763 Gunpowder Gertie

Built 1991 by Oliver Lee Racing Yachts, Burnham. Lightweight, 22kg of correctors fitted. New certificate 2023, 681kg all-in sailing weight.
Owned by me since 2008. Underwater areas stripped and re-epoxied by Peter White 2010. New Z Spars mast, boom and spi pole 2015. Hull carefully prepared each year Nautix A4 T-Speed anti fouling burnished to 400/800 grit W&D.
Regularly updated control lines/blocks etc. Mainly Harken Carbo/Seldon equivalents. Traveller controls to leeward and windward for quick tacking. 16:1 kicker; 12:1 jib halyard; 2:1 jib sheets and central pull barbers. Spi retrieval system. 2 manual bilge pumps. One piece White rudder, fixed tiller/adjustable extension.
4 Hyde Jibs (2×2018 2x 2022), 2 Hyde Mains (2018 & 2022). 2 spinnakers (2018 & 2022). Tacktick compass on mast. NASA echo sounder with self-contained lightweight 12v battery (50g).
Fly away spi pole.
West Mersea Trailer -regularly serviced:tyres,brakes,ram,brake lines all re-done in last 2 years.
New cockpit cover this season + spare. Full over-winter cover. Gunpowder Gertie is currently on the water at Waldringfield, Suffolk. Regular race and series winner over the last decade against old number and Parker boats.