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    A boat on a boat stand

    How to build your own boat stand

    • May 2, 2024

    Zoran Glozinic builds a boat stand for haul-out use

    A wind turbine on a boat with an anti-vibration mount

    How to make an anti-vibration mount for your wind turbine

    • April 30, 2024

    Feb up with the sound of rumbling from his wind turbine, Chris Mardon makes an anti-vibration mount for a quieter time on board his boat

    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 electromagnetic transducer being installed on a boat

    Installing a transducer on a boat

    • April 1, 2024

    Brian Johnson replaces his old paddlewheel log with an electromagnetic transducer

    A solar-powered vent on a boat

    Banish winter damp: install a solar-powered vent

    • February 29, 2024

    Ten years ago, Colin Haines installed a solar-powered vent on his boat. He shares the results and if it still keeps his boat truly dry

    boat trailer leaf springs in need of replacement

    How to replace boat trailer leaf springs

    • February 16, 2024

    Steve Walburn replaces his boat trailer leaf springs

    Crazed boat portlights

    Replacing crazed boat portlights

    • January 30, 2024

    Stu Davies saves a bundle by having new acrylic windows made

    Two people using a crew headset to help with anchoring on a boat

    DIY crew headset for efficient anchoring

    • January 18, 2024

    No need to shout for David Holmes and crew when anchoring

    A boat pick-up line on a pontoon

    Easy berthing with a boat pick-up line

    • December 16, 2023

    Bill Rothwell devises a simple boat pick-up line to make berthing easier

    Part of the deadeye tackle arrangement for tensioning. Credit: Jay Renton

    How to make a simple deadeye tackle

    • October 17, 2023

    Jay Renton devises a tackle for tensioning

    A spinnaker crane plate

    Masthead crane replacement

    • October 16, 2023

    Steve Gerry fabricates a new masthead crane

    A headboard on a boat bunk

    Making a headboard for comfier sleeping on board

    • September 21, 2023

    Chris Mardon fabricates a removable wooden bunk headboard

    An old oil filter with punched holes

    No mess oil filter change for a boat engine

    • August 23, 2023

    Simon Westmacott devises a way to keep his bilges clean when changing the engine's oil filter

    An action cam being used to perform a rig check

    How to do a rig check with an action cam

    • August 22, 2023

    Simone Annunziata gets a bird’s eye view using modern tech and an old broom

    A magnet on a mast for magnetic mousing

    Magnetic mousing for easy wire installation

    • July 17, 2023

    Winston Collinge uses an easy and attractive way to feed a cable through the length of his mast

    A dinghy launch trolley covered in rust and with no wheels

    Dinghy launch trolley renovation: make it look as good as new!

    • July 14, 2023

    Rather than bin a rusty dinghy launch trolley, Alec Marsh saves cash - and landfill - and repairs it

    An outboard engine secured to a transom of a boat

    Transom repair for a hard tender: step-by-step

    • July 13, 2023

    Jake Frith explains how to carry out a transom repair for many more years of trouble free service

    DIY installation of LED boat lights

    • June 12, 2023

    Brian Johnson converts his interior boat lamps to dual intensity LEDs

    DIY boat mosquito net to keep the insects at bay

    • June 6, 2023

    Dave and Karen Proctor make a boat mosquito net for their companionway

    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

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