Small Boat Voyages

Had issues with my car last week and it’s currently still on the ramps in a local garage. Down to the appalling condition of the roads in cheshire no doubt, it suffered a chain reaction  seized calipers causing hubs to overheat leading to bearing seal meltdown leading to badly worn bearings. Goes without saying I Read more

Moving Tarka up to her summertime home at Glasson Sailing Club later this week so last minute preparations for the trailer. I have to glue up the wooden vee guide and install. Then install the removable cross member and add wedges under the stern. And now I have a new challenge, to make a rear Read more

Making a start with the bow or vee guide. This will help align the keel to the rollers when retrieving. I’m reusing some of the timber from the old keel guide to provide uprights as useful resource. This upright from the old keel guide already has a slot cut in the base with bolt holes Read more

The weathers been bad this last few weeks, freezing temperatures rain and snow put a stop to work outside. But today we have a warm day and little rain so pressing on with the aft support. It’s a removable section so need to drill some holes to fit bolts. Taking this opportunity to finish the Read more

It’s been very mild weather so far this winter but freezing weather will arrive very soon. Last steps at winterising tarka include taking out the water from the storage tank and purging the brass hand pump, top up the fuel tank, covering the engine, switching off the solar panel and removing battery. Floors have already Read more

This page covers the building a new bow or  vee guide. The idea of the vee is to help get the bow aligned on the rear center roller during recovery. Here I’m putting a cardboard template onto the trailer to transfer the exact shape and size of everything, and extrapolate on that to get a Read more