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  1. Im new to the forum, and for a good reason I would say. Currently im building a 21' gaff rigged 3 berth sailboat. Im in the early stage of the build just finishing the frames and almost ready to start planking the hull. Now this boat is a very detailed boat and not your standard build, mostly its all built from veneers and building jigs for most parts which also have to all be lofted out. SO its very detailed and time consuming but beautiful when finished. Its all being done in African mahogany. I was searching for some lead for my keel and I put an ad in a local advertisement about it, well I ended up getting a phone call from a gentleman who said that he had a partially built boat that had some lead in it and I could have the lead if I took the boat. So today I went to look at the boat and it turned out that it was a Princess Sharpie 22', that a friend of the man that contacted me had started to build and after completing roughly half of it he decided that at nearly 80 yrs. old that he was getting to old to finish it. SO he gave it to his friend who also decided he didn't have the time to finish the project. And so thats where I come in, the ironic thing about this, is that when I was about to start my build I was going back and forth between the boat I eventually picked and a B and B sailboat, I believe it was one of the Core series boats. I eventually decided to go with the boat I did because of the difference in the sail plans, I wasn't familiar with the cat set up but was with a gaff rig, but now I find myself back in the same situation, ha ha! Now I would hate to see this boat not get finished and all this work go to waste, and it really wouldn't take that much to finish the boat and it wouldn't be very expensive either. The reason im posting this, is because maybe theres some people on here that have experience with this boat and could give me some input. I can't seem to find too much on website or internet and would love to know more about the layout and how the boat handles and anything else anyone wants to ad. THANKS
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