Ms Bettencourt's Next Voyage: February 2021

About Ms Bettencourt

Ms Bettencourt is a Swedish built 25-foot trailerable trawler. Her hull was completed in 1971, No. 1117 of about 2500 built. The boat is named for my wife Dia, whose maiden name is Bettencourt.

This little vessel came to me as a gift in 2004. Before then she had been abandoned about 12 years on the Savannah River near Augusta, GA. I have repaired and refitted the boat extensively, and I have cruised her along the East coast of the US, from Cape Lookout, NC, to the Florida Keys. I dream of taking her to Havana some day.

This blog started in 2011 to chronicle the building of a hard top for the boat to replace leaky canvas. Since then the blog has become an Albin-25 boatkeeping and cruising journal.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Swallowed the anchor

Ms. Bettencourt has had her last cruise under my care. She was sold today to a boater who is clearly passionate about Albin 25s.

Thanks for following this blog.

Fair winds and following seas!

Albin-25 Specs

The boat was designed by the late Per Brohall and built in Kristinehamm, Sweden. Hull No. 1117 was originally a sloop-rigged motorsailer. A former owner removed the spars and most of the sailing gear. The boat’s length overall is 25 feet. The water line length is 22.2 feet. The beam is 8 feet six inches and the draft is 28 inches. Ms. Bettencourt is powered by a Universal 54-24 diesel engine, which is really a 24- horsepower 3-cylinder Kubota tractor motor. She cruises at about 6 knots and burns 0.68 gallons of fuel per hour at that speed. Accommodations include V-berths for two in the forward cabin and two quarter berths in the aft cabin.