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Blog EntryMay 31, '12 6:18 AM
by Torleiv for everyone

Hi!

On the web you can read several places that the Albin Ballad is "rated as an ocean cruiser"
or "klassifisert som oseangående"

Does anyone know anything about who did this rating or classification? can it be documented?

Cheers
Torleiv
Ydalir


Blog EntryJul 11, '08 2:38 PM
by derby411 for everyone
 Hope this is the right place.  I have been searching for the plaque showing the boats hull number.  What places have you all found yours?  I have search but not found this yet.
 
The reason i want to try and find it is that our registration book says no. 50 in 1972 and the sails say 46??? 
 
Thanks again people.

Blog EntryJan 6, '08 2:20 PM
by trentmoraitis for everyone
Thanks Bengt!
 
How do I link the previous messages to this one?
 
The Chassie pdf has a lot of useful information. I would really appreciate the chance to see your A Cad drawings. If it is easier for you, send them to me at trentmoraitis@yahoo.com. The only other data I have found was a cradle drawing on the Danish site. Are your trailer drawings your own design or based on anothers? My boatyard requires that all boats over 30' must be on cradles. I am currently renting one for the winter - but will construct my own in the spring. My thought is that if I have to build one - why not make it a trailer. Then I can move the boat if needed - most likely to my yard for ease of repairs and to save on storage fees. The only design change I may have to do is to make it a dual axel (I have to check on this more) so that I can have it inspected and registered in New York for road travel.
 
Thanks,
Trent

Blog EntryDec 28, '07 7:55 PM
by betelnuss7 for everyone
I was wondering what thoughts you spent on lightning protection. Few things scare me more on the water than a lightnig flash hitting our boat in a thunderstorm despite the admittedly low ikelyhood. Since the ballad has the ballast "inside", I guess a grounding plate of a decent size would be necessary to provide efficient grounding.
Has anybody installed such a system or any good ideas ?

Merry X-mas and a happy 2008

Georg

Blog EntryJun 18, '07 3:59 PM
by frenzb9782 for everyone
Hello,
 
We are in the continuous proces of restoring and upgrading our hullnr 978 Albin Ballad "Aemilia III". Work done over the past 2 years include:
-drying and injecting the deck with epoxy to take care of the soft deck problem as described elswhere on this great forum
-Professional repainting of the hull and deck
-renewing the electrical system
-New engine (Betamarine 20hp 3-cyl)
 
I would now like to install some new instruments in the cockpit. Albin used to market an optional Hatch Cover (partnr. 53918 or 53919) to be able to install the instruments above the cabin entrance. (see enclosed picture) Does anybody know if this part is still for sale or does anyone have an alternative solution? I don't want drill holes in my bulkhead... Thanks for your help!
Attachment: Hatch cover for instruments.jpg

Blog EntryNov 21, '05 9:05 PM
by falmouthballad1 for everyone
An increasing proportion of cruising boats have radar, but it does involve expensive equipment and quite a bit of extra weight aloft in a boat such as the Ballad, that is built for speed, and perhaps spoilt by the addition of heavy equipment up the mast. AIS is not a substitute for radar, but I think it is useful on a boat such as the Ballad.

Ships of greater than 300 tons and all passenger ships are obliged to send out AIS signals, and many other smaller ships also send out AIS signals. This year I bought a NASA AIS engine connected to the GPS and my laptop and VHF aerial that I fixed to the pushpit. I used software called shipplotter (19 euros) in radar mode and tried it out on a cruise this summer to the Scilly Isles. Shipplotter shows your own boat, its speed, wake and projected course over any selected time period, the same data for ships and estimates the position of your vessel in relation to the estimated position of ships in the vicinity for any selected time period. It calculates the risk of collision based on this data.

You can have some fun selecting different colours for tankers, cargo vessels, pilot ships etc. Shipplotter tells you the name of each ship, its destination, tonnage, country of registration, speed, course, and MMSI number, so you can call up the ship on your VHF and ask if they have seen you and what are their intentions.

We crossed the busy shipping lines near Land's End to and from the Scillies and did not see any ships that were not shown on the NASA AIS/Shipplotter system, and using the projected path of our own yacht and any ship in the vicinity it was relatively easy to see if a change in course was needed. The system detected ships as far as 30 nautical miles from our own vessel.

AIS is no substitute for careful lookout and is no guarantee against being hit by a fishing vessel, ship under 300 tons or a skipper who has decided to turn off his AIS system, but I found it useful.

The other piece of equipment that I use, is the SeaMe active radar reflector, a slim, light weight aerial at the top of the mast, a fraction of the weight and size of conventional reflectors, that 'bounces back' radar signals from ships, enhancing the signal so hopefully they think you are a super tanker rather than a yacht!

None of these innovations are a guarantee that you will not be hit by something big but I think they are useful devices and, above all, they do not interfere with the sailing, speed and seaworthiness of the Ballad.

David


Blog EntryAug 17, '04 4:19 PM
by mystic01978 for everyone
For some reason I am unable to open any of the picture files to see other boats.
Any suggestions?

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