Luckily my crew and I work in the boating industry and he has already had the material delivered. He's cutting it this arvo. I do want it anodised, it is well priced atm, but I also want to race in a regatta this weekend. We will repair, race this weekend, then get it anodised next week, or keep it as a spare and replace with an anodised one.

Hopefully it doesn't blow too hard this weekend, but it's not looking promising.