Pearson Triton
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Carl Alberg |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1958 |
| No. built | over 700 |
| Builder(s) | Pearson Yachts Jouët Aeromarine Plastics |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 6,930 lb (3,143 kg) |
| Draft | 3.92 ft (1.19 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| LOA | 28.33 ft (8.63 m) |
| LWL | 21.50 ft (6.55 m) |
| Beam | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
| Engine type | Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline engine |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | long keel |
| Ballast | 3,019 lb (1,369 kg) |
| Rudder | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 28.50 ft (8.69 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.80 ft (2.99 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 33.00 ft (10.06 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 14.00 ft (4.27 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 231.00 sq ft (21.461 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 139.65 sq ft (12.974 m2) |
| Total sail area | 370.65 sq ft (34.435 m2) |
The Pearson Triton is a recreational keelboat and one of the first fiberglass boats, introduced at the 1959 National Boat Show in New York City. The design brief was for a 28-foot racer-cruiser boat with stand-up headroom, sleeping accommodation for a family of four and that would cost less than US$10,000. Carl Alberg designed the boat at a price of US$9,700.[1] It launched Alberg's career as a naval architect.[2][3][4][1]
It was inspired by the lines of the traditional Scandinavian Folkboat. It has a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller. There is an anchor locker in the bow.[4]
It has a fractional sloop rig and was available with a yawl rig.[5] The genoas have tracks and the mainsail can be roller reefed.
It was built by Pearson Yachts in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States.[2][4][1][6] From 1960 Aeromarine Plastics in California built 150.[2] It has a masthead sloop rig, and solid fiberglass decks.[7] From 1965, Jouët in France built about 60. The deck and coach house roof were redesigned to incorporate a forward cabin windshield, a feature of many Jouët boat designs.[8]
The galley is located on both sides of the cabin at the bottom of the companionway stairs. On the starboard side is a sink that can be covered for use as a chart table. There is also a two-burner LPG stove. The head has a door and is located forward, just aft of the double "V"-berth. Additional sleeping space is provided by two cabin berths.[4]
The Triton was inducted into the now-defunct Sail America American Sailboat Hall of Fame, as "a classic".[9]
References
- ^ a b c Rosiemac (9 December 2012). "Pearson Triton 28". Blue Water Boats. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c Browning, Randy (2019). "Triton (Pearson) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Carl Alberg". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c d Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 202-203. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ Browning, Randy (2019). "Triton (Pearson) Yawl sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Pearson Yachts". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Browning, Randy (2019). "Triton (Aeromarine) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Browning, Randy (2019). "Triton (Jouët) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Sail America. "Triton". www.sailamerica.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2018.