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    John Brooks

    John keeps Good News, a 1967 Alberg 30, in a slip off the York River in Gloucester Point, Virginia.
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    10 ways to save sailing dollars

    Only buy new if you can’t make do Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 I have owned my 1967 Alberg 30, Good News, for more than 22 years. While maintenance is always needed on a good old boat — mine is now 46 year...

    John Brooks
    May 12, 2026
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