Trevor Martin

Trevor Martin has been on the water for 60 years in kayaks, dinghies and yachts, mostly in the UK but also in Sweden, Malta and France. His Moody 36 is currently based at Weymouth. He runs his own business, outdooractivitytraining.uk

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“I was on Lyme Bay harbour wall in only my soggy underpants”: how a test voyage became a crash-course in seamanship

September 4, 2025

My first test voyage onboard my boat Draken was, to say the least, quite a rude awakening. After years of dinghy sailing and kayaking, I had bought Draken, a 1969 Snapdragon…

A heads on a boat with a heads pump

Improving a heads pump installation

March 27, 2025

Trevor Martin shows how he replaced the pumps and modified the installation of his vacuum heads for easier servicing in the future

Anchor secure with a R clip on a boat

How to keep an easy-to-release anchor secure and prevent it from jiggling free

April 19, 2024

Trevor Martin shares his simple solution to keep his anchor secure when not in use

A shelf which is also a boat step on a yacht

How to make an emergency boat step

May 26, 2023

Trevor Martin makes a simple boat step for getting out of your vessel in an emergency