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  • 30/01/2022 at 6:00 pm in reply to: Mast replacement (Speed GP14 14022 Selden mast) #23240
    paulaston
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    Hi Oliver,

    Thank you for your prompt and researched reply – and please accept my apologies for not having replied sooner.

    I was able to read your reply during the week and it was very detailed and helpful indeed, thank you.  I could not reply back to you as I was away travelling with work followed by sailing this weekend (not with my GP!) and I didn’t have my GP14.org log in information with me in order to  post a reply to the forum.

    I have checked my insurance and I have already gone through the links you kindly provided and I have made some enquiries and will make some more early this week so I can get the boat fixed before the season starts, I hope 🤞

    I will reduce the size on the photos and try again.

    thank you again.

    paul.

    27/02/2021 at 4:06 pm in reply to: Speed 13954 more problems #21389
    paulaston
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    I have rolled 14022 out of the garage and into the sunshine this afternoon and I have had a really close look at all those places.

    I’m glad to report that all the ply appears to be dry and sound.

    I think I have been lucky.  I suspect this boat may have been garaged for quite a lot of its life, which is probably why it’s survived so well, but I can see why other similar boats may not have fared so well.

    There really is no excuse for such areas of exposed ply though, particularly in such inaccessible places.  If it is essential to the structure of the boat, which it appears to be, then it really should have been glassed in.  If it’s not essential, then it should not be there in the first place.

    I am going to treat all the bits I can get to with wood preservative and I am going to be super cautious to make sure the boat is as dry as possible when not in use.

    Paul.

    27/02/2021 at 2:06 pm in reply to: The history of 7358 mk1 GRP “Aguamenti” #21387
    paulaston
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    Hi  Oliver,

    am a member and I have got a digital copy of the original registration form already from the association.  I don’t know if there is anything else available, but I have already emailed the association to ask.  I will email again and ask that my request be forwarded to Hugh Brazier and Stewart Elder (which it may well have been already).  I’m also going to take the floorboards out again and have a good look for a number, but there are other clues that the number is probably correct, e.g. it’s written on the mast foot and on the sail bag.

    thanks for your help.

    Paul.

    26/02/2021 at 12:34 am in reply to: Speed 13954 more problems #21373
    paulaston
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    Further to my earlier post on this thread – I have just read your article Steve in the Spring 2018 issue of Mainsail – and I now know where else to look – thank you 👍

    26/02/2021 at 12:03 am in reply to: Speed 13954 more problems #21372
    paulaston
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    Sorry to hear about the problems you have had Steve

    I have Speed GP 14022 that I bought last summer.  The ply I can see looks in reasonable condition (through the hatch into the front tank to that section of the hog and using a camera through the rear hatch to look at the transom end).

    I have a look over the weekend at the under deck track supports (fortunately the boat is wintered in my garage).

    Where else is this sub standard ply hiding?

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