About the Triton
During a casual meeting in 1958, Carl A. Alberg, naval architect, and Thomas A. Potter, a lifelong yacht salesman, discussed the postwar boom in pleasure boating, especially the fact that it had become a family sport rather than a recreation for males only.
Their conversation turned to the sailing auxiliary, by definition a sailboat with a small inboard engine for auxiliary power, big enough to shelter a family in relative comfort for a cruise of three days or more. It must also have cooking and toilet facilities, people-size bunks, and adequate storage space.
Until that time, the sailing auxiliary (the cruiser-racer) was out of the financial reach of most Americans. The depression and war decades weren't opportune for its growth, and technology had not broken through the hand-crafted wooden construction that made this style of craft so costly.
But Alberg and Potter were convinced that such a boat of fiberglass with full headroom in the cabin would be popular if it could be built for about $10,000. They brought their idea and design to us, and after a great deal of work by our company the Triton Class was born.
--Everett A. Pearson, 1965
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