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Now completed the restoration. Renamed her Mongrel as she has so many different bits and pieces!
hope to have her on the water as soon as I can locate a suitable centreboard - no luck so far.
Putting a merlin mast - all ready - on her for single handed river sailing. should be interesting!

Just to report that I have taken over a very sorry, totally stripped out Magpies hull here at Tamesis! I have already started to restore her. Her actual hull seems to be in good shape, her decks less so but saveable. She is a lovely boat and of course the Crusader a lovely shape too. 
I used to own Hooligan, a pipedream and superb on the river. Migrated to merlins - the main tamesis fleet (over 40 boats) but saw Magpies languishing at the back of the dinghy park and realised that I could not just let her die! I fully intend to race her here.
So anyone with any bits and pieces - mast and spars or anything they want to get rid over (clear out garage ?!) please do let me know! 
The aim - to have her sailing by the late Autumn!
Now september. boat refurbished, hull very good considering she spent the winter outside and uncovered! have had to paint the decks but fixed the de-lamination of the plywood decks very successfully indeed - can pass on how to anyone interested of course!
Afraid the stripes have gone too - all too fiddly for me to keep up. Now assembling bits and pieces - need a mast and spars. Going to use a cut down merlin rudder/tiller set. Hoping I can pick up a center board but may have to make one! 
Intend to sail her single handed and experiment with different rigs - even just one sail for here on the river, with maybe a higher mast so will get a local handicap. should be interesting. anyone tried something similar for river sailing?  Thought I might try a Hadron sail set-up or even the Rooster version of the Laser rig which is nearly 1/3 larger!