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I owned a Lindenberg 22, hull #36 for 10 years between '85 and '95. Paul Lindenberg built the boats in Cocoa, FL between 1978 and 1982 along with other MORC and PHRF boats up to 28 feet. If I had to guess I think around 50 or so of these boats were built then Paul Lindenberg built 26', 24's then 28's.
Originally designed by Jim Kelly as a Mini Tonner/1/4 tonner. It has hard chines with a completely retractable rudder and dagger board. The rudder is transom mounted thru an aluminum bracket with tiller attached. The 300 pound dagger board is retracted in the up position flush with the bottom of the boat up thru an opening aft of the mast. In other the words the top of the dagger board, when retracted, pops up thru the top of the deck. Down below the dagger board trunk is completely enclosed. A very unique setup especially for its time. The transom is open and the bow is almost plumb. The rig is a 3/4 fractional.
In the old days a 170% jib was standard. Come to find out a 155% will do just as well with maybe a 135% and blade run up the tuff luff on the forestay. UK sails makes the best sails for this boat no question, or at least they did. The boat displaces approximately 1800 pounds.
These boats were very popular in the early 80's down in the Southeast and had a decent one design class with Nationals at Lake Lanier in GA every year. At the time I bought mine used from an original owner it was in great shape. A few years before I sold it I completely repainted the hull and mast with Awlgrip, added a new set of sails, fine tune some deck hardware -- New Boat. These days the trick would be to find one that is structurally in good shape, hull/deck/and rig. Make sure the ballast, the area on the floor under the dagger board trunk is solid and intact. On some of these boats the lead "shot" bb's would become loose. The deck is cored with kledgecell which was also ahead of its time. I took my boat to the Bahamas one year and sailed across the Gulf Stream to the Florida Keys. We could beach the boat on the sand. With the dagger board up it draws almost nothing. I would guess the PHRF national average is around 204. They are great PHRF boats sailed with 3 or 4 crew members or 5 if its blowing. With lots of practice and good crew we could save our time with the J 24's and many times beat them boat for boat. I could go on and on.......Any more questions just ask.
John
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