| Contributor WALTER PERRIN |
| Apparently there were 7 of these Countess type "A" yachts produced around 1963 of John Alden design and were constructed of with wooden frames and a fiberglass outer skin with plywood decks instead the balsa core type. It was produced as a sloop only and the mast was stepped on deck. |
| MODEL 989-A & 989-ST |
| The Model 989-ST was produced as a Ketch. |