Category: Maintenance
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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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Gaff Rig – Saddle issues
Moray McPhail brings years of experience and understanding to some common problems associated with the gaff rig – and, specifically, the saddle Every so often I get an email describing how a gaff saddle I’ve… […]
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German trader reported for illegal teak
Key supplier was ‘teak kingpin’ who colluded with officials to defraud Myanmar Evidence of serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a trader of Myanmar teak has been submitted to German… […]
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The beautiful Morgan Giles 43s
Catching up with the beautiful Morgan Giles 43s – now sailing again as a fleet (after they were sold out of the Royal Navy in the 1980s) and being run by Classic Sail, of Chichester,… […]
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First frame goes up on eco cargo ship
The team at Sail Cargo, building a carbon negative marine freight 155ft (47m) timber three mast ship in the jungle in Costa Rica, has reached a major milestone with the raising of the first frame.… […]
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Mild steel welding fumes and cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has released new scientific data, that links exposure to mild steel welding fumes with possible causes of lung and kidney cancer. The Workplace Health Expert Committee, part of… […]
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Solent Galleys refurbished
Haines Boatyard at Itchenor is known for its wooden keelboat and GRP dinghy repair and boatyard services. Recently however the company has been undertaking some more unusual work in renovating and maintaining wooden and GRP… […]
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Wayward gets her name back
Restoration of the 1898 Summers & Payne yawl Wayward – also known as Samphire […]