[Public-List] gulf coast 23

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

Heya,
 
I saw a Gulf Coast 23 once.
 
They are really nice boats for the size. Typical Alberg hull, typical  layout 
below. She was one of his boats with a very nice shear line. One unusual  
feature; the outboard well was off to port, and a little more forward than the  
well in other small Albergs, like the Arial, for instance. Guess he thought it  
would give the prop more bite when the boat was pitching.
 
She was well made, but for one feature; this one that I saw was one of the  
kit boats that was available from the manufacturer, to be finished by the 
owner.  He did not do a great job glassing the ballast into the keel, and the glass 
was  lifting, and it was obvious that water was getting in there. But if 
something to  look at in any Gulf Coast, it doesn't mean that they all had that 
flaw.
 
Wait a minute....Gulf Coast 23, or South Coast 23? I think this was a  South 
Coast 23, made in Shreveport, Louisiana. Are you sure it is  a Gulf Coast you 
are looking at? :)
 
I saw this boat when we were boat shopping, back in 90, or 91. I found  
articles on the class in old Yachting magazines, and xeroxed them. I've got  the 
copies in a file in a box somewhere, that I could probably could dig out if  you 
wanted to see them.
 
Lee
Stargazer #255



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