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That International 14 is lovely. I wondered about one of these as a first project but the construction seemed much less suitable for novice and taking her out would almost certainly have end in disaster. The materials, design and engineering from the period are amazing and a joy to behold. OK...

Hi Kukri, Thanks for the helpful reply. Yes, I have the original sails stamped Ratsey and Lapthorn Ltd, Sail Makers, Cowes, 1953. No. 12110. I phoned them when trying to date the boat but although they were helpful they couldn't find the original invoice. I also have some more modern sails...

So, 18 months on, I have finally finished stripping the interior to the point where I am happy with it. I have not yet applied any varnish but have filled any small cracks and splits in the planks with epoxy. My aim was to try to restore/maintain the integrity of each plank (as I don't have the...

Great - thanks everyone for your comments which are really appreciated. To answer the original question I will clean and varnish the interior of the hull dry and then put her in the water. This will hopefully give me some idea of what level of leakage I am dealing with - if any! - and make it...

Keith, Thanks - this is very interesting - the previous owner had restored the middle thwart and I guessed he sanded it down however scraping off the varnish you could convince yourself there is a number. If it were 67 then that would place her as Judy, built in 1952 by Scotthorn* Maybe...

Here is a photo of the boat as collected and cleaned. The hull has a new transom and several coats of Toplac Here is the interior - prior to any preparation The mast and boom And the stamp on the sails

Fantastic - thanks so much for the comments; I don't think she is glued - I'll try and upload some photos - however the boards are very clean on the inside and beautifully fastened with copper rivets. I'll definitely look into using Evomastic as this would insert very neatly in joins -...

Hi, As a first step into wooden boat ownership I picked up what I believe to be a Yachting World Dayboat on eBay. It came with a set of Patsey & Lapthorn sails dated 1953 which, if purchased new for the original boat, would put it as one of the first private builds. It is a project which was...