Alcanboats Forum

IT Works! And I haven't had a single spammer sign up since I installed the new forum software. A little repreive from the job of deleting users. It was starting to really chew up the time. The new software has some really nice security features that should slow down someone with the wrong motivation...

If this works there should be an image below.

So... Buster is in the water. She made it in for the second weekend of May, but we were out of town and didn't get out until the May long weekend. My mechanic came down and apologized for the winter damage as the water heater did not get properly flushed and is now 2 sizes larger than original. Then...

Terry

Congratulations.

We're in too.

David

It appears to be Spammers. I am getting a flood of new registrations every Friday and Saturday during evening hours in China. I am slowly putting filters in place to eliminate Chinese forum users. Nothing agains the country, but 100% of Chinese registrants have not had a legitimate reason for joinin...

I am pretty sure this is "Fathom", a recent entry in the Registry.

http://www.alcanboats.com/fathom.htm


David

Joe I am a little suspicious that the last bottom paint used on my boat was also not compatible with aluminum. The last 2 summers we have not used any anti-fouling paint. Rather, we get in the water every couple of weeks and scrub the algae off the boat with a scrub brush. Please do not read this as...

Brian

What would you like to put on the web site?

If you want to send me information about your boat, I can publish pretty much anything you would like.

David

We plan on staying in the water as late as possible. Last year we went to Australia in October and missed out on the late season boating. This year I want to see at least one snowfall before we abandon the boat. Mostly we let our local marina take care of the boat over winter. They Haul the boats to...

I forgot to respond to the thought of including an alcanboats.com link on your business cards. I totally concur and I think I can up the ante a little bit. I have been somewhat diligent in naming the html files after the boat. This means that the registry entry for Catherine Ann is actually http://w...

Joe

You gave fuel consumption figures for slow running. How slow was slow? if you were running less than 6MPH it suggests that slow does not save money over fast. Can you correlate?

David

Interesting that the shape is used to store water. I suspect that it also creates lift to allow the boat to plane more easily. It will also create a fine entry to absorb wave impact. It would be interesting to understand the design intent of the addition.

I love the idea of business cards. I created a card for myself with the line drawing of an Alwest, but I can not find the file. I will publish it as soon as I find it. I have access to printing services for my business. I will see if they can do something more professional for the casual user. I rec...

We recently added a Sea Villa 32 to the web site http://www.alcanboats.com/running_free.htm . It appears to have an interesting hull shape with a piece welded over the regular hull to make a finer entry at the bow. It extends back to about the half-way point along the hull where it appears that it r...

Folks The registry has been growing slowly over the last few months, but is still a small percentage of the Alcan/Alloy/Alwest boats in the world. I would like to figure out how to get the word out to the rest of the boating world that we are interested in learning more about the the boats out there...

Diary and pictures of the 2007 Alcan Boat St. Lawrence Rendezvous are posted on the web site. Check out http://www.alcanboats.com/2007_st__lawrence_rendezvous.htm I thank those who expressed interested and/or showed up and apologize to those that may have shown up when we were not in the Gananoque M...

A deep subject:) We managed to get together with 3 boats and 4 crews, but not all at the same time. We should also count the new owners of an Alcan 37 who showed up by land only to find noone around as we had moved out into the islands to escape the wind. I am compiling pictures and a bit of a repor...

Gang Plans are solidifying for the 1st annual St. Lawrence Alcan Boat rendezvous. The official start time is noon Saturday (25 August), ending 11:00 Sunday (26 August). The plan is to gather in the Gananoque area. I am planning the following activities 1) Boat Show Saturday afternoon. Check out the ...

Terry et al The plans seem to be coming together. I have had a few positive responses and will continue with the idea. I will finalize times and places shortly and send an update to everyone. I am still keeping the idea of holding the event in the Gananoque area. If we end up in the islands, I will ...

Robert I would love to post that kind of info on the Alcanboats web site. the basic technique is to get the highest quality scan possible and then create the lower resolution thumbnails for faster loading over the web. If you do not have the ability to do high quality scans, I would be happy to pay ...

Joe

It seems that non-Alcan owners may be a very good supply of information on these boats. If your friend has pictures or stories to tell, I would love to publish them on the web-site. Get scans, recordings, negatives, whatever and I will work with them.

Cheers
David

Terry, Rob

I have been in contact with the Sault Ste Marie boat owner and have requested higher resolution scans of the documents posted. He was most accomodating and provided additional info. I have posted the boat in the Registry section and will collect more info over time.

Cheers
David

Terry For most of these boats, the hull number is on the inside of the transom, in the middle, close to the deck. It may be obscured by the bundle of wires coming together at the grounding block. One of the reasons to develop this site was to answer the very question you ask about the history. I am ...

Rob I hate to answer a question with a question, but what are you using to clean the teak? It would seem to me that teak cleaner is far more harsh than salt water and would be a greater worry. I have seen a few of these boats on the West coast exposed to year-round salt water. You can tell they are ...

Patrick Yes, you know my parents. They are the owners of Quadrium. We were all members of Burrard Squadron prior to its demise. Rob, Patrick, et al I will look at the code for the forum and see if I can put in a link back to the web site home. I would also like to implement an email based solution a...

I have not found much Alcan 290 info anywhere. I will keep asking around, but in the meantime I have a couple of suggestions. 1 - Fill us in on some of the details about your boat (what engines did it come with? Was there a generator?) I am missing even basic info in my "Models" section. For instanc...

Patrick Good to know a rendezvous may work. With respect to your comment about potentially allowing Alwests, I hope I did not appear exclusive in my invitation. My own boat is an Alwest and I hope to attend. Just to be clear, this rendezvous is open to: Alcan, Alwest, Chimo, Alloy, Sea Villa and any...

Rob I don't want to be greedy, but I might take as much as I can get. I am in the process of designing a swim platform and dive ladder and was hoping to use materials that looked as though they belonged on the boat. The swim platform will be plate aluminum, but I would love to use original railing m...

Folks I would like to pick a date for an innaugural get-together of Alcan housecruisers on the St. Lawrence. Between New York and South-Eastern Ontario there appears to be around 15 to 20 of these boats. If we even had 3 or 4 together, I bet it would start some sort of tradition. I propose the weeke...