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    double WOW!

    #12 would mean there are at least 12 of these babies.
    Do you have any paper for your boat?
    First production glass boats were the Alberg/Pearson Triton of that time, a 28'.
    There were EastCoast, WestCoast and French versions.
    The Ariel/Commander, so far as I know was only built in Bristol RI.
    This class is a kissing cousin to the Triton, with simlar proportions.
    The trunk cabin/coach roof on yours looks very different than A/Cs or Tritons built in the 60s
    Looks like it has 6' standing inside.

    Looks like your boat has a pronounced sheer. The 60s A/C have flat sheer.

    BUT I have never seen a lines drawing of the A/C that did not have a curved sheer.

    So it is entirely possible that the very first first Ariel/Commander production runs were models
    with pronounced sheers AND pronounced coach roofs.
    Hard to imagine Pearson retooling their molds once they got production going. However it
    certainly is possible.

    Are you sure it's a Pearson? I wonder if it's an Alberg?
    An easy check: A/Cs are exactly 8' at the widest beam.
    The hull of an Ariel/Commander is easy to ID as an Alberg, there isn't much to change there except the rudder.
    What does your underbody look like?
    But it could be that the whole deck - or maybe the coachroof - was entirely remade on an Ariel hull.

    (Now that I study the photo, a lower angle view might reveal a hull having a nearly flat sheer.)
    Last edited by ebb; 06-02-2014 at 09:15 AM.

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