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Oh, you guys are so awesomely wonderful...I am so glad to be back!!!

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and the kind "my boat was in way worse shape", how gallant of you men!  :-)

And thank you for all your fine words, *blush*, I look forward to all our discussions and ideas and pictures we will be trading back and forth.....

I am going to set up a cool website like some of you have (the Frapper thing? Myspace?! ) and whatever they are, and I will do a neat blog like some of you again have done....as that is so fun to see how everyone is progressing, as well as read their accomplishments that day...ie "removed toerail, banged head 15 times, dropped drill in water, found wrench in bilge", etc...

And I look forward to learning about the Petter.....Yes, Peter, I will be calling on you and others who own the same beast...

Until then...I hold my breath until she arrives......

I had the lexan as well as wood, and used the lexan 100% of the time.  Reason: they are super strong, let light in, and at night while inside the boat, I would put up either the inner canvas cover (velcro strips attached very tidily to inside) or the outside canvas that hung over whole hatch very nicely, just slipped small strings on corners over winches on hump.  Snaps at the bottom kept it all tight in windy weather.

From what I understand, the post 1983 boats only lowered the sole by about 1", and raised the coach roof by about the same, 1", you can barely see a slight rise on coachroof around mast step.

I agree with Bill, I had the Origo with gimbals, and you need to be able to open the entire lid regularly, so you don't want the stove sliding out of gimblas that may not quite fit?!
If old ones are hard to get out, I just bought myself an impact drive (great deal at Home Depot, couldn't resist) it will remove bolts of any kind, with no damage or effort or stripping of bolt heads, etc!  Then you can mount proper gimbals.

Yesiree, there is one nice set of pintles and gudgeons on that boat now!  .....oh, heavens, listen to me, quick, someone hide me so they don't lock me up!  :-b

I am waiting for the name of the fellow who did the machining, I know there will be a lineup....he did an amazing job with that third abomination they called "the third pintle gudgeon" but was really just a threaded bolt jammed in upside down into some extra goop of fibreglass?!

Anyways, whomever wants pics, I have them....(it's like a child I've given up for adoption, I am still right in there...)

Some builder always messes things up for us know it alls!  (Speaking only for myself, of course! ;-D

I figure sharing the horror is the only fair thing to do! 

"Hey, look at me, I'm putting my mast in the water, can you?!"    or

"Hey, look at me, my halyard is running 100 mph through my jam cleats that aren't! "   And, let's not forget: 

"Oh, hey, did you know the stock Barient winches we are using for the main halyard come apart for servicing all on their own during storms?!"

Yes, matching sets, one on each side, sure do help! ;-)
I had a simple block, had no idea what it was, and I never even adjusted it, as I was too busy getting the reefing down fast!!!  (ie: chicken)   I would have started to adjust it this year, but then realized, when cleaning boat, one would not move, so it was on top of list this year.  I had it initally set it for when headsail was furled to about 110, so I now realize I could have had a better sail set when the genny was all the way out to 135%, but hey, it either blows 30k here or 5k...and I am always more concerned when it is blowing 30k so just left them there for now! ;-)

Ok, the new owner of my old boat has completely replaced pintles and gudgeons, and they look fantastic (I saw a picture...yes, I've met the new owner)   He has replaced the pin "bolts" with nice, non-threaded pins, and he is (or already has...he was having it made) replacing that weird pintle/gudgeon frankenstein JJ Taylor added on the bottom when they decided "better add another one"....
The surveyor said the rudder had alot of play, which...I did not think it did, and i am picky, but perhaps it did, as I sailed her almost every day, and of course would not notice minute bits of play as the months wore on...and I did replace those bolts in 2005...a year is a long time.  If any of you want to see the new pintle/gudgeon, let me know and I'll tell new owner to send pics...perhaps he has already joined the board...

Guffaw, Jose!! 

My handicap/phrf was 301!!!  But, I have not yet used a cruising chute, and all sails were five years or older, so I think that was part of it.    So, I could actually finish in top three even if I came in almost dead last: as one guy said as he tried to ram my boat...."you mean I have to give you 30 minutes?!?!"   I secretly smiled but looked at him dumbly and said "whatever do you mean?  Like I'm going to even finish this race", and that satisfied him, har har, and I came in fourth, just behind him...