I ran across this boat in the fixer uppers section of the Good Old Boat website here: <http://www.goodoldboat.com/resources..._sailboats.php>
What intrigued me, is that the ad says it was built in 1961 and is an Alberg design?? The precursor to the Ariel/Commanders perhaps? Whitby made the Alberg 30's.
Specs from The Sailboat data website LOA: 25.25 LWL: 19.83 Beam: 7.25 - pretty close to our Ariel/Commanders. But didn't have a designer listed...
<http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=542>
Then, a quick Google search turned up The Great Lakes Alberg Association website <http://www.alberg.ca/default.asp> which says the designer was Kurt Hansen, an immigrant from Denmark who started importing folk boats in the late 50's, then started making them in fiberglass around 1960. <http://www.alberg.ca/about_history.shtml>
Still, quite an interesting boat and a new one to me. A little "boxier" than our boats...
Kind of an Ariel/Folkboat hybrid. Nice spacious looking interior though.
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