Seat spacers & Stem bands

[CParker]

My 1940 OT Yankee has copper tubing for seat spacers and flat stamped metal stem bands with a raised area down the middle (may be copper as well).

I strongly suspect that prior owner (deceased) just got both items from the local hardware store, but is there any chance that either is original to the boat?

Thanks

 

[Benson Gray]

My guess is that those are not original. This is a common repair technique.

Benson