I have been following your pictures and forum on line. What you have done is great!
I just retired and my other sailboat is a Ranger 26-2 "trailer" boat, although I don't put it on the trailer except to do a bottom job.
I just retired in the spring and have not spent much time on the boat sailing. I have a lot of projects to do on it. Replaced the port screens, wood grab rails, got the 12volts going, stripped the mast and boom and repainted with industrial urethane, made an a frame to lower the mast, rewired the mast, completely cleaned the inside, made a new tiller, epoxied the depth transducer/water temp sender to the hull under the sole right past the bulkhead door.
I actually sailed it one time!
To do list: replace cabin sole, get the water working, replumb the ice box to not drain in the bilge, vhf, boom vang, auto tiller (came with the boat), on and on.
My big questions are: where to put the spinnaker pole ring on the mast? What configuration of bimini works good?
I can build my own frame and top and upholstery and sails, used to do that on the side while I was working.
I learned a lot from your pictures!
You can e-mail me anytime.
Mike Givens