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I think that any DIY intervention will still leave a battered looking boom and has a risk of further weakening it by extending the...

Foulkes advertisements in the yachting press had a whimsical quality. Wasn't their line of floating cutlery advertised as "ideal for...

Came across this recently. Perhaps about time. Doesn't seem to have been picked up on the forum. Duchy of Cornwall steps in over rising...

The BBC News report that I saw on the Peruvian incident quoted climate change as the culprit.

There are so many Thomas designs that are great handicap racers, and the Mystery 30 looks like the kind of boat that should be a bandit...

Perhaps not that much filing required. If, say, an imperial shaft at 1:12 taper, filing just 1/32" off the key will give 3/8" extra...

A laser welder, as a home workshop tool, is new to me. Looking at the prices, £5K upwards, I don't think I'll be investigating any...

How much do these laser welders cost, and what power are they? I'd have thought that anything capable of useful work would be way beyond...

Some bronzes are quite yellow, so identification by colour is uncertain. DZR brass, (NOT de-zincified ), is widely used, but bronze is a...

Not spanners, but the old Thomas Foulkes chandlery sold a line in floating cutlery. the advertising tagline was "ideal for nearby boats".

Does say trade prices available. Most of mine have names such as "Bedford" or"King Dick". Remember them? The latter wouldn't be a good...