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The Alberg 35 is a fiberglass sailboat designed by Carl Alberg. [1] It is also known as the Pearson Alberg 35. The design was produced not only by Pearson Yachts in Rhode Island, but also by AeroMarine Composites and Ericson Yachts. It is the larger cousin of the Alberg 30 and the Pearson Triton. The Alberg 35 was the second yacht put into ...
It is closely related to the Pearson Renegade, another Shaw design. Wanderers are considered good sea boats and one has competed in the Bermuda 1-2 race from Newport to Bermuda several times. [2] Use of the centerboard is optional at all points of sail, but to windward putting the centerboard down will improve the steering balance.
The Pearson 23 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim and a masthead sloop rig. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional keel and centerboard. It displaces 3,500 lb (1,588 kg) and carries 1,300 lb (590 kg) of ballast. [1] [3]
The Pearson Invicta is a 38-foot (12 m) sailboat designed for ocean racing. [1] It has a fiberglass sloop with wood trim. Sailboats were once made solely of wood however, the Invicta was the first sailboat produced with a fiberglass hull to win a major ocean race (the 1964 Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda), being placed second overall in the 1962 Newport to Bermuda Race.
The Herreshoff Eagle is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It is a topsail gaff-rigged masthead sloop; with a clipper bow and bowsprit; a plumb transom; a shallow, transom-hung rudder controlled by a wheel and a stub keel with a retractable centerboard.
J/35 interior J/35. The J/35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass over a balsa core and with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a reverse transom with a swim ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 10,500 lb (4,763 ...
The Pearson 23C is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a catboat rig with an unstayed, spun-tapered aluminum mast. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional keel and centerboard. It displaces 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) and ...
The Pearson cousins left the company in the 1960s, and Bill Shaw became the chief designer. [1] One of Shaw's most notable designs is the flush decked Pearson 40, introduced in 1977. [3] Pearson filed for bankruptcy in 1991. At that time TPI Composites, formerly known as Tillotson-Pearson, purchased the rights to the Pearson Yachts brand name. [1]