[alberg30] Heres a great smaller boat...

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

From: FINNUS505 at aol.com

In a message dated 2/1/00 6:35:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov writes:

<< 18 feet Cape DoryGoldeneye with the right feel, and its a transatlantic
 veteran! Check this out, its soudns great! >>
My two cents; when you start going below 23 feet or so in a traditional full 
keel design, such as the 19 foot CD Typhoon, you get a boat that is seaworthy 
and capable, but performance is really hurt.  the bow is proportionaly 
bluffer, and small chop stops her more easily, and the fluid flow and glide 
of a larger, proportionaly longer hull is lost. If you are downsizing, but 
still want a certain feel to the boat, there is a point at which the boat is 
too small.
I have seen a couple of Kittiwakes, though I have never sailed one, or spoken 
to the owners.  But they are very pretty.  they fall into Alberg's finer 
design category; I can group Albergs designs into the sllightly rounder, 
bluffer bowed and sterned models, such as Triton, CD 25, Seasprite, Alberg 
35, the 19 foot Corinthian, and Typhoon, and the finer hulls, with sharper 
entries, and finer waterlines, such as the Alberg 22, the Kittiwake, and the 
Alberg 30.  I'm not saying one type is better than the other; they are 
different approaches, each with it's advantages, each for sailors who are 
looking for different things from their boats. Would you guys agree?
Lee
Stargazer

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