Practical Boat Owner – August 2019

Peterhead RNLI’s lifeboat is

temporarily out of service, after

the charity had to stand down

a number of volunteers at the

station due to ‘personal

rivalries and historic

disagreements’.

The RNLI said despite

sending in a trained mediator it

was unable to resolve the

issues, and concluded the

station could not run safely.

Volunteers from Fraserburgh

and Aberdeen will now provide

24/7 cover for this stretch of the

Scottish coastline.

The RNLI said it would be

working with the remaining

crew to get the service back

into operation.

A new pontoon has opened at the head of Loch Long at the

village of Arrochar in Argyll and Bute. The Loch Long Jetty

Association received grant funding for the project, which aims to

attract visiting cruisers. A 46m pontoon has been attached to an

existing slipway and a 12.6m hammerhead installed. Two visitor

moorings, taking vessels up to 15 tonnes, will also be in place

shortly. For details email: [email protected]

Work has started on the new

£4.2 million clubhouse and

facilities for Sussex Yacht Club,

which aims to become one of

the UK’s best disabled sailing

venues. The club at Shoreham

has worked with Sussex

Sailability, the charity Changing

Rooms and specialist

More than 27,

people visited the

20th Crick Boat

Show by the

Grand Union

Canal Leicester

Line in

Northamptonshire

on 24-27 May, including a one-day record of 10,000.

Organised by Waterways World, the Canal & River Trust and

Crick Marina, the show saw over 250 exhibitors, with

boatbuilders reporting many orders secured.

Peterborough sailor Bob Cave,

known as Capt. Bob, is again

providing cruises along the

River Nene for disabled and

disadvantaged children after

local engineers repaired his

boat’s engine free of charge.

Capt. Bob has run trips for

years on his twin-skinned, steel

launch, Cleopatra. When the

boat’s 50-year-old 4108

Perkins engine failed he

contacted Perkins’ dealer,

DiPerk, whose engineers

diagnosed a dead fuel injection

system. Unable to afford the

repair, DiPerk, with funding

from Perkins Engines, stepped

in, completely overhauling the

engine before reinstalling it.

“Last year I made a £1,

loss, but it’s a joy to see the

children get so much pleasure

from the boat rides. I can’t

thank DiPerk and Perkins

enough,” said Capt Bob.

Sailors with Sailability Scotland

SCIO will now benefi t from an

extra level of safety following

Icom’s donation of two of its

M25-Euro handheld VHFs.

The radios will be used

during the charity’s sailing

activities including the annual

Challenger Traveller series,

and the Round Shuna Race.

ICOM DONATION TO

SAILABILITY SCOTLAND

MORE FACILITIES FOR SAILORS

DISABLED SAILORS A

PRIORITY

CRICK SHOW

RECORD

PETERHEAD RNLI SHUT DOWN

CAPTAIN BOB SAILS AGAIN

Attempts to attract new

volunteers to Peterhead

have previously failed

The new pontoon at

Arochar, Loch Long

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CRUISER-RACING

Round the Island tales

■Two different teams take part

in the same race from two

different angles

PRACTICAL

How to restore gelcoat

■Top tips from US author Drew

Maglio who is now hard at work

on his fi fth restoration

Engine cooling service

■How to keep the channels

clear to prevent overheating

Pacifi c survival story

■The extraordinary Webb

Chiles and his open boat tales

Steel launch Cleopatra

runs charity cruises on

the River Nene

Icom donates VHF radios

RNLI/David Anderson

architects on the project,

which will be fi nished in

June 2020.