Practical Boat Owner — January 2018
Golden Hind. ‘We still live there,’ says Tom. ‘We’re too busy building boats to want to move!’ With interest rates running at 15 ...
BOATS Lesson learned, it was back to wooden boats, and in the early 1990s Tom and Lorraine embarked on their first build from sc ...
BUILDING A WOODEN MOTOR-CRUISER Varnishing some of the doors for the 57 lockers aboard Thea Glossy varnished foredeck reflects t ...
BOATS arranging the insurance.’ The design is offshore rated, making Channel crossing a possibility, and the stability is except ...
BUILDING A WOODEN MOTOR-CRUISER The total build cost (including shed and renting the site) came in at £45,000, but of course tha ...
I was talking with a friend of mine recently who is looking to spend the winter months living aboard his Jaguar 27. Although he ...
diameter hole for the outlet vent. The hole through the moulding was made deliberately bigger than the ducting to allow the run ...
be used at some point in the system to avoid the possibility of the air flow being completely shut off. The combustion air inlet ...
I remember reading somewhere that gelcoats should be painted after just six years. I think most of us will take this advice with ...
I painted at Robertsons of Woodbridge on October 17. With night temperatures sometimes below 10°C but seldom below 5°C, early to ...
1 With sanding dust removed and masked up, the sheer strake received the first undercoat with a standard 4in foam roller, follow ...
H ad you run aground on Woolhouse Rocks 150 years ago you would have been able to climb to the top of a ‘bird cage’ and admire t ...
TENBY PORT GUIDE ➜ knowledge of the harbour is second-to- none, as his job is to keep vessels away from the MOD shooting ranges ...
CRUISING Napoleonic Fort Lifeboat Station Castle Hill Small Craft Moorings First Bay First Point North Cliff Point North Cliff N ...
TENBY PORT GUIDE vessel’s leaving, but he wants to stay in Tenby longer, so asks David if he can jump ship. ‘I don’t sail to the ...
CRUISING (lavatory) are all clearly visible and intact. Inside the walls there are a variety of independent shops including one ...
TENBY PORT GUIDE Things to do Caldey Island is owned by Cistercian monks, and has been inhabited since the Stone Age. It’s a pea ...
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CARRIER BAGGED Q You recently published a reader tip about transporting outboards. I use a standard bike carrier which connects ...
PRACTICAL When Rob Gibson bought his Trapper 500 he inherited a leaking fuel tank which, after ignoring for a while, he set abou ...
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