[Alberg30] Boats available?

[Melissa Currier]

Chris,

My husband and I have two Albergs.  Infinity (#57, the hull standard for
the class) is a great old boat with a significant/impressive blue water
history and alot of new rigging.  We currently sail/race/cruise on the
Chesapeake, but she needs a repower of some teak/interior sprucing up. 
Daybreak (#458) is sitting on a mooring near our home in Annapolis.  We
purchased her as a "fixer-upper".  She has no motor currently and her sail
inventory is small/old.  She is well outfitted as a cruiser, but her
younger age and rigging might just make her a decent racer.  At this time
BOTH boats are in need of some work.  AND we can't decide what we're doing
(NOTE: We're in the middle of building a house...), but we do want to do
something with one of them.

A fair offer on either might help us make up our minds... I'm sure my
husband will see this message and FREAK ;) , but the fact is we DO need to
pick one sooner or later.  If you are interested in coming down to
Annapolis to check out our ladies in waiting, we'd be happy to have you.

You can contact us me 410-990-9855 or mcurrier at spinrx.com.

> Chris,
>
>     Bill and Mike are right on target.  We were in your shoes during
> winter/spring '02, we finally found our boat from a family up in
> Michigan, and had her shipped down here to the Chesapeake.
>
>     Survey is key, and particularly for an older boat like the Alberg,
> it
> will give you a roadmap of what you will want or more accurately, need
> to do.  Depending on your resourcefulness, you can estimate the real
> "cost" of your potential purchase.  Even though our boat surveyed very
> well (in other words, she was sound and well maintained), she was almost
> all
> original--meaning original gate-valve seacocks, thru-hulls, wiring, etc.
> Our insurance company wanted all those areas upgraded/replaced right
> off, so that was the beginning of the shopping list.
>
>     In my case, the genes don't contain too much of the craftsman DNA,
> so we
> have had a lot of the more serious work (ie, stuff that involves the
> boat staying afloat ;-), done by the yard.  We've done most of the
> cosmetic work ourselves--cabin painting, galley rehab, brightwork, etc.
> Still all told, we've easily doubled her purchase price.  We also had
> the yard guys do some of the more complicated (to me anyway) quality of
> life/sailing work--new head and holding tank installation, new sheet and
> halyard winches, boom brake/vang, etc.
>
>
>     Good hunting!
>
> Bill & Mary Ann
> #276 "Mary Ann"
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Blevins" <billblevins at mac.com>
> To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 7:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [Alberg30] Boats available?
>
>
>> GREAT POINT MIKE! My 10K purchase has had at least 10K added in the
>> past
> year and a half since I purchased her. (I have another 5-10K to go too,
> though all of that is cosmetic and comfort related). It is a wise
> process to consider the upgrade costs, unless you want everything to be
> like YOU like it and the weekly money spent on upgrades isn't a huge
> issue.
>>
>> Bill Blevins
>> Alberg 30
>> Sabrina, #158
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 04:00PM, Hiesener, Michael
> <hiesenerm at stripes.osd.mil> wrote:
>>
>> >Chris,
>> >
>> >Smart move considering the A30.  I recently bought into a partnership
>> on
> an
>> >A30 and have not been disappointed at all.
>> >
>> >But beware....That fixer-upper, even if you do all the work yourself
>> may well cost you several thousand dollars in parts, to fix up.  And
>> plenty
> of
>> >time as well....you would be wise to compare it too a boat in "good"
>> condition.  Marine parts are very expensive.....A $5,000 fixer-upper
> could
>> >well end up costing $12,000.
>> >
>> >Good Luck
>> >
>> >Mike Hiesener
>> >Terrapin #254
>> >Annapolis
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Chris Blain [mailto:blainch at yahoo.com]
>> >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:27 PM
>> >To: Alberg 30 public list
>> >Subject: [Alberg30] Boats available?
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi all...
>> >
>> >I'm planning on buying a piece of classic plastic
>> >sometime this winter/fall, and the A30 is up there on
>> >the list.
>> >
>> >Anyone know of a good fixer-upper gathering spider
>> >webs in the corner of their favorite yard? I'm in the
>> >boston area.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Chris Blain
>> >
>> >
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