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Mick,
As Steve stays its vital the tiller is repaired securely using a good glue like epoxy and a scarf joint. Alternately you can make one from a length of timber. almost any timber will do. Ash is traditionally popular it straight light and nice to work. Not very water durable. It doesn’t need to be laminated.
The mast step on the Series 1 is very simple and easy to fix. It needs to be strong so I would be tempted to sort it now while out of season. The downside is that it sits on the hog and if the hog is soft then the boat is normally a technical write off. Its a weak area by modern standards, but plenty capable of the very modest older tensions, so check it out and make sure the hog is sound.
The assoc supply plans for a mast step conversion to bring the step up to more modern standards but its not really worth it unless your step is beyond repair or you intend to use more modern tensions. Probably not wise anyway without fitting the whole boat out to suit with it.
Hope this helps.
<span style=”line-height: 1.5em;”>Kev</span>
Seconded!
Great weekend, great club and family enjoyed, despite no intention of sailing, thanks to the hosts. Plenty of grounds and other kids for the kids to play, internet access (always handy when your away for a few days), food, tea, etc
As for the sailing, i’m still wearing the grin, second place for the boat first season since 3 years of hard restoration, feel rewarded! just thrilled to bits with the boat and how she went and with the result! In such company, dumbstruck didnt know what to say really.
Except maybe thanks to all above and especially well sailed by my helm, Oliver, hard work that 2nd race on Sunday, unpredictable conditions for us sea sailors, did a fine job! Took a good amount of skill with old worn out sails, a rudder up at 45`, no kicker, a lose (small) jib, in fact little tension in the rig. Just brilliant sail! In fact to the first mark we where right in with the main fleet. Too close at one point!
This was the second family GP weekend for us this year and both have been fantastic, I would very much recommend anyone with an older boat to join in. There must be hundreds if not thousands of clubs Series1’s just like mine used for family sailing, holidays, club racing. Cant understand why we are not fighting them off!
Kev
GP47 ‘Caltha’
4250 ‘Swordfish’
