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      getmwaqar
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      About 4  years ago I had been planning to do some pretty serious wood to GP 2289 to turn her back into a boat again (the only boat in the boatyard that wouldn’t fill up with water when the cover blew off in a storm and had the opposite problem when  sailing!).  Anyway some poking with a screwdriver around the bottom of the mast step found some new rot (i.e. rot that wasn’t there when i’d checked a few years before) so I decided the original hull was not economically salvageable, which was a shame as she was a fairly unmolested R R Sills hull and aside from the need to bail frequently was a joy to sail.
      As I had all the bits except the hull I kept my eye open for a suitably cheap replacement hull and about a year later a GRP hull with a rotten wooden deck appeared on Ebay, £50 was paid so I now have another hull. It is a Bourne Plastics GRP hull (some where in the 8 or 9 thousands I think, will check the hull number later) with a wooden deck by R Moore of Wroxham. The GRP bit is like new however the plywood on the deck has seen better days. The wooden framework under the deck is 90% ok with one or two small areas which will require replacing or more wood scarphing in.
      I salvaged all the fittings, foils and deck (which I’ve kept as a reference for where the fittings go) off 2289. Most of the hull was still pretty solid and I didn’t really want to waste it so a fairly large chunk of the aft end (the lower portion of the hull from the thwart to the transom) I have re-purposed as a very large bookcase in my living room.
      Having had the new hull for about 3 years now I’ve finally started work, the aim is to have the new deck and a coat of varnish on by the end of the summer and maybe the fittings on and sailing by the frostbite series.
      I’m noticing a definite difference in quality between the beautifully quality accurately cut R R Sills Precision Woodwork and R Moores who seem to have scrimped wherever possible. Not sure if it’s to save weight but the bit of wood the deck fastens to between the stem and the mast and it’s counterpart on the aft deck are pine on the new boat whereas the old boat it was mahogany (I’m going to re-make this). The plywood Moores used is definitely an inferior grade (hence it’s a delaminating rotten mess). Also where the fibreglass meets the deck behind the gunnel it’s sandwiched between two bits of wood, rather than using bolts and some sort of adhesive, Moores have clench nailed it together with copper boat nails through the fibre glass with no evidence of any adhesive! I’m now removing the boat nails, gluing on the outer strip and bolting it through with stainless which should make the hull slightly stiffer.

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