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Hi Mike, and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your purchase, I can confirm that you have a Magnum 7 there. The number is correct for a 7 and the hull shape, particularly the rockered keel line is spot on. I know because i have one and so does Miles. Yours included, we now have 50% of the Mag...

Do you mean something like this? £258 without the ratchet block!

Most GRP hulls of that era were 2 or more mouldings joined up with a bit of sealant and screws. With the age of the sealant now, they don't put up much of a fight to seperate as long as you have found all the fixings and work carefully around to open up the gap with a wide chisel or scraper. A bit o...

Really enjoyed the weekend's racing, thanks to all at Hunts SC for a well run meeting.
Hope all the ailments and poorly boats are fixed for the next one!

My money is on Streaker...... not that i would spend any on this particular example! Double chined. Angled side deck in cockpit between deck and tank sides. Joints in deck panels where Jack Holt kits were layed out. (and its converting itself back to kit form) 2 - piece mast which was a feature of t...

Another Magnum 7

I'm sure that paint job has been featured on the forum previously

Well done! See, you didn't need the stabilisers after all :wink: Actually, its much more difficult in v light airs but you look to have found a good stable position in the boat there, from which it will be easier to react to changes. Less (jumping about) is more where Moths are concerned. Keep up th...

a couple more pics I have added on the restoration section. I think its worthy of being called a restoration

Congratulations to Dave, a lovely restoration of his Mystery Moth. Re-launched on sunday after a long winter of stripping and sanding. Underneath all those layers of paint he found a beauty!

Someone else was having trouble with a tippy moth....

http://earwigoagin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/ ... an-in.html

Mystery solved. records confirm 3905 as a Magnum 7 .

see full discussion and photos on the CVRDA facebook page:
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I can tell you later, just don't have access to my files till i get home!

Lyndon

Thanks Max, that was the link i was trying to copy with the garden pictures. Someone else had asked me about the Merlin for sale at the same time, hence finger trouble! I hadn't noticed that Skol advert in the 69 yearbook, explaining the "Regate" version with centreboard. (thats the orange...

Stu,

I think all we know about it was here:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5837

unless you can find a sail number on the hull or Martin W can find the name in the old records?

Anyway, try and get one of your boats ready for Hunts!

Keith, Are these hubs using Tapered Roller bearings or plain Ball Bearings? Tapered bearings oppose each other in a cone formation so overtightening would cause them to lock up. They should be nipped up, then backed off a little to allow clearance for heat expansion. Plain ball bearings are not real...