Using Ikea bed slats for a comfortable night's sleep - and as a floor for an Avon Dinghy
Practical Projects
Holding tank for a small boat
David Witton converts a caravan tank to make a holding tank for his small boat
Reinforced Oar Tips
A good use for that leftover epoxy resin - Hanne and Matthijs Siljee-van Beek beef up their oars
DIY cutless bearing extractor
Graham Swetman makes his own heavy-duty bearing extractor
Make a DIY flopper stopper
Just occasionally, the ‘perfect anchorage’ may turn out to be seriously uncomfortable. This is usually when the current or the wind makes the boat lie beam-on to the swell, and…
Repair a depth transducer afloat!
I recently carried out a repair to my boat using a 3D printed part in the process. There was a leak around my depth transducer housing, and I could either…
Stop halyards rubbing on the coachroof
Nathan Lomas finds a low cost way to stop his boat's halyards rubbing on the coachroof
Remove salt from an outboard’s cooling passages
John Stevenson uses a wallpaper steamer to remove salt blockages from his outboard's cooling passages
Straighten a bent toerail
Robin Garside devises a cheap, simple and effective method of straightening out his boat’s damaged toerail
Giving exhaust problems the elbow
Ian Pirrie explains how to check the condition of the exhaust elbow on Yanmar GM engines
How to inspect a Yanmar GM exhaust elbow
Ian Pirrie explains how to check the condition of the exhaust elbow on Yanmar GM engines
Grate blacking propeller antifouling
Does black grate polish work as propeller antifouling? This reader finds out...
How to find the source of a deck leak
However your decks are constructed, the water from a deck leak often emerges a considerable distance from where it enters. The point of emergence is usually very clear to see…
Dingy dinghy blues
Daria Blackwell uses a 'miracle' product to clean a heavy yellow stain from a fibreglass dinghy
Stop water getting below with a navel pipe bung
Derek Fairley makes a bung for his boat's navel pipe with the aid of some silicone rubber and a Choc Dips pot
Outboard engine stand from an old ladder
Michael Allen turns a condemned stepladder into a stand for his outboard engine
Cheap epoxy pump dispensers
Jonathan Humphreys uses empty hand-wash bottles as epoxy pump dispensers to avoid waste and ensure the mix is right every time
DIY mooring line chafe protection
Alex Blackwell makes his own mooring chafe protectors, ensuring they're lashed to the line to stop them moving
3D printed filler cap wrench
Henry Lupton's design for a filler cap wrench can be downloaded and 3d-printed to protect your filler caps
Protecting halyards over winter
Sam Longley's method to protect and clean his boat's halyards over the winter