This column offers readers a chance to tune in on various aspects of our fleet. Email excerpts, selected articles, particularly choice photos, and whatever else catches the Editor's eye will appear here at the Editor's discretion.

Technical tips, information regrding sails, rigging, engines, purchasing, trailering, regattas, racing rules, results, etc. may be posted on the Members Bulletin Board.

Photos from Alerion Fest.

Maltese Falcon & Arabella

Fine Model of Alerion Express 28

Scale Model of H. Gutman's Cassiopeia — Built by Seacraft Classics and Abordage SA.

See the Photos>Boats section of this site for more photos of this recently completed, outstanding Alerion Express 28 model.

From Pete Lyons at Lyons Imaging

It was a real pleasure photographing the Alerion Express 28 fleet on
Sunday afternoon. The photos are uploading to an online gallery as I
write this. You'll find them near the top of the events page at
lyonsimaging.com, or via this direct link:

http://lyonsimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/3582501

Thanks again for inviting me out! I hope you'll like the photos.
I'll do my part to get them out to potential publishers! Hopefully you'll get the cover you'd like to see--or maybe a 2-page
spread. :-) All of you looked GREAT out there!

Peter

San Francisco Bay/West Coast Alerion Distributor Since 09/07

Passage Yachts has been awarded the local dealership for the classic, beautiful, fast, and responsive Alerion Express Yachts. Alerions in sizes from 20 - 38ft add a new exciting element to their current line of Beneteau, Island Packet, and Wauquiez.

Passage Yachts

Passage Yachts, Inc.
1220 Brickyard Cove Road Suite 103
Point Richmond, CA 94801
510-236-2633

Alameda Office
1070 Marina Village Parkway
Suite 101
Alameda, California 94501
510-864-3000

http://marina42.net/cgi-bin/p/m42p-home.cgi?d=passage-yachts-inc

sales@passageyachts.com

About the Alerion Express 28 Fleet One Bulletin Board

The Members Bulletin Board is intended as a resource for Alerion owners and crew everywhere. BBS membership is not limited to local Fleet One Alerion members and includes owners/members from Texas, New York, Los Angeles, etc. It is, however, not intended for the general public or sailing industry personnel.

If you would like to become a Alerion Express 28 Fleet One BBS member:

1.) Contact the fleet (Click the CONTACT link above in the website toolbar) and request an initial access ID and password.

2.) Once you have received your initial access ID and password, you will then need to click on the MEMBERS link above in the website toolbar for initial access to the BBS.

3.) Finally, you will need to register on the BBS itself with your own personal ID and password.

Ths site is for sharing info on technical issues regarding the boats, rigging, sails, engines, maintenance, purchasing, as well as racing issues and news, fleet events, and more.

Please contribute and make this resource a success for all Alerion owners and crew members.

Alerion Photos from Leslie Richter of http://www.rockskipper.com

We have several sweet, new racing photos of several of the boats up on the site. These were taken in the dusty conditions of SFYC's 2006 Elite Keel Ragatta.

Leslie Richter of www.rockskipper.com is a professional photographer and has more than very graciously agreed to let us use these (duly credited) photos gratis as a fleet-building resource.

The photos are available for purchase online via SmugMug for a very reasonable prices and I hope you all will considering buying 'em.

Here, for example, are Maeve II, Arabella and Mil Besos at a start.

To see/purchase: http://www.rockskipper.com
http://www.rockskipper.com/gallery/1517619#73717955