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Honolulu, HI, US, 96819
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2001 Albemarle 280 Express Sport Fisherman (Diesel Power!)
PERFORMANCE Nowhere does the Albemarle shine better than in a stiff head sea. Its sharp entry cuts into waves, throws spray down and out to the sides – and keeps on moving forward unfazed. Heading dead downwind, the 28 doesn’t slow down at the back of a wave, but likes a quartering or beam sea better. Like other Albemarles, the 28 leans rather dramatically into turns. However, once you’re used to this idiosyncrasy, you stop thinking about it and simply appreciate how sharply the boat turns and how smoothly it rides.
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Any naval architect will tell you that a smooth ride in rough seas ties directly to the weight of a boat. Heavier boats ride better in heavy seas. The Albemarle 28 won’t qualify as obese, but neither can it be called a lightweight. Albemarle combines 24-ounce woven roving overlaid by 12 inches at all stress points, chines and keel and a marine plywood-cored transom to make the 28 solid as a rock.
Marine-grade plywood stringers encapsulated in glass, combined with engine beds covered with two additional layers of fiberglass composite mat, give superior structural stiffness. And remember that despite the marketing hype of some builders, nothing has ever proved to be a better core material than properly installed marine-grade plywood.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.