[Public-List] Updated Alberg 30 History

[George Dinwiddie]

It's now posted.

Robert Kirk wrote:
> I've updated the A30 History spreadsheet and it should be up on the 
> website presently when George is able to get to it. I've added 
> significantly more boat info from the original version, and thanks very 
> much to Ken Stephenson,  have the original shipping date and dealer or 
> owner of all the boats from 1968 till the end of production in 1984.
> 
> It's interesting that Whitby relied mostly on dealers in  the early days 
> (Jabin & Evanson in Maryland, Yacht Haven on L I Sound, and Western in 
> Vancouver were the major dealers, but he sold in Detroit & Texas, too. 
> One was sent to Venezuela.) and then sold directly from Toronto as 
> production diminished in the late years. Most all the boats from '75 on 
> were sold in Canada while USA dominated the early ones. #704 in June '84 
> was the last boat, and the only one built that year.
> 
> # 354 at the end of 1968 saw a new deck mold, and #410 at the beginning 
> of 1970 saw the New Model, (he apparently kept that one for himself.)
> 
> Whitby started installing Bukhs, off & on, probably as special orders 
> ~74-77, and in '78 shifted pretty much exclusively to Volvos.
> 
> Interestingly, Numbers 656-699 were apparently not used; i.e. #655 in 
> jun/81 was followed by #700  in Sep/82.
> 
> I'm still confused about #322 & #389 which seemed to have swapped 
> numbers. 389 was Harry Grigat's boat; maybe he has an explanation.
> 
> Also, the provenance of 618/641/639 is confusing; anyone help?
> 
> I'm sure there may be errors in my spreadsheet. The first version was 
> pretty well documented, but this one involves some speculation. Please 
> let me know about any corrections or additional information. Do you 
> remember who owned your boat before you? My convention is that I only 
> list ownership years I'm pretty certain about, and locations are the 
> last I knew about. I'd like to expand the ownership years.
> 
> Give George a couple of days to get the posting up on the alberg30.org 
> website (he's a busy man) then have a look. All input appreciated.
> 
> Bob Kirk
> Isobar #181
> 
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