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[CapnK]

Ahhh - I think you have me confused with someone else. :)

Calibers are nice, but I'd get an Alberg 35 first. :D

[s/v Faith]

FWIW.....

  I did not believe it.   ;)


Added on edit..... 'Not that there is anything wrong with that kind of thing....    :o


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[jesa]

Hello from Texas.  My husband and I just bought our first boat, a 1982 Ericson 25+.  We are pretty much beginners at this, although we have sailed on opb's over the years.  Right now our plans are to gain as much experience as possible and get the boat in condition for exploring the ICW.  After that, who knows...

We are really happy to find a website dedicated to smaller boats and look forward to a lot of good reading.

[Joe Pyrat]

Ahhh - I think you have me confused with someone else. :)

Calibers are nice, but I'd get an Alberg 35 first. :D

YES!!!   :)

If I were going for a bigger boat, it would definitely be an A-35.  It was love at first sight when first saw my Triton sitting at the dock and a year later she was mine.  The A-35 looks just like a bigger Triton without the forward facing ports on the doghouse step.  Carl did know how to design a beautiful boat.

I remember reading somewhere that you should always look back when leaving your boat, not because you think you forgot something, but just because she takes your breath ways.

[CharlieJ]

Haha- Kurt- The Texans are arriving :)

Jesa- Where are you located?

[jesa]

Hi,
We keep the boat in Clear Lake and sail Galveston Bay (when there is enough water...during winter we pretty much slip-sail as the water gets blown out of the lake by northers).  OTOH, we get quite a few boat projects done this way.

[CapnK]

LOL, seanshine. ;D Good topic change.

Joe - you are right - always want to be looking back on the way away from me vessel. :)

There was an Alberg 36 (yes, I typed that right) at my old marina - I was told one of 7 made, Carl's last design. She was supposed to be up for sale by now, the owner told me he was gonna ask for about what a CD that size would sell for. It was one bigger boat I would *not* have minded having. :)

[CapnK]

Welcome aboard, jesa! Glad you found us. Jump on in! ;D

[Joe Pyrat]

An A-36, now that's something I didn't know.  I did a quick search on Google and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/1964-ARDELL-SAILING-SCHOOL-AD-ALBERG-36-SLOOP_W0QQitemZ6590592981QQcategoryZ14055QQcmdZViewItem

[CapnK]

Joe -

If I remember correctly what I was told by the fellow who owned it:

It was Albergs last design, and was made by a small company in Canada that went out of business after producing only the 7 that he said were made.

Back then, I Googled it too, and wasn't able to turn up much info on the boat or the company which made them. She did not have the raised cabin trunk of the Ariel, Triton, A35, etc..., it was a Cape Dory-style, all one-level affair. Looks almost identical to the CD36/Robinhood 36. In fact, I'm wondering if sometime between CD stopping production, and Robinhood starting it again on the 36, if some other company didn't give it a go?

Dunno. Beautiful boat, nonetheless. :)

[Joe Pyrat]

Cap,

From looking at the pictures it looks kind of like an A-37 cabin-wise.  My Google results had a number of hits that were in French, so the majority of these boats may well be in Canada.

You are right though, she is a beautiful boat.

[Tod Mills]

Hi, All

Looks like this place is really taking off; last time I was here there was only the home page!

I live in Ashland, Ohio and trailer sail a Montgomery 17 and have a Tartan 26 project boat sitting in the driveway, where I'm making serious inroads towards the record for "slowest restoration".  For a bit about them, I have a small web page at www.todspages.net

Here's to a good, sucessful forum!,

Tod Mills

[Tod Mills]

Good to "see" you!

[CapnK]

Tod! Hey bud!

Welcome to the reason I haven't been emailing you lately! ;D Glad you're here - you saw sailFar before it *was* sailFar - lol... :D

[Dougcan]

Welcome Tod!

I expect you'll like this site!  I know I do! :)

[Tod Mills]

Thanks for the welcome, gents!

I'm still working out my preferences; anyone have any tips for seeing the new messages all consolidated?

Great work, Kurt!

Tod

[oded kishony]

At the bottom of the home page there's the 'last 10 posts' I bookmark that and check if often.

Oded Kishony

[s/v Faith]

Hey Bill,

  Saw elsewhere that your wooden boat deal fell through.  Sorry to hear abou that, sounded like a great boat.

  Remember the O'Day that I told you about?  There were no bids on it, I bet you could pretty much just come and get it if you want it.  I can PM you with the contact info if you are interested.

  The boat needs a lot of work, but if you are looking for a project.....

Welcome to the site,

  Don't know where in NC you are, but I know of a few boats right now...  Not sure what junkyard prices are to you, but there is an O'Day 28(?) that needs a new interior bulkhead, and other TLC that is floating at the end of my dock.  Probably could be had for less then $500.

  There is a Grampian 26 that you could probably get for less then $2000.  Other boats slightly higher are an Alberg 30, An Oday 25.

  Flea-bay does have some great deals, (watched an Alberg35 go for $855 last month).  Few are in this area.... for whatever reason.

  Another option is to walk around boat yards, great deals lurking in forgotten corners. 

[Dougcan]

Ahh CJ, sorry, I should have made myself clearer on "wooden boat"!

What I had was a clinker build 42' Trawler, powered by a Detroit 3-71.  That cured me of clinker build boats.

Replacing all the oakum was no fun! Not to mention trying to finding myriad leaks, and keeping the hull pumped out while the boards swell ups and so on.  I finally gave up on it when I realized I just didn't have enough money and time to restore the trawler properly, and lucked out when I found a buyer who was willing to pay my asking price for it so I was out only a few thousands.  To be fair, I did learn a lot working on that boat.

I do like other kind of wooden boats though, and I would love to build a weekender one of these days, I have the plans for 4 different "wooden" boats, three are the Stevenson Projects boats, "Weekender", "Vacationer", and the "Pocket Cruiser".  I also have the plan for the Bolger "MicroTrawler".

Cold molding is good too in my book!

[Rockdoctor]

The weekender is a nice build, and is very forgiving especially if you use epoxy. It is a well tested design and has a nice following of friendly folks that will help you along the way, and even come to your house to help you build. The stressed-skin is very strong and is great for protected waters. It does have a flat bottom and is unballasted. Because of that, she will pound unless you load the bow with batteries. Another design that you may like is the B an B yacht design Princess 22. It has a similar building technique, v-shaped bow, alot more room and a cat-ketch rig.