I found that Dilunett Gel remover (an unfortunate name for a product designed to leave gel intact) softens old contact adhesive sufficiently for it to be removed with a wet scourer. Do wear gloves though or it will burn your skin.

John

Euan, I have old Lucas Main and genoa sails which you can have for nothing if you want to collect them. They are not good enough for serious racing (except perhaps in stronger winds) but they are at least the right size. I believe that you can get stick on sail numbers so changing the numbers should...

Euan, There are 7 or 8 IF's moored in the Percuil river at St.Mawes. Why not bring your dinghy over and have a nose around? You will see a variety of ideas. By the way have you considered doing any racing? Apart from club racing we have a 3 day championship in July and then there is an IF class duri...

Michael, I have just had to replace my pintles because of considerable wear. It occurs to me that it is quite difficult to achieve perfect alignment of the three pintles and that consequently one of them is going to wear through constant pressure on one side of the gudgeon. It is probable that the d...