[Public-List] Is this an Alberg 30?

[Mike Meinhold]

Another sailor in my office thinks it is a Bristol 30.   Some have the
5 portlights.


On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 8:38 AM George Dinwiddie via Public-List
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> On 12/12/18 12:33 AM, Jeff via Public-List wrote:
> > Hello everyone! I'm considering becoming an Alberg 30 owner... or am I? It appears to have a spade rudder:
> >
> > https://imgur.com/a/7s0b71A
>
> That's not an Alberg 30. For one thing, the cabin top is too high. And
> the portlights are wrong for the Alberg. I don't know the sail insignia,
> but it's not an Alberg 30. The Alberg 30 insignia looks like this:
> http://alberg30.org/images/emblem.png
>
>   - George
>
> >
> > I also tried to check for aluminum reinforcement of the mast support, but couldn't see the beam from the cabin--just ceiling. The current owner says it must be an Alberg Odyssey 30. But those shouldn't have spade rudders either, right? Registration calls it a 1967 "Jolly Roger". There are other boats from the same era that to my untrained eye look very similar, for example this Pearson Renegade:
> >
> > http://sailingtexas.com/201101/spearson27103.html
> >
> > But the owner is certain it's 30 feet long. I also don't know if some of the Albergs were made with different rudders or modified by their owners for racing.
> >
> > Any help solving this minor mystery would be much appreciated! Included the mainsail insignia too in case someone recognizes it. And I'm in the San Francisco area.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jeff
>
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