DavidL

Graham, Carla and Beth. It was a pleasure meeting you and everyone else. We had a fantastic time and look forward to attending next years Mess-About. Thank you very much, David and Aggie Pictures from the Mess-About https://plus.google.com/photos/106510893799865367650/albums/6075400159081270641?authkey=CMSnzsXVoa3-Aw

My wife Aggie and I are planning on arriving late Friday after noon on our way back from the Keys and leave early Sunday morning back to NY.

Found a Princess 22 on Craig's List for sale. Maybe worth buying, instead of building one. I'm still going to build my Princess 26. http://outerbanks.craigslist.org/boa/4653925756.html

I received my PS26 plans yesterday from Carla. After going over the plans I decided I'm definitely going to need additional instruction for the build. I'm sure following the other PS26 builds on this forum will definitely help and Graham & Carla are only a phone call away. I going to order these books to get me started. Are there any other books that are recommended? Devlin's Boatbuilding: How to Build Any Boat the Stitch-and-Glue Way Boatbuilding Manual, Fifth Edition Thanks, Dave

Both Twiggy and Howard's progress is my inspiration. I plan on ordering the plans for the PS26 this month. Thank you for the photos.

Thank you for all the replies. Once I get my plans I'm sure I will be posting a lot of questions.

I was thinking the same thing " When I think of beaching a boat I think of pulling it up on the beach". I live in upstate NY and will probably start out sailing on the finder lakes and then maybe eventually do some NE coastal cruising. Not sure how much beaching I will do, but it's nice to know its capabilities. I did see a pictures of the Twiggy beached, but it looks like Wayne added some sort of supports on the side. "4Added small fins near each chine to keep boat upright when beached. That may havesome effect on sailing characteristics but small %wise I think." http://messing-about.com/forums/topic/8440-princess-26/page-2?hl=twiggy#entry73048

After review many sites and their boat plans, I've decided on the Princess Sharpie 26. I will be ordering the plans in a couple months. It seems to have every thing I'm looking for; tralierable, headroom, beachable, tabernacles... This will be my first sailboat build, my first boat build was a https://sites.google.com/site/freedom179canoe/ strip canoe; probably doesn't come close to what's involved with the Princess. My only question is how is the boat beachable with the ballast on the bottom of the boat or is it not an issue? Dave

Howard, I will be ordering the plans for the PS26 this summer, so I will be following your build closely; I can't wait to start. May I ask how much you paid per pound for your lead wheel weight? I'm going to start hitting all the service stations in my area. Here is a pretty good video on melting wheel weights. There are 4 parts Thank, Dave