The boat has brackets to attach the main ribs to the centerboard trunk. They looked pretty rough, and I thought they might have just been cut sheet metal. I took some time to research replacements in brass or stainless and didn't find much. So I decided to look closer at what I already had.
They were ragged, rough cut and with sharp corners, and covered with a lot of varnish and some random paint. Here is an example of how bad they were
A pass under the magnet showed they weren't steel. So a little heat gun and scraping, then some steel wool revealed brass. Some filing and more sandpaper and they are now actually pleasant to look at, with smooth rounded corners. A little more work and this one will be ready to go back into its original home... No replacement required.
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