GRP and osmosis, engines, rigging, antifoul and winter storage — one yard, a 40-tonne hoist, and people who have spent their whole lives around boats.
Most of it done in-house by our own shipwrights and engineers — and honest advice when a job isn't worth doing at all.
Osmosis found early and treated properly, gel and keel repairs you won't find again, copper and epoxy systems that last.
Guide rates — every boat is measured and quoted before work starts.
Photo: UnsplashServicing, rebuilds and repowers — inboard, outboard and saildrive — plus the electrics, plumbing and gas that keep a boat honest.
Gas Safe registered · all makes of engine welcome.
Photo: UnsplashMast stepping with our own crane, standing and running rigging renewed on the bench, and a proper rig check before every season.
Furlers, ropes and splicing done in-house on the rigging bench.
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“She came out of the shed better than the day I bought her.”
Length, beam, draft and dates. We'll give you a slot on the hoist and a price there and then.
Out on the slings, pressure washed, chocked in her cradle — usually within the hour.
Book the yard's trades, do it yourself, or let her winter under cover until spring.
“Booked the lift-out on Sunday, boat was washed and chocked by Tuesday lunchtime. They found a soft spot in the rudder I'd have missed — fixed for less than they first quoted. Proper yard, proper people.”
“New engine in over the winter, sea-trialled and handed back with everything explained. Wouldn't go anywhere else.”
“Third winter running. The only yard I've used where the quote and the invoice are the same number.”