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Experiments in Herons has show that 2 Super Max's can drain the boat in about 5 minutes of reaching back and forth. The experiments were carried out with the boat sailed single-handed. Even with self-bailers fitted, I'd definitely keep the bucket and use that to get rid of most of the water.

Looks good

[quote="pierre"My Osprey was built by Westerly in 1973 I am told, so I think I'm OK there..... [/quote] She won't be quite that old. The MkIII version was approved by the CA in 1973 at the AGM held at the Mumbles nationals. I was there aged 22 in 823 which I'd bought hull-only as an insura...

With the wood still being OK re-gluing with a better glue (epoxy?) sounds the best bet. That's what I'd anyway.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11-foot-woode ... 2567b67f7e

You don't hear of many of these nowadays.

Obscured by clouds wrote:Since I'm happy with using a Contender sail, an older Contender mast might seem a suitable way forward.

Contender masts have spreaders and lowers so may need more rig tension than you're happy to put on the old girl.

billytwiglet wrote:There is a mast bend measurement guide on the north sails website too. Do I presume that they or any other sailmaker could make a new sail to match this if applied to a wooden mast?

In principle yes.

Having had a look at the photos with a magnifying glass I can see something behind the clew of the sail indicative of an outhaul. It's clearly eased off a lot. Too much in fact and sheeted in too close to the centreline. He seems to be trying to sail it like a sloop-rigged boat; which is wrong. I've...

I bet there were loads of boat builders in the old days each building their own designs of, basically, cruising dinghies. It could even be a custom one-off. That forwards thwart looks like a bit of a botch job from the photos, perhaps an attempt to cure movement of the centreboard case?

There's a very similar looking rudder on Ebay at the moment

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAHOGANY-ALLO ... 3cbb379d0d

Made by Hyde so fairly modern and unlikely to fit a very old Merlin.

The drop-down menu links work for me.

Having a background in racing Ospreys I know how incredibly seaworthy they are. Excellent

I believe the Harrier+ is a Phantom rig and that the original sail was a lot smaller. Maybe something like a Solo main would work at your weight?

jpa_wfsc wrote:Just noticed that times change. Our complete mirror kit in 1972, (no spinnaker or paint, but _everything_ else_ was £110..... now its £1,700!!

Beer's no longer 14p a pint either