The Perfect Christmas Gift for the Boat Lover in Your Life! Stuck for gift ideas for someone who’s mad about boats? Give them an experience they’ll never forget with a West Country Boat Repair GRP Dinghy Repair Workshop! Step inside our working repair workshop and get...
The ideal Christmas present for your Dad, son, wife, partner, crew, bff...
We hear so many epic and entertaining stories from our customers, and this one is no exception. It's a tale of a seal (diverse family of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, marine mammals) vs a seal (device or substance used to join two things together to prevent...
Have you ever wondered how the owner and founder of West Country Boat Repairs, Pete Vincent got into sailing and then the boat repair business, which he repairs he loves (and loaths) and his take on 'bodge jobs'! You may have seen that he sponsors the...
If you follow our Facbook page, you may have seen our 'Sydney to Lydney' posts. We had a boat repair workshop enquiry from just outside Sydney, NSW! Initially we said that whilst we are happy to travel and offer workshops at sailors' clubs, we thought that...
West Country Boat Repairs did a lot of strengthening and reinforcing work on Jeremy Warren's Wayfarer, Hafren, in 2020 and again in 2022 in preparation for some 'bonkers' long-distance sails. We bonded in new, reinforced blocks for a second set of shroud plates, reinforced the mast...
We are used to major repairs, but this one trumped most that we see. The boat had unfortunately cartwheeled down the quay at Newquay in Wales and needed an extensive repair to numerous areas. Before This video taken by the owner, shows the extent of the damage (click...
At West Country Boat Repairs, we are used to sourcing boats for sailing schools, sailing clubs and commercial centres around the world, but this consignment for Sri Lanka is our furthest yet! Pete first met Lalin from Sri Lanka when he sailed the Enterprise World Championships...
It's always good to finish work on a sunny Friday, especially when having done a good week's work. Here's what we've been up to recently. Kimberley in her element repairing an old Flying 15 where the jib tracks have pulled out. A training 2000 from Llandegfedd...
From Supernovas to Comets, our customers have had a smashing time on the water lately! We know that an incident on the water can be upsetting and stressful, and certainly do not make light of incidents, but boat-on-boat damage repairs are bread and butter to us....