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by Andy P
Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:09 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Seastar??????? On Facebook
Replies: 2
Views: 6030

Re: Seastar??????? On Facebook

Locally referred to as 'Dodnor Bathtubs' !
by Andy P
Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:35 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: 1963 Cherub on ebay
Replies: 0
Views: 4068

1963 Cherub on ebay

by Andy P
Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Needlespar delta mast
Replies: 0
Views: 5414

Needlespar delta mast

Needlespar Delta mast - triangular section, with a wing shape above the hounds
Black, silver track.
Originally Cherub mast 1980, but shortened for use on a moth.
Includes automatic over-rotation spanner, and mast rotaion bearing.
FREE + delivery, or collect from the Isle of Wight
by Andy P
Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:26 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Classic Cherub spinnaker
Replies: 0
Views: 5056

Classic Cherub spinnaker

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Cherub 94
(8.11 KiB) Not downloaded yet
Cherub spinnaker from ~ 1960's. Sail number 94
Ratsey, Triangular flat cut, blue and white, good condition ( for it's age )
Free ( + postage ) to a good home.
Or collect from Isle of Wight
pic from 1975, unused since.
by Andy P
Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:29 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Paint Systems...
Replies: 4
Views: 5436

Re: Paint Systems...

SP eposeal is nice and thin and penetrates, but being solvent-based will continue to 'out-gas' for a while. Neat epoxy ( my fave is SP320) will be really thin if you can do the heatgun thing very carefully with the other hand, and will set without any solvent outgassing. I use Durepox white primer a...
by Andy P
Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:22 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: UnSkol gets a newbottom...
Replies: 69
Views: 58030

Re: UnSkol gets a newbottom...

Just fair it up... It doesn't really matter about the inner layers of ply being exposed - as long as it's properly sealed / epoxied. But I would cover the outside with fine glass - Back when I was woody moth boatbuilding, I weighed some sample panels - two coats of epoxy, or one coat with fine glass...
by Andy P
Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:35 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Small jigsaws
Replies: 8
Views: 10256

Re: Small jigsaws

by Andy P
Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:23 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Int Moth K3222 Project
Replies: 55
Views: 44586

Re: Int Moth K3222 Project

Another Haemogoblin:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49055842@N02/13271055425/
We made our own fonts in them days.
by Andy P
Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:03 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Jollyboat
Replies: 20
Views: 17090

Re: Jollyboat

I remember sailing against one many years ago - it seemed to have a very short spinnaker pole, and a very big spinnaker, so that in light winds the kite got run over and stuck under the bow!
by Andy P
Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:32 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Jollyboat
Replies: 20
Views: 17090

Re: Jollyboat

by Andy P
Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:06 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Jollyboat
Replies: 20
Views: 17090

Jollyboat

There is one here in Cowes, sitting in a front garden for a few years, the cover is now in ribbons, does it need saving? https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=50.764178,-1.305023&spn=0.005951,0.013937&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=50.764092,-1.305002&panoid=NfprJKNzx_auv4KkhSj1...
by Andy P
Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:21 pm
Forum: Banter
Topic: what to do when X factors on and the rest of rubbish
Replies: 20
Views: 14723

Re: what to do when X factors on and the rest of rubbish

was the TSR2 used as a test bed for Concordes engines, I am sure their is also one at Cosford. when I read the political commentary, I thought I was on Y&Y forum, good job this is in Banter :lol: No - the Avro Vulcan was used as a testbed for the Concorde engines - fitted under the fuselage. Mu...
by Andy P
Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:14 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Moth Tuning
Replies: 41
Views: 17964

Re: Moth Tuning

More downhaul required - moths don't do the wrinkly luff thing. The sail looks much too full - more downhaul! The mast looks like it needs more rake. I have used copper plumbing tube, flattened and cut into strips ~ 2mm x 5mm, and compressed around the shrouds with pliers to locate the prodder ( but...