wilkinsonsails

Nice to see the lesser spotted thread where everyone is nice, knowledgeable and it actually helps the OP. 🙂

.......Well done, MDL! For a few years now, 'free' visitor berthing has only been available to those of us with 'grandfather' rights...

I think it’s an old Rotostay ,there is a grub screw in the top drum slot .Or maybe in the drum body . .The bottom end of the torque tube...

Freshly brewed coffee, freshly baked bread and sizzling bacon, all overlaying the faint aroma of diesel and drying foulies. Oh, and wet dog.

My previous boat had jackstays rigged when I bought it and didn't check/inspect then before I used then. I checked at layup time, and I...

I often find I’m being asked to repair sails that should have been retired to the bin . Sadly sometimes needs must in order to keep your...

I am simply amazed at some replies ...... how such summation can be made and then proposed solution. Personally ? Get the sail to a...

That’s not my experience of sailmakers in Scotland (perhaps their customers frugal reputation is a factor). But they will say “we will...

It’s not an expensive repair ,but to do it properly I would remove the webbing and Replace a short section of tape with a diagonal join...

Talk to the chap - I forget his name - at Hadlow Marine Absolute mine of information on the matter of boat windows.

We use Renolit Crystal If people want to up grade then we use Strataglass .This seems to out last most of the standard available PVC...

On one of my earlier, possibly first, visits to Dover there were two chandleries. At the time I needed some wick for the oil lamp in our...

I use one, not because I'm terminally lazy, but because my mainsail weighs 57kg and would be a struggle to handle on my own without it...

Wise words, on the countdown to the start, from British Vendee veteran Alex Thomson. Who has successfully rekindled Clarisse Cremer's...

Plastic ones go brittle with UV ,we use metal ones and make sure they are rinsed with fresh water .Longest lasting seem to be the bright...