!!!  My first "all up" sail was between Buctouche, New Brunswick, and Summerside, Prince Edward Island, 31 days after set -ting out from Iroquois, Ontario.  Strong to gale force winds out of the NE the whole way down the St. Lawrence, out of the S past Bay de Chaleur, through the Northumberland Strait and down to the Strait of Canso, and out of the SW, and in pea soup, all the way to Halifax and Lunenburg.Sailed back to the Bras d' Or Lakes where Christine joined me for a wonderful month exploring every nook and cranny of these de-lightful cruising grounds.  Hope to spend 2010 slowly gunkholing the Eastern and Southern shores of Nova Scotia between Cape Bre -ton and Yarmouth (meeting up with Ellen and Peter whom you met), wintering again in Sydney and crossing over to Maine, and doing New England, Long Island Sound, NYC, Hudson River, etc. the year thereafter.

Back in January, we heard from Mark and Debbie Crowe, who are cruising in the Caribbean aboard their 1972 MK-II Yawl SEA CY-CLE: “Belated Happy New Years, hope everybody is well, we are just leaving Colombia and headed for Panama. The blog is finally up to date some what www.seacycle.blogspot.com Sorry for the delay. Most of the pictures are now on Mark's Facebook site. We will be out of touch with no internet or phone for the next few weeks. Cheers Mark and Deb”

A-37 IOA Hosts Visiting Alberg 30 Association Cruising Group At KinsaleThe Alberg 37 International Owners Association hosted a cruising group of the Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-Design Association at Tom and Kaye Assenmacher’s home and dock on the Yeocomico River in Kinsale, VA on 1 June, 2010. The group was on a cruise from Annapolis, MD to Washington, DC and scheduled an overnight stop in Kinsale. Happy Hour and a Crab Feast were held and en-joyed by all attending.

Alberg 30 Association Crab Feast

A-37s For Sale(Please check the Alberg 37 web site (A37's For Sale/Wanted) for the latest postings.) (Ed. Note: Several Alberg 37s have re-cently changed hands – so there are people out there looking for these great boats.)Current offerings include:FOR SALE - GOOD NEWS, ALBERG 37 MK-II YAWL #144  $44,500

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Blue AwlGripped hull with white decks;  Repowered with 4cyl 42hp Vetus/Mitsubishi diesel and transmission with less than 200 hours;  Replaced standing rigging and lifelines;  Complete sail inventory with new 155 Mylar Genoa, 125 Furling Dacron Genoa, Fully Battened Mainsail with Dutchman Reefing mounted to a Strong Track on mast for effortless raising/lowering main,  Dacron Mizzen, Red/White/Blue Asymmetrical Spinnaker with dousing sock;  Optional wood trim added by manufacturer in cabin; 12V Adler Barbour Cold Machine.  Many more accessories.  Great Condition for proven regatta class winner and beautiful cruiser. Owner downsizing.   Pictures available at - http://picasaweb.google.com/dawalker14/GoodNews?feat=directlink Lying in Seabrook, Texas. Contact Don Marullo of HSH Yachts in Clear Lake Shores, Texas.   Don may be reached at 281-723-5006. Click Here For More Photos, Specifications And Contact Info. After 20 years of owning her, John Volk is offering  "STORNOWAY"  for sale. She is a MK-II, Hull #182, built in 1979.  Originally built as a sloop, she was professionally converted to a yawl.  Details can be found at:http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/volc/S1/Stornoway.html . Price is $65,000 CDN.

FOR SALE: 1972 Alberg 37 MK-II sloop; recent Westerbeke/roller furling/radar etc., etc. / ready to sail! Too many toys and no time. $29,900.00 - On the hard at West Newbury, MA PHONE Dan Lord: 978 462 1112

Gear For SaleMK-I Interior Cushions - "As a result of re-jigging the interior of my 1967 MK-I (# 18) VECTIS, I had to have a whole new set of interior cushions made. Bad planning as I had only replaced the covers on the existing cushions, 2 years prior. So I have a complete set of cushions for sale which are like new, 2 years old in Sunbrella, a blue and white stripe. The new cushions cost me $3500! so I figure the older ones have got to be worth $1000. Any offers? VECTIS is a Mark I and the cushions are for the original MK-I config-uration (although I believe configurations varied slightly). Buyer will need to pick them up in CT.Contact Ian Dunn Email: iandunn@optonline.netFor sale - Zodiac, 4 man offshore valise liferaft. Never deployed, purchased new in 2000. Always stored inside and is in great con-dition.. Buyer responsible for shipping and repackaging, however if it cannot be repackaged for any reason send back and we will re-fund the purchase price (shipping not included). Asking $800 USD.  Contact Bill and Debbie Horne: serenade2ATsbcglobal.net  (re-place AT with @). For photos of the liferaft, go to http://www.alberg37.org/gear4sale.htm

Dodger Frame For Sale, Geoff Cunliffe of Mississauga, Ontario, the former owner of the 1979 MK-II Sloop, THE EVERDEN, now cruises aboard a Lagoon 410 Catamaran, PARTY OF TWO. As part of his re-outfitting PARTY OF TWO, Geoff had a new hard dodger built for his boat. He has a very heavy duty dodger frame for sale, which could be adapted to a large catamaran, or a wide beam monohull. The frame is built of 1-1/4” heavy wall Stainless Steel. The Frame is approximately 12’ wide. Good for use 'as is' OR could be parted out for davits, or other uses. Geoff is asking $200 (USD) for the unit. Check the Gear For Sale/Gear Wanted page on the Website for photos. The frame is located in Kinsale, VA Contact Tom Assenmacher at: a37ioa@sylvaninfoNoSpam.com (remove 'NoSpam').

NOTE: This dodger frame is NOT for an Alberg 37Web Sites of Interest

Good Old Boat - The Sailing Magazine for the Rest Of Us (http://www.goodoldboat.com/)Salty Southeast Cruisers' Net (http://cruisersnet.net/)

Solar Panel Installation AboardSHEARWATER

By Tom and Kaye AssenmacherKinsale, VA

About 4 years ago, prior to our 1st cruise to the Bahamas in 2006-2007, we decided to become more 'energy independent' by installing 2 (85 Watt) solar panels above the dodger. These panels have really reduced our dependence on running the engine (with 80 amp Bal-mar alternator). Last year, we decided to install another solar panel (this one is 130 Watts) on top of our Bimini for a total of 300 Watts. This installation increases our electrical independence by a large amount..

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For further discussion and more photos, please visit the online version at: http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/

SHEARWATER_Assenmacher_Solar_Panel/Solar-Panel-Installation-Aboard-SHEARWATER.htm

We are happy to report that the solar installation 'worked like a charm'!! We rarely had to run our engine in order to charge our 450 Ampere Hour (A/H) house battery bank during our recent cruise to the Bahamas (October, 2009 - May, 2010). Although we did a lot of motoring/motor sailing going to and from the Abacos, we spent considerable time either at anchor or on a mooring (in Man O' War Cay). Even on cloudy days, the solar installation provided some power. We figured that our daily power consumption was approxi-mately 90 A/H, of which about 50 A/H was used by the refrigerator (1976 vintage Adler-Barbour Cold Machine). We have had NO problems with the solar installation! Our next highest consumer of DC power is our HP laptop, which draws approximately 4 amps when in use. Another high impact DC power consumer is our ICOM 710 SSB transceiver which is used, primarily for Sailmail (Email via Pactor Modem/SSB) in the transmit mode. The SSB receive mode (for monitoring weather reports, cruising nets, etc.) uses very little DC power. Over the past few years we have converted all the cabin lights to low energy consuming LED lights, along with an LED anchor light. The DC power consumption of the LED lights is minimal, and a great saver of DC power - the new generation of LED light bulbs are excellent in that they give off bright and warm light, not the cold/blue light of the first generation LCDsAdditionally, we recently applied additional insulation to our refrigerator box (see Refrigerator Insulation - http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/SHEARWATER_Refrig_Insulation/SHEARWATER%20PROJECTS.htm for further dis-cussion and more photos of this project). We also installed an 'Hour Meter' to the refrigerator circuitry to monitor the number of hours per day that the refrig compressor ran. We also installed a Radio Shack wireless thermometer inside the refrigerator (which transmits to an exterior temperature monitor) in order to monitor the refrigerator box temperature. We found that the efficiency of the box was improved approximately 10-15% (based on refrigerator 'running' time) with the improved insulation. With the addition of the wire-less thermometer, we discovered that we were wasting energy by keeping the refrigerator too cold. Also, the addition of a small 'muf-fin fan' (very low power consumption) inside the refrigerator to circulate cold air inside the box kept the box at a more uniform tem-perature (the jury is still out whether or not the addition of a circulation fan decreases power consumption).

SpindriftBy the Editor

We are always looking for articles (cruising, racing, maintenance, etc.) and photos of your boat for inclusion on the website and newsletter. Send the articles via email attachment in MS WORD and the photos in .JPG format if possible. We are still on a ‘Dial Up Modem” here on Virginia’s Northern Neck (we occasionally have WIFI available) – if at all possible, please don’t send large files, especially high resolution photos. Photos should be 100 kilobytes or smaller if at all possible. We’ve had some emails with attachments which take HOURS to download. We hope to be getting high speed Internet Service in our area (we aren’t holding our breath!) – we’ll let you know if/when this happens.The A-37 IOA participates as a cooperating group with BOAT U.S., and members receive BOAT U.S. membership for half price ($12.50 vice $25.00). Just mention you are a member of the Alberg 37 Owners Group and include the Cooperating Group number GA 83253 S when you join Boat U.S. or send in your annual renewal of membership.

Having recently returned from our 2nd Bahamas Cruise, we urge anyone who is thinking about going

cruising to DO IT - You won't regret it!!!Have a great Alberg 37 SUMMER! See you at the Rendezvous in October!Tom and Kaye Assenmacher Back Home IN Kinsale, VA

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