Primrose Update

[Jim Stumpf]

Primrose is substantially finished at this point. She made the trip to Pensacola a couple of weeks back for her maiden voyage and made me proud. Last weekend was spent at Pymatuning reservoir. Here are a couple of new shots for anyone interested.

Thanks Jim

[Mike Routley]

Very pretty Jim.  I'm sure you are very proud of Princess.  I am building a PC, I really wish I would have seen your boat before I ordered my PC plans. 

[Frank Hagan]

There's quite a bit of interior room, isn't there?  Pushing the cabin walls out to the topsides above the deck level really seems to have made it spacious inside.

I keep forgetting ... is this your design?

[Jim Stumpf]

Frank, The No Frills 15 was designed by John Pruit, he told me that he designed the boat from the interior out. I think the cruising accommodations are amazing for such a small boat, it is one of the things that drew me to the design. I added the electronics and galley cabinets to the original design.

Frank I really like the new board.

Jim

[Jim Stumpf]

Hey Mike, If you are like the rest of us nut cases the PC will not be your last boat. Dream on and when the time comes  build the NF15. It is like the country song says "as soon as I get what I wanted I get unsatisfied"  ;D  Good luck with your PC.

For what it is worth I built a Vacationer and have sailed on all of the Stevenson designs ( PC, Weekender, Vac) and think the PC makes the most sense as a camp cruiser, it doesn't have some of the eye appeal of the other two boats because of the lack of the clipper bow but it is hansome in its own right and much more practical. I seriously thought about the PC when I discovered how much work it was for me to get the Vacationer off of the trailer by myself.

Jim

[Andrew_Butchart]

Jim:

As usual, your craftsmanship puts us wood butchers all to shame.

Great job!

[Jim Stumpf]

Oh Andrew you Canadians are so easily impressed  ;D

I've seen your work you have no right to call yourself a wood butcher... did that come out right?  Did you set your Pirogue up for sail? I am still trying to come up with a steering arangment that works well. I see that your Weekender is coming along, I am waiting for a chance to get out and sail with you again it has been much to long.

Jim

[Andrew_Butchart]

Jim:

Actually the picture on my avatar is a shot of the pirogue under sail with your prospective son-in-law in the bow.  I haven't had it out yet this year  :'( but the push-pull steering I have works pretty well.  I ran a line from the rudder up to the aft bulkhead, through a couple of pulley's and back.  A hockey stick (I am Canadian after all) with an eyebolt on it tied to one side works as the tiller.  To keep the tiller from flopping around, I have a U-bolt that it runs through also attached to the aft bulkhead.  The pulleys are attached using shackles that are easy to remove and the whole rig lives in the cockpit for storage (love that about this boat).

If you're interested I'll try to take a could of pictures of it - but here's the best one I have - http://www.floatingbear.ca/sailingfiles/csdpirogue/bearpielaunch010.JPG

[JeffM]

Beautiful workmanship!  Jim, how bout a sailing report?  I'm trying to find something in this nifty design I DON'T like.

[Jim Stumpf]

Hey Jeff,

She sails as well as I can sail. She points to windward about as well as everyone else on the water that I sailed with. She does better on a reach and a run and will sail wing on wing pretty well down wind without a whisker pole. She can get over powered pretty quickly and I need to work on the jiffy reefing but she never feels unstable even taking 2 to 3 ft waves on her broad side. She will not do 8 kn like a Coresound but she is like a 5 star hotel in the cabin, everything has its cost, I never expected a very fast boat. She will motor happily at 5 kn and will sail at about 3.5-4 kn without allot of work. I'm very happy with the design and am having trouble finding any fault with it myself.

Jim

[JeffM]

Sounds great, Jim!  I'm currently working on a semi-hardtop cabin for my boat, and am a little envious.  When I'm done, I hope to have full lying-down headroom and be dry in the odd shower...  As you say, everything has a price!