Posted: February 27 2007 at 20:18 | IP Logged

Hi:

 My husband and I used to live in Rockport and we owned an Albin 25 when we lived there. We bought it on June 1, 2001 and sold it a year or two later.  We really liked the boat alot, and named it Gypsy. We sold it because it was just too warm in the summer. I wonder if this is the same boat you have, or if you have seen it?  Since then, we bought a 2004 Albin 28 which is a wonderful boat and may move up to an Albin 32. Yes we like Albins!  Best, Pam

Posted: February 28 2007 at 05:44 | IP Logged

Sorry, but no to both of your questions.  We have a lovely old 36 foot.

Posted: February 28 2007 at 16:36 | IP Logged

    Doug Tinker is the man we sold the boat to. He bought it from Mustang Island Yachts, where we had it listed. Small world. When we had it it was in really good condition. We also had air conditioning installed by Gatewood but that didn't keep it cool outside while we were underway. One of our favorite trips when we lived in Rockport was to go to Port Aransas, spend the night, then go to the Corpus Marina, spend the night, and then go back to Rockport.  Nice run.

    The Gulfstar 36 trawler is a favorite of ours but there was never one for sale when we were looking. Is yours the black hulled Gulfstar that was at Key Allegro for many years? We are trying to think of the name, it was something like Windsong, I believe. Anyway those are really nice boats. We looked at an Albin 31 Sportsfisher today and we're interested but haven't made up our minds yet.

    What shape is Chicken Ship (Gypsy) in? We really liked that boat.  Best, Pam

Posted: February 28 2007 at 17:25 | IP Logged

Hi Daisydog:

What have you done to your 28TE (or what is inherently different about it) that makes it cooler topside than the 25 ?  Did the 25 not have an opening center window in the wheelhouse like theTE 28? 

I don't have AC and have been thinking about putting two small hatches in my 28TE wheelhouse roof to increase airflow topside.

FYI to you and others on this forum that are not aware of it, there is a very good forum at albinowners.com that deals primarily with 28TEs and other newer model Albins.

Richard

Posted: March 02 2007 at 19:49 | IP Logged

Richard:

  Our model is the soft top. The convertible. It is quite cool and comfortable, except in a chop it is a little wet. We put dodger curtains around, but unfortunately where they meet it leaks. Other than that, we really like the convertible. But if we had it to do again, we might get the hard top.

Pam

Posted: March 02 2007 at 19:54 | IP Logged

JimisBell

   We'd love to see a picture of the 25. We have very fond memories of it.

   Sounds like a wonderful trip home in the Gulfstar.  We sure liked boating around the Rockport area and miss it alot.  Galveston has some great places to go also.

    We are selling the Albin 28 tomorrow and are looking at an Albin 32 SPortsfisher. It is quite similar to the 28 with four extra feet. We are a little concerned however, because when we started the engine it belched a huge cloud of grey/white/black smoke. After running a few minutes it cleared up.  We are also going to look at an Albin 27, but the engine has 3000 hours.

   Pam   ( daisydog77@sbcglobal.net)