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ORIGINS and influences
The Alberg 22 can trace it's origins directly to a 22 foot sloop
which was drawn by Carl Alberg in 1957. In May of that year a
drawing for a fractionally rigged, wooden Racer / Cruiser
appeared in Yachting Magazine as an Alberg Designed 22 - Foot
Sloop. Plan No. 20 called for a small auxiliary inboard, a deck
stepped mast, a small cabin with accommodations for 2 and a hull
shape that would become an Alberg exemplar.
Douglas Badgley of Dorchester Ontario visited Carl Alberg in
Marblehead MA to discuss updating the 22 for fibreglass
construction. The new boat would be called the Alberg 22 and hull
No.1, a mahogany planked version was shown at the 1963 Toronto
Boatshow(1). This hull subsequently became the male mould for
the fibreglass production boat and it is rumoured to be still sailing
at the West end of Lake Ontario.
Some 160 Alberg 22s were built by Douglas Woodcraft and
Marine, Douglas Marine and Sail Yacht Limited, until the early
seventies when the moulds were purchased by Allan Nye Scott (2).
The Alberg 22s were built by Nye Yachts in Belleville Ontario, and
later in Bloomfield Ontario, until the mid eighties.
One of the last AL22s built is Vandor, a 1986 hull, Sail No. 284,
owned by a GLAA Member. She's berthed in Kingston Ontario.
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts hold
Alberg's original drawings for both No.20 the 22 Foot Sloop
(Drawings 2933 A through C) and the Alberg 22 (drawings 2933 D
through F).
(1) The Alberg 22 Web Site.
(2) The Alberg 22 Web Site
THE SPECS
LOL .....................................................22' 0" ..............................6.71 mLW.......................................................16' 0" ...............................4.88 m
BEAM ................................................ 7' 0" .................................2.13 m
DRAFT................................................3' 1" .................................0.94 m
DISP. ................................................. 3200 lb. .........................1453 kg.
BALLAST...........................................1500 lb. ..........................699 kg.
SAIL AREA .......................................236 sq. ft. .......................21.95 m2.
BAL/ DISP. RATIO ................................................................... 0.45
POWER ............................................ Outboard in lazarette
WATER CAPACITY ........................10 gal.............................. 46 L
REEFING ...........................................Slab
CONST. .............................................Fiberglass
SPARS...............................................Aluminum - Kenyon 3049
MAST HT. ABOVE WL.....................28' 4" ....8.64m
RIGGING............................................Stainless Steel
HEADROOM.....................................4' 6".................................1.37 m
BERTHS............................................4
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