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when is she getting wet Kev??? might see if 7 can come and play?

hhmmmmmm

quite like living


think i'll burn the boat instead

ok ok with a hot air gun! and just go slowly! guess its gonna take ALONG while

not really an option its so bad and where the water as got under into the wood, so needs to come off, dry out, and we'll see what kind of firewood we have then..... well it is a miracle! i'll just fire up the compressor and get my DA out and go mad! oh and take out shares in sandpaper thats unless s...

Right guys i've never ever had this problem...... but today I have after 8 hours i've got about 1/2 meter of paint removed off this old miracle i'm doing up....... I've tried sanding, heat gun, and paint stripper sanding only took the gloss off and then started clogging up the paper head gun just se...

i always put them tight enough to 'nip them up' usually by ratchet so they don't turn, they back them off a fraction so they turn then split pin them

jobs done

then check them for play after a few miles, normally to the club and back

but i could be wrong

according to the class guide........ :roll: years 1968 - 1971 - sail numbers 8001 - 9000 but I have a year book from 1968 and they where 'mid' 7000 so I'd say around about 1970 once you are a paid up member of the class, (or if you already are) you can ask for your boats records. Most, if not all of...

Hi Jono ignore the transom but you should have.... 2 full ribs before you get to the back of the centreboard case (the 2nd being the one touching the rear of the case) 2 full ribs in the length of the case 1 rib right by the mast step then the 2 shaped bow sections makes 7 and by full ribs they go f...

eerrrrr my head hurts after reading all that but it sounds like the glue in the ply has/is failing. plus old GP's really don't like rig tension!!!! 7 never gets more than about 150-200 and she was when restored in the late 80's taken 'somewhere' and the frame soaked in epoxy! but even now she is fra...

mmmmm North Wales to London - for a few hours.....

mmmmm i'm getting THAT look of her!

when you hear how far they are going could you let me know please Roger.

if its a 'fair' way it might be worth it........ if its just a little race....

cheers

Gareth

So how far (please remember I'm a Welshman who gets a nose bleed past Birmingham) are they likely to sail?? I take it that its an open event??? and a old single number GP14 that hasn't actually been sailed this year might look quite nice??? just need to clear it with SWMBO and then book the monday o...

come on Kev..... you want it original don't you

no bouyancy or toestraps!!!!!

(oh ok we'll allow you to have them!)

Kev

if I'm not away racing the modern boat, I'll try and come to this not sure what in or with who

Gaz

Hi kev.

Well no one was interested in going so that was the reason Peter and i said we would take 7. But family events mean I can't make it. Peter is going to Bala with Ivan now so he's out too.

G

well thanks! upto a few years ago all the *****craft boats where painted in car paint! and its only recently they've moved to what they call marine paint! but I know alot of the 18', foiling moths and alike are car painted as you just can't get the scope of colours in 'so called' marine paint I real...

well.................. its got 2 differnt primers that the guy in the paint supplier said would be 1) suitable for wood and 2) have enough flex in it, as its usually used to paint spoilers etc which you don't realise how much they actually flex. the paint is 2k with an added flex agent. so its water...