The Definative Princess Picture Thread

[Norman Colter]

Greg,

  Yes, I actually had the plywood before I had the boat plans. It chose me so to speak.

  So the boat is totally covered in 6 oz glass as well.

[Greg Luckett]

Norm, what does she weigh in at built that way?

Thanks.

[Norman Colter]

That's a good question. This fall I will take her over to the local gravel pit and get her weighed.

[Scott Dufour]

Does anybody have some shots (other than the ones on the B&B site) that give a full sense of the cabin layout/space?

[Travis Votaw]

A few pics of Pilgrim's interior:

[Travis Votaw]

OOPS :???: made a duplicate

One more pic:

[Travis Votaw]

Here's a shot of the pinrails and pins I made and installed on Pilgrim:

[Greg Luckett]

Just a guess, but are those made from Teak?

[Travis Votaw]

Dunno what the wood is, Greg.  I salvaged it from a garden bench that came unglued.  The bench had been out in the weather for several years without any treatment and the wood held up good, so I used it for the pins and rails - fine grained, hard and dense, but it doesn't look like teak.

Thanks for not mentioning the way the brightwork looks , I got a job ahead of me.  BIG job.

[Scott Dufour]

Thanks for the interior shots, Travis.  Stupid question:  what are the pins and pinrails for?

[Greg Luckett]

Travis, I looked at them again. I think they are some sort of oak.

Scott, they are used to belay lines.

[Travis Votaw]

Scott, Greg has it right.  I'll be cleating the main snotter tackle on the starboard pinrail.  The port rail will be used to hold down the main sprit boom when trailering.  Other uses will be to hang spare line, store the extra mainsheet when not in use, and hang anything else that needs to be hung up that usually ends up in the cockpit floor, lol.  If I were to lead the reefing tackle or halyard aft, I would use the pinrails to cleat those off.

[Norman Colter]

Brought my Princess to the scales today. Trailer and boat weigh 1960 lbs. Trailer is probably 150 give or take. Princess 1800 give or take the way I built her.

[Greg Luckett]

Norman, that seems right about where she should be, if memory serves me.

[Mike Vacanti]

I have an EZ Loader trailer for my 14' sailboat, the trailer weighs about 225 pounds. A trailer for a 22 foot sailboat has got to weigh at least 400 pounds (is the trailer steel or aluminum?).

[Greg Luckett]

the boat weight is what I refer.

I agree that the trailer should be 400-600

[ecgossett]

what are pinrails and pins used for?

[Peter HK]

Nautical . a strong rail at the side of the deck of a vessel, for holding the pins to which some of the running rigging is belayed.

Courtesy of Dictionary.com via Google

Cheers

Peter HK

[Norman Colter]

Hey Dave, is this what you're looking for. Welcome and have fun with your Princess.