wasserboot Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 ...what a wonderful boat! I wish you wonderfull moments on it. Please post further pictures of it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Wasserboot, thank you for your praise. I remember reading your post about wanting a boat for shallow water in the North Sea in Germany. How is that coming? PeterP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasserboot Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Hello Peter, your boat would be perfect for our waters here in the waddensea and the German bight. May be it would need all ballast as deep down as possible. Unfortunately the order situation in my job is quite weak the last 2 years. So i wait for better times to start building my PS 26... Enjoy your boat Peter! Sönke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattus Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Peter, just wow. Beautiful boat, outstanding workmanship, and your description of the satisfaction of the initial sails captures that feeling so well. May you have many happy sails, and please take us along with your writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Dancer Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Wow, Great job PeterP A few years back I went to Bayboro and talked to Graham about the Princess. Alan was just starting to work on refinishing Southbound (it was yellow then). After that I was hooked on a CS17 and am very happy with mine. If I had seen yours at that time, I would definitently been hooked on a princess instead. Afraid I won't make the Messabout since it will be my wifes BDay and we have other plans, But hope I see you on the Pamilico. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 As one of the projects this winter I am re-doing my cockpit hatches. Number one problem with the originals was the size - my old ones were too small to take the folding bike. We have made a couple of trips where having a bike would've been nice or where we ended up renting them for touristy price. Stupid to do that if you have the gear sitting at home. So, while I was re-doing the tops I decided to go with different latch system. I'd had stainless Seadog hasps previously and I developed an intense dislike for them. They were the exact hight to scrape my shin/calf at every turn. Nothing worse than an old guy with skinny legs covered with sores - half of them still bleeding. So I made my own stuff- using generic cooler latches. Less than $9 a pair on ebay. Obviously, these are not lockable, but I have never ever locked my cockpit hatches anyway. We'll see how these work out. All the best in 2018 PeterP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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