Please forgive this shameless plug for a book recently published by a friend.. Hegarty's is one of the last remaining Irish wood boat yards in...
Recently I have been doing some colour gelcoat repairs mixing the colours by trial and error. The results are reasonably good but it is really...
I have been tasked with a deck repair to a small racing keel boat which has minor collision damage on the side. The deck has a heavy moulded...
What is your No1 choice for a manual toilet and why? Which is the worst head you have used?
What is the correct procedure for bending 316 round bar to make chain plate V bolts? I'm renovating a 1974 Nicholson 48. These boats were built...
I can't post in the original thread as it is too old Yacht firm boss charged with manslaughter over Cheeki Rafiki deaths...
Is there any way to dry a saturated balsa core? I'm working on a refit of a 20m sail yacht. The yacht had a new Teak overlay deck fitted about...
I have been offered an early J24 (Westerly moulding) for about the cost of a decent used Optimist. The boat has been stored in a hay shed for...
I thought the Black Death had long disappeared in history.....
This site is brilliant, it is a wiki pilotage primarily for Ireland but it includes free viewing of (as far as I have browsed) all European...
Interactive visual of world wind patterns. Absolutely brilliant. Rotate the view like google earth http://earth.nullschool.net/ Apologies...
It seems that radioactive hospital waste is entering the recycling chain; thought to be in India. German media have recently reported finding...
How would you fit aluminium genoa track (and other fittings) to a steel deck? Drilling and tapping is the obvious option, but any leaks will...
Has anyone used the DowCorning Froth-pak foaming kits or experience of it? On 'paper' it looks good: well known brand, the price is not much...
I have 316L bar which I intend to use for fore and back stay attachment points on my steel hull. Are 316L rods OK for welding stainless to mild in...
Tall ship Astrid sinks after hitting rocks. Kinsale Ireland http://www.thejournal.ie/tall-ship-astrid-aground-1006425-Jul2013/
I have an Anritsu rb714a scanner unit but no display. There is a "black box" sold by Koden ( http://www.koden-electronics.co.jp/eng/marine/radarpc...
I have to replace the bulwark cap tube on my project, it is a flattened tube approx 50mm/20mm, mild steel, approx 3mm wall. Can anyone recommend...
I am starting the phase of hull repairs on my project and need some advice: It is a steel sail boat with four chines, length on deck 11m, beam...
I have an empty 40ft sail boat hull in steel, I have replaced the deck and cockpit and now need to prepare the steel for paint. The hull had a...
