John G. Alden

1884 – 1962 • Website

John G. Alden opened his design officed in 1909. By 1932, he was known worldwide in part due to his "Malabar" design's success on the offshore racing scene between 1923 and 1932. John Alden is best known for his fast and seaworthy offshore boats but he designed a broad range of exceptional boats and most of his designs have become true classics. \nOthers who had their start with the firm include Fenwick Williams, Clifford Swain, Sam Crocker, Carl Alberg, Murray Peterson and K. Aage Nielsen.\n\nTillotson Corp, the parent corporation of John G. Alden Inc. of MA, specified that the John G. Alden collection of designs be donated to MIT's Hart Nautical Collection.

Designs (41)

Name	LOA (ft)	First Built	Last Built	Rig
ALDEN 32 MOTOR SAILER	31.5	1967	1973	Masthead Sloop
ALDEN 50 (CHEOY LEE)	50.33	1967		Masthead Ketch
ALDEN O CLASS MK I	18.25	1922	1925	Fractional Sloop
ALDEN O CLASS MK II	18.17	1925		Fractional Sloop
BARNACLE 34	33.92	1940	1942	Fractional Sloop
BIRD (SF BAY)	30.08	1923		Fractional Sloop
BOOTHBAY CHALLENGER (ALDEN)	58.58	1968	1976	Masthead Ketch
BOOTHBAY EXPLORER (ALDEN)	58.58	1971	1974	Masthead Ketch
BRISTOL 35	34.65	1966	1978	Masthead Sloop
CARAVELLE 42 (ALDEN)	41.57	1968	1973	Masthead Sloop
CHALLENGER 38 (ALDEN)	38.5	1960	1965	Masthead Yawl
COASTWISE CRUISER (#675)	36.42	1938	1944	Fractional Sloop
COUNTESS 44 (PEARSON)	44.5	1965	1970	Masthead Ketch
DOLPHIN 47 (ALDEN)	46.92	1973	1978	Staysail Ketch
DUXBURY DUCK	18	1925		Fractional Sloop
FUJI 35	34.58	1973	1982	Staysail Ketch
FUJI 45	45	1976		Staysail Ketch
HINCKLEY 21	28.5	1946	1950	Fractional Sloop
HINCKLEY 28	40.75	1945		Fractional Sloop
INDIAN	21.17	1921		Fractional Sloop
INDIAN HARBOR Y.C. ONE-DESIGN	31.75	1916		Gaffhead Sloop
MALABAR JR. (1927)	30	1927		Sloop or Yawl
MALABAR JR. (1939)	31.33	1935		Masthead Sloop
MALABAR JR. (1946)	32.5	1946		Fractional Sloop
MALABAR SR. (ALDEN)	33.25	1956	1963	Masthead Sloop
MISTRAL 36 (ALDEN)	36.33	1963	1968	Masthead Sloop
NANTUCKET ONE-DESIGN (INDIAN)	21.17	1929	1931	Fractional Sloop
NICHOLSON 38	37.83	1966	1975	Masthead Ketch
NORDFARER 42 (ALDEN)	41.58	1956	1960	Masthead Yawl
NORTH HAVEN DINGHY	14.46	1919		Gaff head Cat
OFFSHORE 44 (CHEOY LEE)	43.67	1968	1974	Masthead Ketch
OFFSHORE 50 (CHEOY LEE)	50.33	1966		Masthead Ketch
OFFSHORE 53 MS (CHEOY LEE)	52.75	1972		Masthead Ketch
PEQUOT-BLACK ROCK OD (INDIAN)	21.93	1926	1932	Fractional Sloop
SAKONNET 23	23.17	1997		Fractional Sloop
SAKONNET ONE-DESIGN	18.33	1939		Fractional Sloop
STAMFORD ONE-DESIGN	26.75	1919	1920	Gaffhead Sloop
TRIANGLE ONE-DESIGN	28.5	1926	1933	Fractional Sloop
US ONE-DESIGN	37.75	1946	1948	Fractional Sloop
WELLINGTON 47	46.92	1969	1980	Cutter
ZEPHYR 36 (ALDEN)	36.33	1960	1963	Masthead Sloop