To keep myself occupied while I gather the necessary equipment to jump into my Robbe Topkapi I had the great luck to win this half hull in an auction in Rhode Island and plan on restoring it. It's an old yacht showroom sales demo (note the hook eye), but with a nice history. It's a Pearson Triton 28 designed by legendary designer Carl Alberg in 1958 for the (now defunct) Pearson Yachts (Portsmouth, RI) and was one of the earliest (if not the first) commercially available mass produced fiberglass sailboats. Jouet in France licensed the design for European sales. Over 700 were built up until 1968.

I am going to clean it up, copy the lines, and mount it on a plaque. I have a fascination with half hulls. Down the road I am going to build a cutaway off the lines with an interior. Add it to the list!
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