Want To Buy: What boat is this?

[Franziska]

I agree she is a pretty boat.

Regarding the arch, there are folks around who live on their boats and may need the big solar array and it's power for various reasons.
We don't know the owner, but they surely had a valid reason why they decided to add such a large panel. We simply don't know. Cut them some slack.

Regarding the looks, yes it might be nicer without, but I feel they did a reasonable good effort to solve their power problem. The arch could be much much more ugly.

Originally Posted by thomm225

Not sure why someone would want to ruin a pretty nice boat with that huge solar panel and arch.

But I guess some of these do it yourselfers can't help themselves.

There are folks on here daily with a "better" idea !?

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by Franziska

I agree she is a pretty boat.

Regarding the arch, there are folks around who live on their boats and may need the big solar array and it's power for various reasons.
We don't know the owner, but they surely had a valid reason why they decided to add such a large panel. We simply don't know. Cut them some slack.

Regarding the looks, yes it might be nicer without, but I feel they did a reasonable good effort to solve their power problem. The arch could be much much more ugly.

Get a condo. It's easier if you need that much power.

No need to ruin a boat's sailing abilities and well as it's appearance with one gigantic monstrosity attached to the stern section.

I'm wondering what occurs with that boat when the wind gets up to say gale strength

[ramron67]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

...Not all older boats like this, with longer overhangs, hobby horse. A good designer knows what beam, hull shape and bottom configurations contribute to hobby horsing. I owned a 30ft Garden design that hobby horsed terribly. I also owned a Ted Hood Blackwatch 37 that was steady as a freight train. There is a lot to a boat that your eye just does not see. The placement of the weight is a huge factor.
It would be like me saying that long waterline, flat bottom boats will cause the fillings in your teeth to fall out. Again, it depends who designed it.

As a relative newbie, I am curious to better understand this. Is the design of the Alberg 37 notorious for hobby-horsing?
The boat has many of the typical CCA design characteristics, but nothing seems to particularly stand out. And, although I understand that there are a lot of opinions on the interpretation of the Brewer ratio, it does score quite high on this.

[ramron67]

Originally Posted by thomm225

...I'm wondering what occurs with that boat when the wind gets up to say gale strength

It might be difficult to put a reef in the solar panel arch...

[_LifeInTheWild_]

That boat is "Pancho." It is an Alberg 37 with an electric auxiliary. I believe there are 720 watts of solar on that arch. They have done an insane amount of work on that boat. One thing I have learned in my life is that people love calling other people's babies ugly. Even people with ugly babies.

[Hoodsail]

I have no problem calling myself homely (north american, not british definition), my kids ugly, other folks kids ugly, even babies ugly, AND on that note...the appendage on the stern takes this classic sailboat to another place, that is as far from Herreshoff as I am from Brad Pitt!