Even though there have been no new posts in months, I still check PMDBuilders.net for any new posts and to review things I'm thinking about doing to see if anyone else has posted on the subject.  Tonight, the site is down.  I sincerely hope this is a temporary thing as the site has been an invaluable resource for the last 10 years for building a Passagemaker dinghy.  Please come back!  I'm about to start building mine from plans.  Even though I've built an EP so I should be able to manage my way through it, it would be great to have the resource available and also a place to post my own tweaks...