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N832 on Ebay (again)


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262567296385?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


Looks like it needs love, I think it was for sale on Ebay only a couple of years back?

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Don't look to closely, I will re work the paintwork once she has taken up. I plan to put her on a half tide mooring for a week or so and see how it goes.


Has anyone got a cotton jib with an intact luff wire and 'narrow' ie approx 7.5 inch seams?

Progress!

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New rib sections steamed and clamped. Clamps courtesy Lidl, thin nosed 'Moles' are really useful when working on ribs.

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Modern day steamer

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All broken ribs that I can get to have now either been replaced or had scarfed sections let in. I've then laminated another on top of those that run along the centreboard running out approx three planks to stiffen the old girl up. They will be hidden by floor boards. All the screws that I have been able to get to holding ribs to hog/keel crumbled into nothingness and have been replaced with s/bronze.

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At least the boat is strong enough now to be strung up in the garage while the rest of the fleet returns home for winter maintainance. I've been generously given another wooden mast which will be handy but the planks will be the next job. There is too much daylight to be seen!

Apologies, not got the measure of posting pics here yet. Will sort it in due course.
 

A couple of pictures of Planet. I must emphasise that they are somewhat flattering...


 
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And that stem isn't raked, fear not, it is vertical! 
Michael
 
Michael

Steve has passed Planet over to me, she's  now in Fishbourne near Chichester awaiting a winter of remedial work. Hoping to get her ready for the spring and sail from CYC as the oldest boat in the dinghy park. Will post some pics of her current condition and key steps in her revitalsiation in due course.
Michael Herridge