Keith 66

Thanks! Epoxy is often seen as the cure for everything & a technological short cut, in practice it can be excellent or it can be a...

Hello and many thanks all for advice given ...and being a 'newbie' in the boating world is why I have posted the question. Keith...

If you have epoxied a trad clinker boat you are wasting your time trying to harden up fastenings, All you will do is crack the epoxy...

Bit of a lesson there, old stuff like that is getting very hard to find. Should have bought them! About 25 years ago i had three British...

Yes it is a duty, but if anyone cant afford to give the club a couple of mornings of their time every year they are not going to get...

It shouldnt be about "duties". At Benfleet all we ask is two morning working parties a year, you meet other like minded people. Some you...

If anyone actually came out with that attitude i suspect most clubs would turn the applicant down & rightly so. Many clubs suffer from...

In 1984 i was part of the crew working on the fitting out of a 86ft steel yacht at Tilbury docks. The whole boat was under a scaffolding...

I used Hempel multicoat once. It proved to be very non durable & wore away quickly. Jotun paints are excellent, I use SML marine. Out of...

Looking at those boats It strikes me that mdl are looking for mugs to take over the bills. After all its going to cost them to dispose...

Remind me not to sail with you. ;)

The old UFO 31's were quite prone to internal damage, i repaired two, deep lead fin with narrow base at top staggered keelbolts, very...

Good video. Takes me back to my days repairing write offs! Biggest was a Sigma 38 that had hit a reef off the Channels isles at night in...

There are umpteen worn out old plastic boats for sale at that sort of money. You just take a look and if its yey than u just hand over...

Does anyone remember the Yot Yak? Dad had a couple from his days working at Arthur Beales in the late 50's, It was a double breasted zip...