Forum: Gallery

Well I finally did it. I flew to Vermont on Friday and on Saturday I bought commander # 147. :D:D She will be trucked to Florida in the next couple of weeks and then put on a trailer that we are building for her and brought to my home where I can do the stuff that is necessary to put her back...

Hello Everyone - I am officially the proud new owner of a Commander #38! I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself and my boat. I live on Long Island and am 24 years old. This spring I had purchased a 1968 Bristol Corinthian that needed some work. After about 2 months of weekend work on...

Here comes the old girl now

While some of you were relaxing this weekend or perhaps even sailing...congratulations Mike I'm just begining to comprehend... I FINALLY got to work on 113 for close to five hours. Now that may not seem like much to many of you out there who enjoy 'simply messing about in boats',but it's the...

This is the Gallery page for the Carl Alberg-Designed yacht known as 'Mephisto Cat'. She was built sometime in 1965 by Pearson Yachts of Bristol Rhode Island. She is a model known as the 'Commander'. She is Hull number 155. The Pearson 'Commander' and the Pearson 'Ariel' share the same hull but...

Sirocco April 03

1964,Always freshwater, inside storage.Entire boat painted by professional. Refinished Mahogany.New interior and exterior cushions. Yamaha 8 HP with low hours. Perfect day cruiser/overnighter/racer, huge cockpit. 2 spinnakers, Jib, 2 Genoas,2 Mains, Storm Jib. depthmeter, Compass, head. Cradle on...

Just got the boat from my brother. I'm glad land rover's came with a 12 cylinder twin turbo diesel in 2000. What a load! My plan is to get this boat in a sailing condition soon. Anyone got any free time come on over, I'm in North alabama.

My wife and I picked up this Commander in Milwaukee a few weeks ago and are doing a "quick and dirty" make over to get her in the water ASAP. The sailing season is way too short here in Minnesota to dally. Over the winter we will give her a proper bottom job, repaint the freeboard and decks,...

Well here she is C-187... The photo (Photo 1) was taken at our first meeting in Mexico... taken July 2008. (I did not know the hull number until I checked in with Bill’s database which showed the CF number and I can now confirm this with the actual paperwork – there is no number plate in place…)...

Happy to report that I have just purchased Commander Hull 131. She is currently in Martha's Vinyard. I need to figure out how to get her to her berth at Ocean Beach, which is in Fire Island New York. I would like to purchase a trailer. She is in good shape, I think I will sail her this...

When my dad bought our Ariel from the first owner in 1972, it came with a small inflatable and a Muncie Gear Works Neptune Mighty Mite 1.7 HP outboard. It weighs 17 pounds and has forward gear and faster forward, but no neutral and no reverse. The previous owner used it quite extensively to...

So I'm new to this forum, and figured I'd post a couple pictures of our Commander, Commander 205. It's been in the family, and kept in the same inland lake in Upstate New York for the last 40 years. We are the second owners. It's seen better days, but we are in the process of fixing things one...

:D Bill, would you kindly change my forum status from "boatless lurker" to "Ariel Owner". Thank you!

Went up to the boat last night, to spend my first night aboard. Turned out to be good timing - a strong cold front ripped through during the whole morning, and gusts at one point were in the 60 mph range. Here are some pics of Katie Marie, just glamour shots really. The bad-stuff pics will come...

I picked up Commander 299 off of Ebay this last summer feeling she needed a new home and be around supportive people who would love her. The Princess had attracted a lot of attention last summer and proved herself to be (in my opinion) the ideal daysailor for Lake Minnetonka. I figured it would not...

Here are a few photos of an Ariel being restored in Alameda, CA. Rumor has it that the owner has a $30k budget :eek: We are attempting to learn the owner's name and find out more about the boat. The boat was purchased from a donation program, allegedly just before it was to be crushed! We...

Here's a picture of A 259, maybe a member may recognize this vessel. It's from the Jacksonville FL area, abandon at a storage yard years ago sold at auction and sat in the former owners yard for more years. When I registered with Bill he said 259 was named Crab Ghost, the transom has the faded...