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I used Delrin rod for my replacement sheet blocks. Delrin Rod | Direct Plastics Limited

Acetal is afaik a family of related products of which Delrin is both a trademark and a specific kind. As far as I know, any of them is...

Mine is acetal, of which Delrin is one tradename.

This is great when leaving, but can lead to chafe if you do it for the whole stay so not best practice.

A lot of bow rollers are made from Nylon on a cost/performance basis We make them from nylon, acetal, PET, brass, and stainless Best...

I thought @GHA made a thread on this subject earlier this year, but I'm unable to find it. I found this instead though, if it's...

I made one using several layers of some kind of 10mm resin sheet which happened to be lying under the bench. Cut at different diameters...

The ones that came on my boat were nylon. They were perfectly OK but the shape was concave, allowing the anchor to slide from side to...

I need to replace my bow roller after another boat (trying to moor up downwind on an alongside pontoon 😡) hit my anchor hard enough to...

It's a good video. I like his competent, polite and helpful style. So many 'experts' have a ranting tone which I'm sure puts off anyone...

I was taught that it's best to make a round-turn-and-two-half-hitches aound one leg of the pontoon cleat, and have the figure-of-eights...

I used to do upholstery in Scotland until a couple of years ago. I will be starting up again when we move to Cornwall soon, near St...

Can not give you local recommendations but we took our boat cushions to a furniture upholsterer in the next village for recovering. She...

When we were work time constrained for a summer cruise, we found it helpful to move the boat part way towards our intended location over...

Just prior to Covid I was offered a sensible price for my beloved Ambler of Arne. I arrived pre season in the boatyard in the ria de...