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Hi,

I would like to attach the forestay to my WB using a Pelican hook on the bowsprit. Has anyone had any experience with this solution?

Regards

Gerold
WB120 VROUW KIRSTEN

WB87 1992/93 for sale. "Sarum" comes complete with a braked road trailer fitted with wheel bearing protectors. Included in the sale is a 6hp Tohatsu outboard with external fuel tank. There is a full set of sails , furling jib, main sail and top sail all in very good condition. A Plastimo 2.2 inflatable tender fitted with launching wheels. Three inflatable life jackets, (require air cylinders). Two anchors, fenders, solar panel, 240v ship to shore equipment, hand held Magellan GPS system, depth and compass, barometer and clock, original two burner gas hob, Porta Potty, boarding ladder, flag and flagpole, folding cockpit table and lighting board. The boat has easily removable keels. It has not been used for a number of years.  For more info and pictures please contact John Middleton on middleton159@aol.com  I am located approx 8 miles north of Manchester. £5995. Now reduced to £5750. Now Sold

The sale of Markie has now gone 'live' with an ad on apollo duck. Tel: 07719927044 for more info or to arrange a meet on Windermere 11th - 15th June.

Hi Dave
I'd love to have a look at Markie. I'll be sailing on Windermere 13\14/15th June.
I'm being a bit cheeky because I'm not really a prospective customer at this stage - I think I'd like to get a Winkle Brig in a couple of years time - but I'd really like to have a look at a Winkle in the flesh if you don't mind.
Feel free to say no if that's too cheeky!
Jon Board

Now sold

Hi, Advance Notice - WB 15 'Markie' will be up for sale on 17th June 2024. This is following a week when Markie will be day sailing from Windermere Marina 11-15 June, so an opportunity for you to sample her weather permitting.   Brief spec: 1 owner from new (June 1987), original sails including topsail, roller reefing, running forestay, Barton T track on transom rail, upgraded bowsprit, boom tent, all over towing cover, winter cover, 4hp Mercury 2 stroke, interior upholstery showing its age. Trailer upgraded with 1300kg suspension units and 13" wheels and tyres and breakback conversion. See videos on youtube.  Asking price £4500  Also available is the perfect towcar, a Subaru Outback SE NavPlus 2011 86000 miles, lpg conversion so cheap to run. Also £4500     If you are interested in buying please pm me.

Many thanks for the reactions, probable is Iroko the kind of wood I am looking for restoration

greetings Jos

Gerold's description of the materials used on his W/B typify the variety used, which seemed to vary throughout the period of manufacture, possibly representing what was readily available at the time.
W/B 107 came with Douglas Fir mast, boom, yard, topmast and bowsprit, Iroko bulwarks, tiller, companionway boards and aft cockpit lids with ply tops.
Plywood drop boards with weighted steel shoes and a plywood rudder.
I have changed to a hollow Douglas Fir mast, aluminium topmast and spruce yard.
New plywood drop boards have been fitted with stainless steel shoes and encapsulated lead inserts, increasing their weight from approx. 11 to 26 kg each. (I understand early models had steel encapsulated drop boards. weighing around 27 kg each.)
A replacement plywood rudder has been fitted with a small stainless steel drop plate and the cockpit side benches which were covered with teak faced ply, replaced with Tek-Dek, simulated teak.

Hello,

my WB 120 at that time had softwood (maybe Spruce) as end pieces on aluminum spars and mast, marine plywood behind GRP as bulwark and waterproof glued plywood on rudders and centerboards.

I built the bulwark, gaff and boom from oak during the refit, the mast from Canadian Spruce and the centerboards from marine grade aluminum.
I sanded the wooden rudder blade and sealed it with several cages of epoxy resin. I covered the benches in the cockpit with oak.

Hope this helps.

Gerold

Hello

Does anyone have information of what kind of wood was used on the WB.
A positive answere would ease my search for the wright replacement

thanks in advance

Jos