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Albergs
Been looking at old Alberg 35s as a possible single handed cruiser.
The 35 was made by Ericson and Pearson and one other company. Does anyone have a feel for any differences in quality between the different builders? Thanks Gordon |
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Albergs
On Aug 13, 5:09 pm, Gordon wrote:
Been looking at old Alberg 35s as a possible single handed cruiser. The 35 was made by Ericson and Pearson and one other company. Does anyone have a feel for any differences in quality between the different builders? Thanks Gordon I Believe Hinterhoeller designed some of the Albergs. My Hr28 was a very strong boat. Terry K |
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Gordon wrote:
Been looking at old Alberg 35s as a possible single handed cruiser. The 35 was made by Ericson and Pearson and one other company. Does anyone have a feel for any differences in quality between the different builders? Thanks Gordon Cape Dory, IIRC. |
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On Aug 13, 4:09 pm, Gordon wrote:
Been looking at old Alberg 35s as a possible single handed cruiser. The 35 was made by Ericson and Pearson and one other company. Does anyone have a feel for any differences in quality between the different builders? Thanks Gordon Good Old Boat Magazine did a article on the 35s you might be able to track it down but anyway there is an interesting story on how Ericson started building the Alberg 35s after Pearson abandoned the design. Apparently the Pearson plant in Sausalito dumped the mold for the hull at the dump because Pearson decided to concentrate all production on the east coast. Anyway the workers were suppose to break up the mold but didn't. Someone spotted the mold, trucked it down to Orange and the rest is Ericson history. Bruce King did some redesigning on the keel. Pearson later sued Ericson over the hull after they put the Alberg 35 into production but lost the suit. You notice how the later Ericsons have split windows? It's because Columbia sued about the window design and won. So Ericsons solution was to just split it. Ericson was a new company and money was tight but they did not compromise on quality. They did not cut corners on manufacturing. The plant even had a water tank that they dunked each new yacht into to test for water tight integrity. The Ericson 41 was the boat to have at the time and did well in yacht races so kept the company in the money. |
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