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#1
Miscellaneous / Sea Jade for sale
March 05, 2025, 08:03:57 AM
https://www.clarkeandcarter.co.uk/1984-winkle-brig/

We've owned her for five years, and she has taken us on many memorable trips to Cornwall, the West Coast of Scotland and the East Coast of England.

We've bought a bigger boat (a Cape Cutter 19) and need space.

We've improved her considerably over that time, and she's offered in a sailaway condition.
She will sleep four in what could be called basic camping-style accommodation, but for two adults, there is plenty of room for a weekend of sailing.
Twin lee boards, which are housed beneath the bunks, give a large cabin. 

These lee boards were removed, and their pins were replaced in April 2022 by Harry King in Chelmondiston.
A new outboard motor mount made from Iroko was also fitted.

The mainsail with two sets of reefing points was replaced in 2021.
The nearly new genoa was converted to a carbon fibre furling Aeroluff Spar system in 2021.
The spars were sanded back to bare wood and coated with Le Tonkinois in 2021.
The bulwarks were also sanded back and treated with Le Tonkinois, whilst the rubbing strakes were coated in Deks Olje D1.
Much of the running rigging and some blocks and cleats have been replaced since.

Her hull was blasted and copper coated in 2021 and her topsides were painted with Epifanes 2 part epoxy.
A new iroko tabernacle was also fitted.

A 20w solar panel, two USB sockets and a 38 amp hour Victron AGM battery make up the electrical system.

There is a 5kg Lewmar anchor with approximately 30m of rode and chain.

There is a manual bilge pump in starboard side lazarette.

Two 'Ram Mount' instrument mounting points are fitted to the bulkhead.

In 2020, we bought a custom-made Extreme Marine braked trailer with a lighting board, a flushing kit, and an unused spare wheel. This trailer has been serviced annually.

The inventory includes a sail and boom cover, mesh halyard bags, various fenders and mooring warps, the original mainsail, and a barely used topsail with yard arm.



#2
The Rig / Free to a good home
September 01, 2022, 04:43:40 PM
We've got a Plastimo reffing / furling spar which we don't need anymore.
It's in Milton Keynes if anyone wants it or, maybe we could rendezvous somewhere mutually convenient.

It's a Plastimo 406 S complete with luff wire and top spacer.
#3
The Engine / Trailing with a motor on the transom.
August 19, 2022, 08:59:30 AM
Does anyone trail their WB with an outboard mounted on the transom?
Is the boat strong enough to support 25kg whilst on the road?
#4
The Hull / Lee board refurbishment
January 28, 2022, 10:37:43 AM
Amongst some other tidying up and improvements scheduled for this winter, we?re having our lee boards serviced by Jackson Composites in Leicestershire.

These are some pictures and a description of the process.

Pete extracted the pins without cutting into the moulding by going in through the V berth and then grinding away the shoulders of the lee board casing which held the pin itself

The pins were very corroded at the point where they were glassed into the hull, but not where the met the lee board itself. Maybe this was a reaction to three decades of a resin / saltwater mix.
New stainless steel pins will be fitted and should give another thirty years of service.

The hole in the lee board though was huge in relation to the pin and it will need a lot of rebuilding and reinforcing before the board is refitted. It was not however an elongated hole which you might have expected after the decades of wear and use.
#5
Repair Yards / Recommendations wanted.
August 14, 2021, 07:39:35 PM
We?re thinking of refurbishing our lee boards / bilge boards and having some other minor works done to WB 18. Does anyone have any favourite boatyards or indeed any to steer away from?