The Almand is kind of the Ford or Chevy of it's time. The quality is not great but not bad either. How suitable the
boat is depends on how you plan to use it. As a
liveaboard it leaves much to be desired. Go below and admire all of the room then ask yourself where you will stow your belongings. Would I cross an ocean in one, probably not. Would someone else, they probably have. For daysails, weekends and local sailing in shallow
water it is OK. You have already figured out some of it's sailing charastics. The big question is, how well was it maintained? This is a boat that does not do well if neglected. A thorough
survey by a "qualified"
surveyor will answer this question much better that this board can. The questions you would like answered are hard to do sight unseen.
Other than that ... build quality? Sailing ability (within the exception noted above) known problems? Anyone ever own one? etc. etc.
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