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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 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 ...
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 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 Pearson Vanguard is a sloop-rigged sailboat designed in 1962 by Philip Rhodes. These boats were built by Pearson Yachts from 1963 to 1967. Pearson Vanguards are a traditional cruiser known for world travel.
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 30 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa-cored deck and wood trim. The hull was made from a hand lay up in a one-piece mold. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. Wheel steering was a ...
The Freedom sailboats have unstayed rigs, meaning that the mast is freestanding and not supported by the normal set of wires called standing rigging. Garry Hoyt, a champion sailor and noted maverick, created the unstayed rigs to give "freedom" from the inefficient sail shapes of traditional sloop rigs as well as to give "freedom" from the ...