Posted by Countrysideguy on
URL: https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/Michael-Hood-Pippin-120-tp4025366.html

Hi all,

I am very pleased to have purchased my first trailer sailor.  I spent a long time looking at many models but landed on Pippin, in need of a new owner and not all too far from me.  

This site has been a wealth of knowledge and will be valuable in getting Pippin ready for her next chapter.  She will be (hopefully) berthed at the local pond, Ullswater, from the beginning of next season.   She will need a new outboard, an stripping back and painted to the exterior,  and plenty of interior work to be done too.  New windows will be a must since the current ones are very clouded.  I can see so much of her history on here and this helps provide a vision as to what the new interior may be in time to come.   It's all very exciting but I have it all to learn.  The budget is quite tight (so my partner assures me) so rather than cut corners the project will simply be dragged out longer.

Structurally,  Pippin seems sound, though she has had an amendment, which I assume will lessen her sailing capabilities, to sail more like a Pedro.  She started taking on water around three years ago, and thus her drop keel was fiberglassed in, making it inoperable. Windward sailing I'm sure will be more a chore, with her becoming overpowered at full sail when the Ullswater here, there, and everywhere winds do there thing.  She will be good enough for me to enjoy none the less.  I'm hoping the keel will not now be full of water and if it is, I hope it does not become a big job to drain.  She has very little water visible in the small forward inspection hatch, and is bone dry everywhere else I've looked.

Anyway, I've rambled on enough.   Thanks for having me and sharing such helpful information.

Michael