the triton started with a conversation between carl alberg and yacht broker tom potter in 1959. 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.