Fw: [Alberg30] Preparing to Buy

[Mary & Bill Mahony]

Congratulations Scott!!

    She sounds like quite a find--they are beautiful boats.  If it makes you
feel any better, we did exactly the same thing with "Mary Ann"--we had
looked at several Albergs here on the Bay, but decided on buying one we had
seen on Yachtworld in Michigan.  She had been in the same slip her entire
life, from 1967!  Had her surveyed, had a good conversation with the
surveyor, and decided to buy sight-unseen.  We've been very happy...

    May she bring you years of joy!

Fair winds,
Bill
#276 "Mary Ann"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Wallace" <tristan at one.net>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Cc: "Christos Katehis" <greeksailor at worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Alberg30] Preparing to Buy


> Well said, Sailing Friends!
>
> Call me a fool, but I have always lusted after an Alberg 30, Bristol 27
and
> the Pearson Ariel (all Alberg Designs) as well as the Seafarer Rhodes
Meridian
> and Ranger as well as the Pearson Vanguard, all Phil Rhodes
designs...well,
> back in the Fall, I found a Rhodes Meridian on yachtworld.com down in
> Florida...it had a little inboard diesel and looked like a proper little
> boat.  I bookmarked the site, and returned often to look at the
photos...my
> adult son, Brian, finally said, "Dad, why don't you just get over it, make
an
> offer and buy her?"  I made an offer, which was accepted, and now am
having
> her transported to Lake Erie in May...I have never laid eyes on the boat.
The
> broker, George Carter, seemed like a straight-up guy when I spoke with him
on
> the phone.  He told me before  I wired him the money that the deck had a
> couple of areas that were repaired for soft spots, the mast was
delaminating
> at the top and her beautiful mahogany trim needed some regluing and
> refinishing.  Friends on the Seafarer list kindly went over to look her
over
> and told me she was a fine little boat.  On my budget, I was lucky to buy
her
> at all!  But if I do encounter a problem, I feel confident and competent
> enough to fix her.  I suspect my skills are poorer than many of you and
better
> than a few.  But at 53 years old, my belief is "Learn by Doing!"  I would
much
> rather have my new vessel (1962:) than a brand new many other brand
> boats...that's what is so great about the Alberg 30, they were beautifully
> designed and well made!
>
> Scott Wallace, Rhodes Meridian WATERMARK
>
> Just a few thoughts
>
> Brian and Elaine Timmins wrote:
>
> > > "analization causes paralization"
> > >
> > What a dangerous (but true) statement !
> > If I analized the purchase of either Free Spirit or Calico Jack, I'd
still
> > be sitting here looking at pretty pictures on Yachtworld (albeit with a
lot
> > more money in my pocket and a lot fewer sea stories to tell)
> > Brian
> >
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