Transom Fittings
Richard Gadd2021-06-03T07:46:42+01:00Rudder straps - bronze The first dimension for the rudder straps gives the distance between the straps, the second the length of the [...]
Rudder straps - bronze The first dimension for the rudder straps gives the distance between the straps, the second the length of the [...]
What could Dyneema do for you? When it comes to boats and rigging, we are surely no cleverer than our predecessors. What we [...]
Rope makers seem to delight in confusing us with science and/or extraordinary polysyllabic names. Let me try to cut through the guff a [...]
Using Wykeham-Martin Furling gears - an Unofficial Guide Reefing versus Furling Gears Just in case you get confused, it is probably worth rehearsing [...]
Buoyancy - a little guidance to keep you afloat Let us embark on the debate between buoyancy bags and buoyancy tanks for open [...]
A note on units Like many in their prime of life (?), I think in feet and work in metres, having lived through [...]
The subject of this article is mainsail reefing. I’m just dealing with mainsails because I am still on the subject of booms, in [...]
Stooping the slopping when you are motoring It is not often a brainwave occurs, but I had one the other day. My tender - the much [...]
And a scheme for working out the clearance hole Measure the head in sixteenths of an inch, subtract 1 from that answer and [...]
Good Question You put lead into putty if you want to use it as a caulking compound. And then one customer had the [...]