[Public-List] gulf coast 23
Rob Alley
1ralley at comcast.net
Sat Jan 5 15:15:08 PST 2008
The Alberg design was a Southcoast 23. I had one 20 odd years ago--it
was my first Alberg. Great little boat. A mite tender in very high
winds, and without standing head room below. I bought the Alberg when I
got tired of yanking the outboard out of the port well.
The idiot I sold it to (who also sailed pseudo-reproduction viking
longships)neglected the boat--it eventually sank and (I am told)was
abandoned. I am also told that it was sturdy enough to essentially
destroy the dock to which it was tied (in a hurricane)before it sank.
As I said, a great little boat, sturdy and reliable--if you mean the
Southcoast.
R
FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:
> 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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