[Public-list] 25' 1961 Whitby-Alberg design

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Dear Alberg-people:  I have a  25-foot, 1961 Whitby, no doubt designed by 
Carl Alberg.  I need to sell  this boat, and I advertised it cheaply over the 
winter, but couldn't find the  pictures I took when the boat was on the hard.  
While a bunch of people are  interested in the boat, I didn't want to take new 
pictures until I spruced the  boat up a bit.  Now that I'm finishing repainting 
the interior, and have  done some sanding and urethaning of her exterior teak 
(not all of it, yet), I  want to raise the price tag a bit.  All my research 
has shown me that this  is probably a one-of-a-kind design, designed and built 
the first year Whitby  Boat Works and Carl Alberg got together.  I thought, 
from a boat plan I saw  once, that she looked more like an Alberg 37, than an 
Alberg 30, but I haven't  taken the time to look more closely into that (and 
does it matter?)  She  has an external rudder, mounted to her hull and keel.  
Her Vetus diesel  engine had "walked away" just before I bought her, and though 
I may know where a  replacement can be found, I don't want to invest more 
money in her.   Her laminated tiller had also disappeared, and a replacement was 
fashioned  from a single piece of wood.  I think I have her roller-furling jib, 
 though I don't remember it being very crisp.  I don't know if I  have her 
main.  (She has a roller-boom, though I don't know that it was  used.)  Her 
standing rigging is in fine shape, and I bought new running  rigging, (though have 
to find it).  Her interior has an extensive amount of  mahogany, which I'm 
not retouching, as most of it is in good to excellent  condition.  I'm not 
repainting the hull, though I may finish  compound/waxing before I find a suitable 
buyer.  Her deck and cabin top are  not painted, but seem to be a gelcoat, 
tinted a pale, mint green.
What is a fair price for this pretty,  extremely strongly built boat?  I was 
planning to put it on Ebay, after I  take the new pictures of her, but am 
afraid I will not reach the right audience,  and she will be undervalued.
I would appreciate any input, and  especially any historical information 
about her.  She had no name on her,  so I named her "Frolic".