Practical Boat Owner — November 2017
Fairing the curves By far the best tool for spotting irregularities is a critical eye. Get down low to the surface you’re examin ...
practical Masking tape stuck over the chines showed up any hollows or flats It’s the same idea, but easier than drawing a grid o ...
rounding the bilges Fairing’s an odd sort of job, with much of what you do making the boat look worse rather than better as it s ...
N ow in its 31st year, Scotland’s Boat Show is getting bigger and better. Two key changes to layout this year are designed to ex ...
of all shapes, sizes and prices, as last year’s guest speaker, sailing blogger and PBO contributor Dylan Winter summed up: ‘It’s ...
My old boarding ladder was a swivel down arrangement but only had two steps: when deployed it was too short and you had to rig a ...
BOARDING LADDERS 2 The swim platform measures approximately 46in (1.18m) wide and is 15¾in (400mm) deep. With the old ladder rem ...
PRACTICAL 10 Using afromosia hardwood I cut two 60mm x 30mm wooden support backing mounts measuring 365mm long. These mounts wou ...
Ladder specifications Various types of telescopic and swivelling ladders are available for swim platforms. the example featured ...
Images courtesy of Plastimo and many thanks for their help with this article B oarding ladders can be portable, fi xed, hung on ...
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All photos by David Harding BoatsBoats Whether you view them with ambivalence or enthusiasm, the ubiquitous Drascombes are still ...
Boats house. When we moved to the Dart from a village on the other side of Dartmoor (coincidentally, just a few miles from John ...
Drascombe boats Drascombe Barton before it was decided that ‘Drascombe’ was the obvious choice for what would these days be call ...
Other Drascombe models over the years have included the Peterboat (double-ended and built in three sizes in wood only) and the L ...
bridgedeck and the smaller cockpit offers more resistance to flooding. As for the Drifter, its performance surprised me, especia ...
PRACTICAL Fitting a silencer to a diesel boat heater H eaters are a brilliant addition to a boat – they keep the inside dry and ...
FITTING A SILENCER SILENCED EXHAUST MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE 4 It’s a good idea to use exhaust paste such as Firegum at either end ...
About the Author Peter Stone started sailing dinghies in his teens, but really developed his interest when he ‘volunteered’ to c ...
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