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Seems like you may have to have one made. What kind of a strut is it? Can’t be a prop strut with the outboard engines on a PDQ 32. We have found metalworking shops to be very inventive and helpful.
Tapping the hull and deck with a mallet (the plastic handle of a screwdriver also works) should provide a steady “ding” noise each time it hits. If the sound changes to “thunk” it indicates a possible area of delamination, which could be a problem. Crazing in the gelcoat can also indicate weak spots. Cracks around or in the mast step can mean leaks.
The drawing here on Sailboatdata shows the general shapes of the blades. Since they’re to scale you should be able to figure out the general dimensions too. Obviously the daggerboard has to fit into the slot. Since the last Phantom 14 was made more than 20 years ago finding a manual is not going to be easy. You could fashion some blades and be sailing months before any manual turns up.
If the sail is already torn in two places the cloth is probably too tired to be worth fixing. The cloth you use for your repair will be so much stronger that the patch will cause the weaker cloth near it to tear even more. Getting a”new” used sail is probably a better solution. I needed covers to keep two trailered boats dry and the local North office suggested I drop by to see them. They had about a dozen different mains and jibs that they were eager for me to take off their hands – sails that their owners didn’t want and which were just taking up space in their loft. It looks like North, Doyle, and UK each have lofts near Crosshaven. It might be worth a trip up there to see. Certainly worth a call.
Have you tried searching for PHRF rating listings under the name? That might provide some information on an owner or a sail number that would be helpful if the name got changed. (The sail number stays with the boat regardless of the name possibly changing with a new owner.) You could then look for more recent racing results )(in Yachtscoring, for example) using the sail number.
Installing a new head is going to be more difficult than you think. After you get it bolted down you will need to attach the hoses. They will be nearly impossible to fit over the flanges and could be too short if the new head isn’t the same as the old one. The old hoses may be dried out and crack or split when you try to get them to fit. he hose clamps you have on hand will also be the wrong size. The day you pick for the install will be 100º F and 85% humidity, with mosquitoes and flies. Good luck.
For rigging pix we will need to know what kind of boat (builder, model, year) you have, unless you just want pictures of generic rigging…
You need bigger sails. In the meantime the luff tension can be set with the halyard. There is no need for a sliding gooseneck. When you get properly-sized sails they can be set up with a Cunningham. K.I.S.S.
Surprising that it isn’t somewhere on the boat. This is for the current Biscontini design? Beneteau should have them available.
There are lots of threads on other sites that discuss the validity of “comfort” ratings and capsize ratios. Essentially, different hull forms make these numbers inaccurate. They only work when you compare similar hull forms, and even then the results are relative, not definitive.
What kind of boat?
Why do you need a manual depicting the masthead configuration? The mainsheet has nothing to do with the masthead.
What is a main sheet rode?
Interlux makes a good epoxy barrier coating: https://www.westmarine.com/interlux-interprotect-2000e-base-with-reactor-white-quart-6862577.html?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=%5BADL%5D%5BPLA%5D%20Boat%20Maintenance_Test&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21026684771&gbraid=0AAAAAD_lEeolMmo45DtzxleFtpV74qFkD&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8vvABhCcARIsAOCfwwqqSqAJ-TosnX6GgG4_s287JGV-z6KD3QCA5_Js-IOJCe1QcQ44T7QaAgY8EALw_wcB
It should be available in Spain.
This certainly looks like the one you have: https://suffolk.boatshed.com/jaguar_22-boat-145125.html
The listing here on Sailboatdata https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/jaguar-22/ mentions that it has a fin keel, and that it is a European version of the Catalina 22. It would seem you have found out what it is. The Catalina 22 comes in fixed keel or swing keel versions.
So it could be that some Jaguar 22’s were made with fixed keels and spade rudders. That calls for further research. The chatbot output about MK I and MK II versions is confusing. Where did it get this information? It could be incorrect because online information that is posted (and which the chatbot searches for data) is not vetted. People can post whatever they like – that the moon is made of green cheese, for example – and chatbots will simply add that to their “data”. If enough people post about the moon being made of green cheese, or perhaps simply refer to the idea, the chatbot increases the weight given to that idea and spews it back to you. Garbage In, Garbage Out. On another site someone quoted a chatbot to state that a C&C boat had a cast iron keel. C&C has never used cast iron keels. You have to verify chatbot output yourself.
