[alberg30] Alberg Typhoon

[finnus505 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/8/00 1:30:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rap1208 at aol.com 
writes:

<< cott, I've lead a sheltered life, I've never heard of a wooden Typhoon, I 
 thought they were all fiberglass.  All the ones I've seen were, at least.  
 Why would anyone build one in wood?    Mahone Bay is a pretty little place!
 
 Russ Pfeiffer >>

Hi Russ,Scott,

I don't think Cape Dory ever built wooden boats.  If you have seen a wooden 
boat with the same dimensions as the glass Typhoon, the most likelly 
explanation might be that Alberg designed the boat in wood, and then Cape 
Dory later bought the plans and made a fiberglass production version.  My 
Alberg 22 was built in Ontario in glass, in the '70s.  In 1957, Alberg 
designed a 22 foot wooden boat, an article about which was in Yachtng, that 
year.  Allen Nye Scott hired Alberg to draw a glass version of the hull, with 
a modernized deck layout and rig, years later.

who knows?
Lee

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