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  • in reply to: Bow plate – access #22852
    Oliver Shaw
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    Well done!

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Genoa lead/car position #22844
    Oliver Shaw
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    Athwartship is the easy one;  if you are using the genoa they should be as far outboard as possible.   The inboard track position seems to be popular for the midi sail  –  although that seems odd because the original standard jib was always sheeted to the deck edge,  and always to the midships position.    Thus both the largest and the smallest of the various headsails are both sheeted well outboard,  but the size in between (the midi) is sheeted inboard;   make of that what you will  …

    What is more difficult will be establishing the fore-and-aft position for the holes in the deck.   I could suggest ways of working it out,  by experiment;   but you hardly want to do that for substantial surgery just in case you then decide that it is not quite right.

    It would be worth going to whatever effort is necessary to make contact with an owner who has a boat with through-deck sheeting,  preferably professionally installed,  and then take measurements.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Length of split tails #22838
    Oliver Shaw
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    I should also have mentioned that one option  is to take your split tails through deck bushes (or alternatively turning blocks on deck),  and then forward to jam cleats at the aft end of the cockpit.    That allows you to adjust them if you so wish  –  although when I had a boat rigged in that way some years ago I don’t think I ever altered the setting once I had first set it up.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Length of split tails #22835
    Oliver Shaw
    Moderator

    To my mind the principal advantage of the split tail system per se is not so much that it can centre the boom as that the boom is always sheeted from the weather quarter,  thus optimising the sheeting angle,  and so minimising the sheet load.    This makes it a very efficient system.

    Depending on your particular rope,  and your particular block,  you may well find problems if the twin tails are allowed to enter the block.    So I would always ensure that the split occurs below the block even when sheeted right in.

    Depending on the detail construction of your sheet you may have an increase in diameter for a short distance above the split (indeed I would expect that you would,  but I am not really familiar with it because for cruising I prefer transom sheeting).     Depending on your block,  this may  –  or may not  –  render freely through the block.   So you may possibly need to ensure that this thickened region also stays below the block;  but this will depend on your particular sheet and your particular block.

    But I don’t see any benefit in having the split any lower than whatever is needed to satisfy the above restrictions.

    Hope this helps,

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: 2021 Cruising Week in Cornwall #22808
    Oliver Shaw
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    The link takes you to the relevant (short) article on the Cruising page  –  and we hope that you may find the rest of the Cruising page of interest also.

    The linked short article itself then includes a further link to the fuller report;  Full article.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Basic Mast stepping queston #22764
    Oliver Shaw
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    Although I am not familiar with the Selden mast  –  I had a Superspars mast on my series 2 boat  –  the two masts should be interchangeable.

    I suggest that the first step is to place the aftmost bolt in the specified position,  and then the forward bolt immediately forward of the (complete) tenon,  ignoring the gap part-way along the tenon.   That gap would seem to me to be superfluous;   I do not remember my Superspars mast having any such gap,  and it should be possible to drop either brand of mast into any series 2 boat without having to alter anything.

    I have not double-checked that you have the correct data for the mast position;   I am leaving that to yourself.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Centreboard removal & replacement #22747
    Oliver Shaw
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    >I found with my Series 1, that by removing the top cover of the case, I could ease the board up and out without resorting to knocking her over on her side

    Agreed;   but it all depends on the particular situation.

    If the boat is on the grass (or the beach) to start with I would have thought that putting her on her side is usually the easier option.

    If she is on her trailer or launching trolley that does of course entail first lifting her onto the grass,  and how easy or difficult that is depends very much on the design of the trailer or launching trolley concerned.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Bow plate – access #22743
    Oliver Shaw
    Moderator

    You have already identified two obvious approaches,  which seem to me to be the obvious two.

    As a variant on your second one,  by way of exploiting the particular characteristics of GRP you could simply cut a hole for access,  and then make it good afterwards.    Use epoxy rather than polyester resin if you decide to adopt that approach.

    If it is any consolation,  I had a similar problem when I wanted to install a mooring cleat on the starboard quarter of the yacht  –  and it took me several years to pluck up the courage to cut an access hole and then fit a blanking plate over it afterwards.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Nautical FIlms #22738
    Oliver Shaw
    Moderator

    Many thanks to both of you.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Nautical FIlms #22734
    Oliver Shaw
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    The film about the Clyde Puffer has now been identified by a correspondent on Openboat;   The Maggie,  one of the finest of the Ealing Comedies.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maggie

    Any pointers to the film about the Cambria still very welcome,  please.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Snapshots of the Beginnings of the Class #22641
    Oliver Shaw
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    And as a “sideways” addition to the string on sail numbers,  I understand that at some point in the seventies one of the doyens of the Class  –  very possibly Cubby Acland  –  discovered that Royal Northumberland Yacht Club still held one of the sail numbers which had been issued to them in about 1952,  which they in turn had never actually issued to a boat.

    So he snapped up the number,  and built a brand new “vintage” boat,  to 20-odd-year-old original specification,  entirely consistent with the sail number.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Advise sought regards Varnish defects. #22624
    Oliver Shaw
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    Well I had thought that my own varnishing was good,  but this is excellent.    Well done!

    If you are concerned about imperfections in this finish you are setting yourself an exceedingly high standard!

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Cruising events – 2022 #22571
    Oliver Shaw
    Moderator

    Glad you enjoyed last weekend.

    Upcoming cruising events will be promulgated in the monthly e-News,  and in Mainsail,  and on the website;   but they are still in the process of being arranged,  and I also confess that I have not yet fully updated the website  –  thanks for the reminder!    I have however this morning put a note on the Cruising page about the Ullswater event;   click on the About tab,  and then select Cruising & Vintage Boats from the drop-down menu.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: GP builders #22568
    Oliver Shaw
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    I have now had a reply,  outside the forum,  from Graham Knox,  who knew Keith at one time and can shed a little light.

    If you care to email me (cruising@old.gp14.org) I can forward his reply.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: GP builders #22565
    Oliver Shaw
    Moderator

    No-one else seems to have picked this up,  and I regret that I cannot help.

    There have been numerous builders over the years,  some of them producing a substantial number of GP14s but some others producing only a very few,  and I confess that Keith Atkinson is one that I have never heard of.

    An online search is less than helpful,  producing numerous spurious “hits” which seem to be generic pages with the Keith Atkinson name simply inserted  –  and as such they are are utterly worthless.

    Sorry not to be more help!

     

    Oliver

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