Stephen Hawkins wrote:On the look out for old Firefly bits.
1. Tufnol main sheet block with Becket. Plus one without.
2. Tube bailer bits. I have one complete one and one outer shell. Wondering whether to reinstate, but moot point until I have two complete ones. I know they are pants!
3. Gubbins to reinstate original jib halyard run under deck. Hooks still there.
Patina welcome, full function necessary, or at least achievable with a bit of fetling.
Michael and I are on the look out for a spare Reynolds mast to hold in reserve, between the pair of us. Pieces of the above also considered, as Michael already has spare wood section....
Regards
PS I am not allowed to spend any more than small change....
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If you are after tube bailers there are I think some variations on the theme. Avon made one which was less prone to damage your feet. The original Fairy version is brass or Chromed brass, and @ 1inch circumference. The handle at the top was easily bent if you accidentally kicked it, and is a magnet for tangled halyards, but that can be said for any self bailer. At leeast they stay inside the boat, unlke Super suckers or Elvstroms, which stream the halyard tails out astern to get tangled up in the windward mark tackle!
Bent handles later break off. Easily brazed back on, but many of the parts have been lost in the bin because of this and so they need looking out for. The Bakelite top knobs are also gold dust. The other common failure is perished rubber flaps. These will not work at all and are very fiddly to replace.
Try Tony Thresher on the Firefly website and also put a Classified Wanted notice on there. As Tony converts alot of old hulls to MarkIV he is bound to have a bucket full of brass bits and does know there is a developing market for these bits.
A little grease helpsthe tube bailers function 10 time easier!
I intend to leave my Tubes in place and put some super sucks in in a new position as the rule stipulating type and position has now been relaxed. I am sure that if a declaration is made before racing (NFA or CVRDA) then a promise only to use the appropriate set of bailers should allow dispensation. (As a guarrantee you could always give the Knobs to the race officer though he might misunderstand you!
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This is what you will need for the "Gubbins under the deck" screwed securely into the stem so that the entry to the pulley lies directly below the lead hole in the bow plate.
Put the plate in position on the new deck and mark the position to drill though or you may find you are making a reed out of the bow stem!
And finally...
This is my Reynolds as it was. I have since straightened it! (WIll post pic.)