Category: Maintenance
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Job offers for students at Industry Day
58 Industry professionals from local, national and international businesses attend Falmouth Marine School open day […]
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Restoration of Ester 1901
We called her the mini Vasa – after Stockholm’s famous museum ship. She is Ester, the 1901 champion racing yacht designed by Gunnar Melgren, with a dagger keel for extreme performance… and she was a… […]
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Dunkirk Little Ship lugger relaunches
Following a two- and half-year restoration and refit the beautiful historic fishing vessel Our Lizzie is due to be relaunched at The International Boatbuilding Training College, Lowestoft on Tuesday 16 October 2018. Built of pitch… […]
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Antifouling Paints and the Biocidal Products Regulation
The British Coatings Federation’s Marine Coatings Group (MCG) remains concerned that there is some confusion within the UK leisure boat industry regarding the current and future availability of antifouling paints for protecting yachts and boats.… […]
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Lively Lady back afloat
Visiting Lively Lady was a real treat at the Southampton Boat Show – the work done by Alan Priddy Steve Mason (main photo) is impressive. They plan to sail around Britain next year and maybe… […]
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Boat insurer backs RNLI’s lifejacket clinics
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and boat insurance specialist GJW Direct have announced a new association, which will see GJW Direct become an official supporter of the RNLI’s Lifejacket Clinics. The RNLI has… […]
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The £1 Folkboat
Jasper Troje Tuck, crew on the commercial sailing lugger Grayhound, writes for CS about taking ownership of a 1960s wooden Folkboat, and getting her ready for a first sail… plus giving her some “legs” Vie… […]
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Lofting, reframing, removing planks – Tally Ho
By Leo Goolden In which Leo gets some more help to remove a lot of Tally Ho’s hull planking. The volunteers grind and hammer copper rivets, while he finishes lofting the intermediate frames inside the… […]
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The £1500 SCOD
How Phil and Sue Russell found a bargain in a tired looking but otherwise sound South Coast One Design, and worked on her to bring her back as a tidy and well found yachty. This… […]
