Practical Boat Owner Articles

GRP Console

Designing and making a mould and component to fit your instruments.

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Keel Shoes

Protecting the bottom of your keels with layers of glassfibre.

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Sailing The Kombi

PBO revue of our two part dinghy

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Smelting Zinc

How to make your own anodes

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Sugar Scoop Stern

How to extend your waterline and provide a stern platform

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Single Page Articles

A Practical Boat Owner Article written by Keith Calton on making a shower in your small boat's cockpit

Shower In The Cockpit

Making a shower in a small boat

A Practical Boat Owner Article written by Keith Calton on making shelves to make use of small and tight spaces

Shelving Solution

How to make use of inaccessible space

A Practical Boat Owner Article written by Keith Calton on smelting lead to add ballast to your boat

Lead Smelting For Ballast

How to use up all your old lead and get extra stability