FS: Pearson Vanguard at City Island

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Pearsonvanguard.org seems to be an active site. Maybe someone there can be alerted. There is a Commander page there also.

To me the Vanguard, 33'X 9.25'X 4.50' has the look of a sixties fiberglass yacht. The accommodations are a little narrow and there is a pronounced dip in the sheer which imco dates the design. Nothing 'wrong' with that. Has to be a new owner that appreciates Vanguard's place in fiberglass history. If the Vanguard's proportions were related to the Ariel, the Ariel would have a beam of 7.25', instead of 8'.

Now if you went along side the Vanguard with your Commander or Ariel, I think they would seem a little more timeless. And I think that is because A/Cs have an as-built STRAIGHT SHEER. Nobody here on this site has explained this phenomenon because The Alberg plans we have in the Manual show a modest curvey sheer!

If that Vanguard were an Ariel I'd bet she would have found a new skipper already.
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The Vanguard is a Phillip Rhodes design. 404 were built within the same time zone as the Alberg Ariel/Commander. Afetr Alberg and Rhodes I guess Shaw became Pearson's inhouse designer.
But it certainly looks like the same methods were used by Pearson in all their boats of the time.
No matter the designer, the same good stuff about these fiberglass boats will appear - and the same bad stuff.