Category: Maintenance
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Aidan & his Seagull
Aidan and his Heard 28 Isabel’s legendary British Seagull outboard – a hybrid of several models he has used over the years. Aidan’s in depth article on Seagulls can be found: HERE […]
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Sugar my deck
Sugar Shaken (Not Stirred) on Mylor’s Sweetest Spirit… Mylor Yacht Harbour’s master painter Steve “Beefy” Burley has seen just about everything in more than four decades on the job – but sprinkling granulated sugar onto… […]
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The building of Ceiba’s stem
Follow the progress of Ceiba‘s Stem as Lynx Guimond, co-Founder & Technical Lead takes you through the steps. Be sure to notice the technical overlay, which highlights the exact piece that Lynx is working on,… […]
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Ceiba’s stem goes up
In this film Project founders, Danielle Doggett and Lynx Guimond, explain the stem raising process. The wood used for constructing the stem – which is the forward-most curve of the hull, is the well-known shipbuilding… […]
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Spirit Yachts using Lignia
At the Southampton Boat Show 2019 we visited the new Spirit CR50 yacht and talked to them about using Lignia on the yacht’s deck. Lignia is the new-ish FSC certified timber product which uses sustainable… […]
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Excelsior’s new boat
New Lowestoft-built ship’s boat is launched for Excelsior Excelsior Trust – the Lowestoft based sailing charity – has taken delivery of a traditional ships’ boat, built by Lowestoft’s International Boatbuilding Training College. This boat is an… […]
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Falmouth school to build new gig
Boatbuilding history is being ‘reenergised’ with a new Cornish gig To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the building of the Pilot Gig Energy, the Cornish Pilot Gig Association (CPGA) has commissioned Falmouth Marine School to… […]
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Design terms
Terminology for the different parts of a boat can be confusing. For instance when someone says ceiling… that’s not the inside of the cabin top – that would be the deckhead. A ceiling is the… […]
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AkzoNobel makes powder coatings more sustainable
Powder coatings have always offered customers numerous environmental benefits – now they’ve become even more sustainable following the launch of a full range of Interpon Low-E products developed by AkzoNobel. The company introduced its first… […]
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