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Subject: Re: Walton 36 and Pearson Triton pics

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marco b

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Date Posted: 19:40:43 07/11/15 Sat
In reply to: Greg B. 's message, "Walton 36 and Pearson Triton pics" on 21:54:50 07/07/15 Tue

Wel wes i am happy to say that as a fan of both flying and sailing i am like greg. But mostly for eu/dutch made boats and all kinds planes my favorites are the p-51 for planes and any ketch or yawl rigged sailing vessel.

>I know everyone here isn't as interested in sailboats
>as I am, but I also know that a picture is worth 1,000
>words (maybe fewer for Wes and more for me).
>
>The Walton 36 was a bit of a puzzler, since I'd never
>heard of one. But while Wes can be intentionally vague
>about locations, he usually doesn't obscure the names
>of cars or boats. However, I was able to find a boat
>named a Grampian Classic 37, which was also sold by a
>dealer named Walton as the Walton 37. I may be wrong,
>but it seems to be very much the kind of boat Adam
>wanted, fits the description in chapter 28 and, as
>Grampian was a Canadian builder, quite likely to be
>found along the Great Lakes. It's a typically
>graceful Sparkman & Stevens design and you can see it
>here:
> >href="http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=3
>575">Walton 37
>
>As for the Pearson Triton, it's well known as one of
>those boats claiming the title of the first production
>fiberglass sailboat and is much easier to find online.
>It's a Carl Alberg design and the debt owed to the
>designer of the Folkboat is unmistakable:
> >href="http://bluewaterboats.org/pearson-triton-28/">Pea
>rson Triton
>
>I think there's more than a little resemblance between
>the two designs, don't you?

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