[Public-List] Is this an Alberg 30?

[Gordon Laco]

Don’t think so… A37’s are quite graceful yachts, and look much like A30’s.

Gordon Laco
www.gordonlaco.com




> On Dec 12, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Rolph and Joan Townshend via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Could it be an Alberg 37? It looks longer than 30 feet to me and it has a
> wheel instead of a tiller.
> towney
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 12:36 PM Mike Meinhold via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> After looking more, I agree not a Bristol . We could not find the insignia
>> either so I guess it is specific to the boat.
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 12:06 Jeff via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I think the Bristols have full keels too.
>>> 
>>> Maybe an Easterly 30? I could see the B standing for Brannon, but none of
>>> the others with pictures online have a similar insignia.
>>> 
>>> https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/easterly-30-brennan
>>> https://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/50926
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>> On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 1:53 PM, Mike Meinhold via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I remember bygone days George Dinwiddie
>>>>> I think how evening follows morn; gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
>>>>> So many I loved were not yet dead, http://www.Alberg30.org
>>>>> So many I love were not yet born. also see:
>>>>> 'The Middle' by Ogden Nash http://idiacomputing.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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