Potter thought that there would be a good market for a 28-foot racer-cruiser boat with stand-up headroom, with sleeping accommodation for a family of four and that would cost less than US$10,000.
Alberg designed the boat, with classic lines, but made from a new material at the time, fiberglass and with a price of US$9,700.
[4] The design was initially built by Pearson Yachts in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States.
It has a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel.
Although a fast boat for her waterline length she’s slow by today’s standards and she doesn’t point very high.
Her short waterline means her light air performance is respectable, and as the wind picks up she heels quickly which increases her LWL and therefore hull speed.
In honoring the design, the hall cited, "A telltale of success is durability and since the boats were built in the infancy of fiberglass construction, they were laid up by hand with more than a few layers of glass in the hulls.