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Gary Rucklidge has recued far worse to a beutifull going concern. Chris too.

The late great Bob Hoare used house bricks!

An old Firefly bow bag may fit?

Nessa, She is an International 14, so the boom is low! You can find out how long the bit to replace the mast jack is simply by measuring from the sheer-line scratch on the mast (Proctors always scratched one on pre anodising.) as to what, a short length of mast section with some sort of alloy stainl...

Small Craft were based on the A27 on the hill up to the Solent Motel they had more or less ceased being in existence by 1969. The late David Robinson worked there on his move from Cornwall before moving to Proctors. Their boats were "solid", they built a few Fireballs before the licensing ...

Don't tell your name Pike!

The Eileen Ramsey collection was "saved for the nation" by PPL Ltd who now charge a lot for prints though some of the pictures are available on line, to view. There is a book of Ramsey pictures produced by PPL which is well enough produced but inaccurately annotated and light on dinghies. ...

Foyles War make having a telly worthwhile! Honeysuckle Weeks round Rodeanean vowels and Foyles laid back scepticism.

Sadly Harold Wilson was right: TSR2 was not the answer a great piece of Technology but... You can still see one at the museum at Duxford and anther on the ranges in Essex Marshes. The last PM with a view of the big picture. Saved the pound Kept us out of Vietnam and Gave us the Open University &...

Don't you varnish the rib and the plank before fitting then?
Anyway I agree Canadian Rock Elm is the best thing, you can tie knots in it.

All of which is interesting enough but a long way from Mr Barlow's Canadian Rock elm.
How much does he need? Is he willing to pay the market rate?

Chris, I think you mean centreboard cases? Yes they did, so did all of the trio, of Wyche & Coppock, Chippendale and Hoare. The steel screws were strong at getting that final half turn without breaking, one pair of boat builders did that but removed them when the glue had set and replaced then w...

Solo no 7 - Tessa was owned in her first ownership for many years by Jo Askew of Mimima Yacht Club at Kingston Jo was a pioneer of independent Television the boat was named after his wife, he also crewed for Murray Vines (Father of one half of the Vines clan, brother of Alan) in his National 18 an e...

David Hunt (Needlespars founder) provided a need little nozzle that fitted in the slot of the track and fitted a pop rivet gun he also supplied rivets with an extra long thingy to pull the rivet tight. Appreciate neither may still be available, but someone on here may still have something left from1...

On the whole I prefer the look of age which will mean variations across a big panel unless you have solid quality Cuban/Honduras Mahogany in which case you can usually sand it back to new. You have ply and probably not a quality veneer either so why not just give it a good deep gloss finish and show...