[Public-List] Is this an Alberg 30?

[jefdaj at protonmail.ch]

Thanks! This could very well be it. Maybe the registration was right. Shame there isn't much on the internet about them.


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On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 8:21 PM, Marianne King-Wilson via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> These links might help, concerning a California boatbuilder who moved to Florida.
> The company was called Windward Yachts, and they built several models including a 'Jolly Roger 30' before going out of business.
> A family member has described some of the company history--her father was the boatbuilder.
> http://svshadowline.blogspot.com/2010/06/windward-yachts-jolly-roger-24.html
>
> And a potential buyer has found a former owner of a 'Jolly Roger 30' with fond memories at this site.
> https://www.boatbanter.com/boat-building/34472-seeking-information-about-windward-yachts-jolly-roger-sloop.html
>
> Hope this helps, Jeff!
>
> Marianne King-Wilson
> Georgian Bay
> (former owner with fond memories of
> Alberg 30 #369, coincidentally named 'Windward')
>
> > > > > > > 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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