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

[Peter Hay]

  Sounds like a Continental Folkboat produced by Whitby.  There are several
here in Ontario.   Where is the boat?




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


  > 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".
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