Re: Alumacraft fiberglass sailboat
The one in your photo is exactly like the one I have. Any information you can give regarding the setup and rigging of this boat will be greatly appreciated.
Once I find out how to rig and setup this boat I will need to purchase sail for it.
I repair boats in that category for fun and to help the youth of my community learn to sail.
I don't have any specific information about the brand and model, it was probably very short lived. Alumacraft, though the name's been in fishing boats since the '40s, has changed hands a couple of times. Today's Alumacraft probably doesn't even know they had a sailboat back then.
All I can say is the '70s and '80s saw a huge boom in small sailboat popularity and every builder from local ma & pa fiberglass shops to big name boat companies came out with something. Must have been the oil crisis impact on powerboating.
The good news is they nearly all rig up in the same manner. You don't need the specific diagrams and instructions to figure it all out.
If you can lay out the pieces you have - mast, boom, rudder, and all - and photograph them along with the boat's cockpit and some wide shots from a couple of steps back. I'll be happy to tell you what I can observe about the way it all goes together.
Just put your pictures in PhotoBucket or on Flickr and point me to your album.
