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A quick and dirty solution to your c/b play issue might be to add one or two thin strips of wood along the top of the inside surfaces of your c/b slot. That would prevent the “horn” part of the c/b from wobbling. You could tape them in place for a trial run. They need to be long enough to touch the horn in its full range of travel.

I’m in the home stretch! I watched some YouTube videos on how to be a contortionist (just kidding), and began the final phase of stripping and painting. On Monday I get to apply primer! This was the easy part. This area was a whole lot tougher. The holes in Bulkhead One are for oar storage. They have capped sleeves made of PVC pipe.

I am preparing to list the boat in other places, and to reduce the price. Info in the classified section.

@Reacher—This rig is faster sailing, and quicker to rig than the spritsail rig. I’m just a little old fashioned, and like the looks of the spritsail rig. I added the Bermudan rig because of my need for speed.

Good work, Don. Thanks for posting the update and test results. What do you think of the new sail vs the sprit rig?

My brother won't be able to complete repairs on the Weekender I built 20 years ago and gave to him ten years ago. We are looking for a good home for her. The stem has a half completed repair but needs to be started over. She has a complete set of Stevenson's Projects sails that are probably 20 years old now, but are still serviceable. The trailer is old, but works for transporting, and is included. The trailer wiring is "iffy" so you should prepare to come with a trailer wiring kit to tow it. Trying not to oversell the condition because, you know, it's free. There's a small electric trolling motor my brother will include. The boat is wired for a battery in the bow and the trolling motor on the motor mount in the back, but there is no battery included. The boat is available in southern Califonia, in Mission Viejo. We can't deliver it anywhere so it's "as is, where is".

Looks like your experimentation paid off, nice work.

Some more pictures; attaching the strakes Mounted wheels ( pneumatic 10" casters) under the strongback so we can pull it out to paint- will replace the casters with two trailer axels, one front one back, first time out of the narrow ass shop! wow! its always so much bigger when you can step back and look at it from more than 5 feet away. Topsides are ready for epoxy primer Bottom needs to have the strakes faired in and high build sprayed Spray Pettit epoxy primer Apply Pettit Black Widow bottom paint Flip it and move on My real job keeps slowing me down- and it was brutally hot this summer

Well, a long busy hot summer ensued...... worked on the worst part of the build in the worst part of the year. Faired out the topsides, bottom, fixed an issue with the centerline on the stem, vacuumed the lifting strakes on the hull, attended the IBEX show in Tampa, any way here you go; Awlfair LW on the topsides First coat of Awlfair sanded port side, stbd side second coat of Highbuild Second coat of Awlfair on the topsides Second coat sanded Good shot of the "layers" 1- fiberglass,2-1st highbuild, 3-Awlfair, 4-highbuild, 5-Awlfair, which gets a final layer 6 final highbuild- then on to epoxy primer After final highbuild primer on the topsides Magic Marker and alcohol wipe down for final blocking Bottom faired Lifting Strakes mocked up lifting strakes installed, vacuumed on after grinding back to glass, faired the bottom first and left the area under the strake untouched so the strake would lay fair when glued up, also gives fair areas allround to work to.

Upon revisiting this thread, I realized that I never posted photos of the permanent installation. I glued in new Okoume panels on each side, including openings for storage and Armstrong hatches. I opened up the forward floatation/storage area. While I was at it, I move the oarlocks and seat aft to level the boat for better rowing. I repainted her interior with two-part polyurethane. Finally, I added the Bermudan rig with a masthead float. The little masthead float worked like a charm.

Frank, it seems to be all good here now. I hope you feel like you can start renewing magazine subscriptions very soon

See if it's better now. It was a bad theme file after the last update.Should be OK now.

Bad theme files after the last upgrade. The software is nearing end of life, so we should be transitioning to new software soon. It should be fixed now.

Should be fixed now. I had to revert to the default theme - the software breaks with every update it seems now.

I'm actually on hold on subscriptions pending figuring out if I can make a transition plan so the forums will outlive me (I'm not even renewing magazine subscriptions any more). More on that later, if things work out. I made it past the 30 day mark in April with my stroke, so I'm now trying to beat the 5 year statistic (80% don't make it past five years). So far so good, but I really should make it so messing-about can survive me.

The name is Petrel and the entire build can be found here at Princess Sharpie 28. PeterP

Some time building boats isn’t as glamorous as adding big pieces and thinking I’ll be done in 2 weeks. Spent 3 days messing with PEX for the domestic water system. if there is a market for 4-6 inch pieces of PEX we may have a cottage industry! Cooled off a bit so we are planning on putting the lid on in a few days. I will update the google site tomorrow and show my either progress or lack there of!

Thank you Frank for getting us back up and running. Everything seems to be working now for me. Let us know if you are still accepting tokens for supporting the site.

A set of brand new unused BJ 28 plans have become available. PM if interested. I would like to keep the boat design alive in honor of Tom, after the extensive work he put into it and have another one on the water in the future. If you are serious, I mean a serious builder and have the enclosed area to take on this lengthy building project, let me know. I don't need to get rid of them, just for the sake of having them gone, though.

Thanks for confirming! I will probably have to switch forum software soon, as this one is going the way of WordStar (to the great Internet graveyard of once-good software).

I used 6mm bs1088 Okoume as my deck was bs1088 Sapele. A couple minutes in boiling water made bending it into place easy. Clamped it in place and let it dry, then epoxied it in. I specifically ordered 2 sheets of Sapele for my deck and transom. I am a huge fan of Sapele. But kiln dried is very hard and even steamed does not bend easily. It could be laminated into place, tedious to do, but would look great.

Hi Don, Much obliged. Where can one learn more about this sailboat? Skegman

Clever and simple. And easy to try without modifications to the boat or much cost. I converted my CS20.1 to a tabernacle and it has made a world of difference. But that conversion took some work so I would have given this method a try first.

I can see! I can see!!! Thanks!!!

Genius!