CL Eleven (Gull) "Ingrid"

 Under Construction Parts to acquire Lower turnbuckle screw pins for mainsail at ends of boom block for outhaul mainsheet jibsheet vang main halyard jib halyard traveller if used jib

 This area appeared to be sound, but after the rot I encountered elsewhere, I thought I’d investigate a bit.  I used a holesaw to biopsy the core, thinking I'd replace the disc by epoxying in a stack of fiberglass discs to form a waterproof bushing.   The plywood proved to be soaking wet though not rotten.  I decided that given the certainty of future water ingress, I'd rebuild this area. . The glass sliced for removal. The piece gently pried off. All residual glass, filler etc ground off. The sheet fiberglass pieces below were cut from the scrap inner transom panel that was removed.  Waste not want not!   The pieces ready.   The fiberglass plate will be epoxied to 1/4" marine plywood which has already been bored for a stack of fiberglass discs.  (also cut from the scrap.)  The discs will form a solid fiberglass bearing for the centreboard bolt, and the assembly will be epoxied then glassed to the side of the trunk, and to the ...

So, with Ingrid cleaned and stripped to bare fiberglass, the work plan is basically as follows: Determine any changes to the running rigging and acquire the parts.  Reinforce/prepare installation points as required.  Counterbore and install fiberglass bushing for the centreboard trunk.  (this ended up being more involved than that) Reinforce the stem for a towing u-bolt, the foredeck where the forestay chainplate attaches, and the foredeck where a u-bolt (for tying to a dock) might attach. Consider a deck beam to restore the deck camber forward.  (it's squashed flat) Install a towing/tiedown eye on the stem, and two on the transom in lieu of docking cleats.  Make any required parts. Install oarlocks and/or an outboard mounting pad Deal with cosmetics Ingrid arrived with the rudder and tiller assembly in good shape, both sails, standing rigging intact, boom and gooseneck present, mast with alloy halyard cleats intact. Hull and deck 'Glass Work Repair centreboard ...

In a recent moment of weakness, I purchased an early 1970s CL11 dinghy.   The boat was available on the local classifieds, and as is often the case, had fallen into disuse.   Fortunately, the work required on the hull appeared to be manageable, and the sails, rudder and rig were all present and in decent condition.  The CL11 was owned by a wonderful couple named Peter and Gabrielle.  As we chatted I learned a bit about the boat's story as Gabrielle fondly reminisced about her late father Eugen, and how she was a little girl in tow at the Toronto boat show when her dad impulsively purchased the boat.   Dad and daughter arrived at the family cottage with the little CL now in tow, where it saw occasional use through most of the intervening decades.   In later years she rested under a tarp, undisturbed, silently communing with nature.   (the dinghy, not Gabrielle)  As we chatted further, Gabrielle and Peter shared that one of their 3 childre...