New sails

[vas]

nice boat, well done. Not sure, are they all 3cabins or are some 2 + dinnete?

 

[Daydream believer]

Definitely. A few years ago I did the second half of Biscay on one engine after picking up a massive tarpaulin and ropes halfway across. Managed to swim and cut off most of it mid ocean but unable to get the shaft/prop completely clear. Slow progress when not planing but got there in the end.

Did you hoist the tarp on any spars? Proper trim might have got you back on the plane if you sat the crew on the stern. ?

 

[PaulRainbow]

nice boat, well done. Not sure, are they all 3cabins or are some 2 + dinnete?

Thanks. Some have a dinette to starboard, in place of the "crew" cabin. Ours has this layout which suits our use really well. She is basically sound, but needs a little TLC and some updates/upgrades.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Same model featiued this month in the 'Coolest Boats' feature in MBY. A classic.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Link:
Why the Mk 1 Princess 45 is one of the few genuinely cool 80s boats

 

[greeny]

Did you hoist the tarp on any spars? Proper trim might have got you back on the plane if you sat the crew on the stern. ?

Tried that but wife wasn't big enough to make any difference.

 

[dankilb]

So are you hanging up the winch handle now, Paul, or going both ways?!

 

[PaulRainbow]

So are you hanging up the winch handle now, Paul, or going both ways?!

Will be putting the sailboat (Westerly Discus) up for sale and just keeping the Princess Dan. I started out with motorboats, then went to sail for a few years, so it'll be like going home.

 

[Daydream believer]

So are you hanging up the winch handle now, Paul, or going both ways?!

That is a bit much. Asking a bloke if he is going "both ways"
Still, sign of the times I suppose

 

[vas]

Thanks. Some have a dinette to starboard, in place of the "crew" cabin. Ours has this layout which suits our use really well. She is basically sound, but needs a little TLC and some updates/upgrades.

well easier access to batteries as well then

 

[vas]

btw Paul, now that I've spent sometime in the second cabin checking the electrics/batteries, does yours have the Cetrek charger laying flat next to the batteries? find it an awful placement but not sure if someone has done that on my friend's boat or if it's original layout. Plan to give him my spare Victron to replace that ancient one...

V.

 

[PaulRainbow]

btw Paul, now that I've spent sometime in the second cabin checking the electrics/batteries, does yours have the Cetrek charger laying flat next to the batteries? find it an awful placement but not sure if someone has done that on my friend's boat or if it's original layout. Plan to give him my spare Victron to replace that ancient one...

V.

The Cetrek one is no longer there Vas, been replaced with a Mastervolt, mounted vertically, top left above the batteries. Likely to get replaced with a Victron Multiplus eventually. The Galley is all electric, bit extreme starting the 12 Kva generator to boil the kettle