Fed up with water dripping into his boat's galley, Jose Molina decides to get out his tool box and fix the problem
Practical Projects
Make your own boat boarding step
A DIY project for the big day! For his wedding photos, Thomas Parker built a smart boarding step for getting safely on and off the pontoon.
How to make your own rigging vice
Zoran Glozinic builds a specialised wire rigging tool
Moving a diesel engine air filter
Stew Proud moves the vulnerable diesel engine air filter on his boat
Repairing an inflatable dinghy: fixing holes
Paul Diamond repairs a dinghy that was chewed by rodents
Making a lifting keel easier to raise
After struggling with a heavy lifting keel, Brian Johnson builds a simple tackle to make light of the problem
How I built a galley box for my boat
Ben Russell adds basic cooking facilities to his motorboat
How to clean tarnished brass
John Tylor brings some cast-off tarnished brass light fittings back to shiny life
How I made a specialist tool to repair my dinghy
Paul Diamond creates a specialised valve removal tool from a socket spanner in order to repair his inflatable tender
How to make a DIY bilge alarm switch
Zoran Gloznic builds a budget bilge alarm switch
How to replace a stern tube on a boat
Bruno Brown isn’t fazed by what seems a daunting task
How to replace a leaking portlight
Roger Hughes digs out his tools and repairs the leaking portlight on his boat
How to make curly cord as a DIY project
Mike Attree makes curly cord to help him fix his broken windlass
Casting a cutless bearing housing
Don Fitzroy Smith turns to the experts when an obsolete fitting can’t be found
How to make your boots non-scratch to save your boat decks
Charles Beddingfield comes up with a way to make his boots non-scratch
How to build a custom boat port
Ben Russell gets busy constructing his own custom boat shed
How to refurbish a scruffy outboard cowling
Rebecca Beck shares how she improved her outboard cowling
How to make a last-minute home-made dinghy spinnaker pole
Ben Lowings cobbles up some pole jaws to make a make-shift dinghy spinnaker pole
Making a hull fitting to fit a depth transducer
Many makes of depth displays use a standard transducer such as those made by NASA, Airmar, B&G, Raymarine and other manufacturers worldwide. These work by transmitting and receiving a signal…
How to make a DIY boom brake for £8.95
David Holmes reflects on the success of his simple boom brake