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It's interesting comparing the construction of my Alberg 29 to my old Contessa 26.

In many ways the construction of the Alber 29 is "superior" (to me, anyway). The interior is all plywood tabbed into the hull, the floors are substantial and well bedded, the engine bed is beefy and solid. Keel stepped mast is superior in every way, in my opinion.

The hull-deck joint appears solid, though perhaps a different construction technique (like the Cape Dory's had) would have been superior.

The Contessa 26 is a solid boat, don't get me wrong. I just think a lot of its solidness comes from being small and having the scantlings of a larger boat.

"finnish miracle" is certainly a term for it...

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Not a huge deal, but I appreciate the concern

You guys better get some images in the Contessa gallery before I fill it with Alberg 29 pictures!

Right now there's a ridiculously high limit for image sizes, so you can pretty much upload anything. Ideally I'd like to see images no larger than 1024x768 pixels. I think There's a limit of 4MB of uploaded pictures per person, but this is something I can certianly consider increasing if we find it too limiting.

I don't know about that. I've been terribly slow with site updates recently. So much going on with the new boat, kids schedules, life, work....

You most definitely missed something!

SMH, the guy who brought us the Pocket Cruisers site and the Contessa Corner decided (understandably) that he'd had more than enough and wanted to move on to other things, so I offered to take the Contessa section of the site over from him. He was willing, I was able, and co26.com was the result.

It's a whole new site, really, with way better searching capabilities. As noted above, a user-upload gallery is in testing right now, and should be made live soon.

I'm very happy to be able to provide a resource for Co26s, despite not owning one any more.

Hopefully it will be neither the end of Shannon the sailor-gal nor her possession of Rhiannon. I will keep the faith. If need be, I will find some way (don't know how!) to buy Rhiannon myself, and sell it back to Shannon when she's more settled.

Deck leaks are about the hardest thing to trace. I'd start with the chainplates, then the opening ports and hatches. After that, the mast partner, then the cabin-top hardware.

Is mid-october going to cause any trouble with hurricane season?

Please! Shoot the pictures to adrian@twentynine.ca for me?

I'll have to go down to Port Credit and visit JC, see how his engine woes are progressing, and take a peak at this other Alberg 29