Ketch ID
Posted by 2_71828183@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 5 comments
https://imgur.com/XJWprV4
Can anyone help me ID this boat? It looks like an Alberg 30 or 35, but not exactly. And I don't know if those were ever offered as ketch or yawl rigs.
-Maris-@reddit
There were several similar yawl designs in the 60s and 70s. This one most closely resembles an Alberg <37 (which has three forward windows), But it could potentially be a Columbia or a Pearson as well. The large window shapes, and lines of the cabin top have me leaning toward an Alberg.
-Maris-@reddit
Update: It's 1965(ish) Alberg 30
2_71828183@reddit (OP)
You think so? I can't find versions of the 30 with this kind of bowsprit, short overhang at the transom, high freeboard, weatherboards in the cockpit, and the aft portlights. Also, I think most 30s are tiller steering. I'm starting to wonder if this is a heavily modified vessel, or even custom.
Beelzabub@reddit
Maybe a yawl, with the steering forward of the mizzen?
Ancient-Bluejay2590@reddit
It actually dependent on where the rudder post is relative to the mizzen, not where you steer from.
That said, I have no idea regarding this boat. Don’t know where the post is.