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It looks like with some careful use of a dremel you could trim away some of the backing plate enough to allow the chain plate to slide...

Ok, so I finally decided to paint it with 2 coats toplac plus then varnished with one coat international varnish. Interesting to see how...

There are plenty of modern antifoul strippers that will safely remove the stuff without damaging the gel coat. Depending on how thick...

Rechargeable light work well for us.

This pair clearly have owners with a sense of humour…

If it’s some sort of old sealant, I’ve had good results this winter with ‘multisolve’ from toolstation and removing old sealant, old...

We bought the seago ‘ball’ shaped one just over a year ago, it’s ‘ok’, does the job but found a cheap electric oil pump off Amazon so...

Sludge - Bug is like jelly

We had a similar mariner 4hp 2s that I could not get to run right at all, so somewhat reluctantly took it to the ‘outboard guy’, he knew...

In preparation for the new season, today’s job was to change the fuel filters and wake up the engine. Just for giggles I decided to cut...

For the guy who turns up with a sawsall to just hack your transom apart, tuck a silenced Apple air tag under the the engine cover...

Lenses or complete units frame and all? Hadlow Marine and Eagle Windows (?) provide various refurbishing parts and services.

Reckon those eyes probably act as fairleads for lines to the luff reefing points. The isomat rigging on our Beneteau has something very...

C-Tec Multisolve, part of the CT1 family of products. Amazing stuff, works great for cleaning up cured PU adhesives, silicone sealants...

On our similar sized Beneteau which also lives on a swing mooring, we have the same type of strop setup. A chain, whilst preferable...