Recent content by Frayed Knot

Really? You can’t envisage a dent in a piece of wood? The table is actually the only (slightly) shabby part spoiling an otherwise rather smart interior. BTW, all of my lamps are either stainless steel or chromed and the plotter is proudly on display. I sold my sextant and tables on eBay...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I really don’t want to go down the veneering route Db as it wouldn’t really work with the design of the table, which I hope to preserve. Interesting idea re. the iron Fr, I’ll certainly give it a go on the actual dents. Other than that, I think I’ll just have to...

As above, really; my saloon table is looking a little the worse for 44 years of wear & needs stripping & re varnishing. So far so no problem but it has several dents & gouges which are too deep to simply sand out. Plain filler would stand out like the proverbial sore thumb & getting a fair match...

You should, of course, take advice on the suitability for your boat but when I had a 32’ lift keeler with a pivoting plate of about 170kg I changed the wire rope for dyneema. Inspected annually, it didn’t show any signs of wear for the four further years of my ownership. Previously I would find...

Try telling that to the runs under my rail cappings that I didn’t notice for a week or so.

He/she was certainly relaxed; kept lifting its head from time to time when the owner was walking near but then seemed content to nod off again.

I believe some glues used to be made from fish products - maybe this is where the recipe came from.

Here’s one from last autumn on the Orwell. Apologies if I’ve already posted it - my forgettery isn’t what it once was.

I’ve just seen from the class association records that Maria Isabel has been broken up. How sad! I wonder what happened - when we finally sold her she was one of the smartest, soundest afloat (re-fastened and with the deck leaks long since fixed) The new owner’s pre-purchase survey was excellent.

This all brings back memories - some good, some less so 😂 Depending on the conditions I can’t think of a boat I’d like to be sailing more - or less! Back in the eighties/nineties we owned no. 73, Maria Isabel on the Crouch but were purely cruisers. We once had a hard sail from Paglesham to...

Please excuse the intrusion of a rag & stick man on your forum but I happened to notice the thread title and, following my experience with them, I seriously advise avoiding Flexiteek. I had the entire deck of my 38 foot sailing cruiser replaced by a Suffolk-based Flexiteek contractor who, as...

Melton Boatyard

Taken from the banks of Kirton Creek off The Deben a few weeks ago.

Sad news indeed - we never appreciate what we have until it’s gone. I used to love going in there in the 70s & early 80s when it was still a working boat building shed. I remember chatting with the boat builder there, David, who at the time was building the yacht “Sea Jay” & him pointing out the...

I’m glad that’s all clear now.