Ariel 198

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Keep the photos coming, Kendall!
Glad you listened to the Ariel when she was talking to you.
Maybe Bill's resource here will help with the anomalies you find.

I just looked up the Bristol 24 you passed up. And I have a picture in the archives, Wind Song(?), with a square hole in her transom for tilting up the OB in the well, I thought. There isn't much info out there on what looks like another nice pocket cruiser similar to the Ariel.. Said to be originally made by Sailrite when Clint Pearson bought the business he renamed Bristol.

Interesting, I can't find a designer's name associated with the boat, and there certainly is no site like what we have here in the Ariel Association connected with the 24. (Halsey Herreschoff would put a hole in a transom but I don't think Alberg would.) They were built into the 80's I think, much longer than the A/Cs. One signature feature is the large lid over the OB well like the Ariel's - but the two interior layouts are different from Alberg's usual.

Have lots of fun.