Equipment and clothing
Made from balsa resin, beech tar, wax and linseed oil and used to impregnate and seal underwater leaks and cracks in planking by swelling with water. Very useful on board any wooden boat especially leaky or dried out; works on clinker boats too. It’s only to be used below the waterline however. You don’t want [...]
In continuous production for over 100 years, this traditional furling gear has been successfully fitted to thousands of boats worldwide. Cast in bronze from the original patterns, the parts are machined, polished and assembled by English craftsmen to produce a beautiful and efficient furling system. Fitted with stainless-steel thrust races to ensure free running and [...]
We consider a pressure cooker an essential item on board nowadays. They’re easy to use, they retain flavour, they’re efficient and time friendly as well as – nowadays – totally safe. They enable you to make complex meals that usually take hours in 20 minutes, saving you time and gas not to mention the boost [...]
A really good sailing knife can be a lifelong companion until it goes overboard and is lost forever. Here however we have a really well made knife that also floats. The Hellefisk has a stainless blade of 12C27 steel. It’s thin and stiff, weighing only 2oz. To look at their website (www.helle.no) is to witness [...]
Invented as a cooking system in rural Africa this is a shoe-in for use on a boat as, firstly it’s a barbecue and oven that you can pick up and move and secondly you can roast an entire meal with it, as the fat drips into its inner moat for roast potatoes and veg. We [...]
New block on the block We first saw the new Barton Victory Heritage collection of ash-cheeked blocks when Barton’s Suzanne Blaustone visited our stand at Southampton Boat Show. At that point the blocks were still in development but we liked the concept and the no-nonsense approach. The ash cheeks (varnished or plain) are for cosmetic [...]
Sea areas for your wall We love this ceramic wall plaque of the Shipping Forecast sea areas from potter Katherine Greenwell of Atlantic Ceramics, in W Yorkshire. There are two sizes – 23cm and 29cm at £40 and £60 in four colours, celadon, fingal green and whelkie or speedwell blue (as shown). Add £7.50 or [...]
A chartplotter becomes a multifunctional display (MFD) with FLIR's new LightHouse apps - which include Spotify for Music and Netflix for onboard entertainment. The Apps are an exciting new way to expand the power and capabilities of a Raymarine Axiom multifunction display delivering: Onboard Entertainment Access to Communication and Data Services Connectivity and Integration with [...]
We've been keeping warm through the cold spell recently by wearing wool - with this Beerenberg pullover made for London Chandlers Arthur Beale - on top. The jersey is named after the world's most northern volcano - on Jan Mayen island in the arctic and is inspired by AB's MD Alasdair Flint's own passages to [...]
