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I'm restoring a Jollyboat and need to rig her. I'm looking for a ff mast, long boom and sails. Anything considered!

I'm restoring a Jollyboat and need to rig her. I'm looking for a ff mast, long boom and sails. Anything considered!

I have a Sea Bat dinghy for sale at a bargain price of £ 40 if collected . The boat is in Torquay The hull is sound GRP and it comes with rudder , daggerboard , mast , boom and sail Sea Bats are beach boats a bit like a Minisail , they are quite rare as they did nt catch on so a great talking point...

Id love to take that on! Had one some years ago.
My tel 07891 354801.
All the best
Mike

Have pmed you Andrew.

The Jollyboat that Andrew is selling is excellent and you will get an awful lot more for your money than with an Osprey or FD. Jollyboats are an unknown quantity to me. Very attractive to be sure, however I have owned 2 Ospreys before and found them very solid, powerful boats that seem to last. And...

Thanks for the tips. A definite learning curve. I think I might try taking the main sheet off the boom though I guess then you can't cleat it ? Alternatively double block plus cleat at forward end of carriage to leave aft area clear. First got to fix it...

Yes, each carriage side was attached to the hull with 4 deeply counterbored 3 1/2" screws. I did think that it wasn't a very strong arrangement but went with it because I figured that it had worked and also I might want to change it in the future. The screws were slightly larger than the origin...

Wow! That was a blast! Haven't had so much fun (and so many capsizes) since early Contender days. I am relieved to report that she sailed well, none of the lee helm I was worried about, the rig and sails were fine, and my makeshift self tacker worked ok, so will probably refine the controls a bit. A...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121653632105?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I have just put my 1960s Fairy Albacore on Ebay as well as my old Merlin to raise funds to buy a larger trapeze boat eg Osprey, FD, Jollyboat. If anyone's interested I have reserved the right to withdraw. ...

Not yet Max! Maybe tomorrow....

Thanks for that! Hope she finds a good home.

I've decided to sell my Merlin 161."New Look" built 1948 by Jack Holt. I sailed her a few weeks back at the "head of the harbour" race in Bristol docks and she does sail really nicely. I want to sell this one and also my Albacore 1212 and replace with a large trapeze boat. So exc...

Thanks for all your comments, much appreciated. Jim, early days yet and a steep learning curve! So will try out this arrangement and may refine it if it seems to work ok. It strikes me that a simple double ended jib sheet arrangement without the jibboom should preserve the end plate effect and still...

Thanks Max
I was wondering if you ever got to sail her? The centreboard/rig configuration is unusual and suggests she ought to have a lot of lee helm. Soon find out.....!
Mike