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I miss the Sea Sprite (500 was on the sail) after selling it my neighbor in Pawtuxet Cove prior to moving to Cape Coral, FL.
I have owned and sailed three sailboats in San Francisco and surrounding areas: 24′ Islander Bahama (tiller), 30′ Islander Bahama (wheel steering) and 34′ Yacht Constructor Chinook (wheel). All three were wet (slip) situations. Retired now, I would like to downsize and go to a dry sail scenario with a trailerable boat. I’ve done considerable homework and truly like the lines of a 23′ Sea Sprite, which strongly resembles the Yacht Constructor sailboat I had. One ad has caught my eye; very good price, needs TLC, and so on. I would have to drive over 1,300 miles to get the boat, but it comes with a nice trailer and the adventure would be fun. One question, if anyone out there can help me with it. I’m aware of the Alberg connection for just about every Sea Sprite I’ve looked at, but this gentleman informs me his is a “Wickford” design. Would someone be kind and steer me toward more information about that? I’ve checked numerous links but can’t seem to find any information focusing on Wickford. Thanks for your assistance.
John:
“Wickford” refers to the builder, not the design. The Sea Sprite 23 was built by three (3) yards over the course of its 500+ hull run. In short, Wickford Shipyard, of Wickford, Rhode Island, was the second builder. I think they built about 250 hulls, ending somewhere around the mid 500 hull numbers, when CE Ryder of Bristol, Rhode Island, started building them.
I happen to have hull #537, which is a Wickford built “Weekender” and was built in 1974. There are several distinguishing features of a Wickford (or the earlier, I think SailStar) boat vs a Ryder boat. Wickford boats had a basic cabin floor pan / liner, while Ryder added a cabin “ceiling” liner as well. Wickford had external lead ballast while Ryder had internal, encapsulated ballast. Ryder boats, also were finished to a much higher level in terns of hardware, offering bronze opening ports, lots of bronze deck hardware, and also the deck mold was much more sophisticated, with cockpit lockers, a gas tank locker, and a nicely molded lazarette area and outboard well.
Rest assured, they’re all Alberg; its just the builders execution where you will find differences.
I hope this helps.
Dejan
Dejan, thank you so very much for responding to my question…that’s excellent information and more in depth than I was able to find on my own. I’m happy to advise I contacted an owner and purchased his SS…an exciting event for both of us. He has bent over backwards to provide information about his SS, lots of pictures and informative emails between us. Again, thank you for your efforts, they’re very much appreciated. John
You’re very welcome John. Congrats and enjoy the new boat!