When Pete's step daughter Kimberley asked Pete "What's a bosun?" he explained that it's a classic 14-ft GRP sailing dinghy created for the Royal Navy in the 1960's, not the fastest or lightest by any means, but possibly the toughest dinghy around, designed to carry...
We were pleased to welcome Sian Reynolds to a GRP Dinghy Repair Workshop recently. Sian won her place as a prize in the West Country Boat Repairs 2000 Millenium Series, sailing with Kev O'Brien. By the end of the course she had learnt how to use...
A real sign that normal dinghy racing had fully recovered in second half of 2021 is that we have our first University Firefly in for repair since March 2019! We have always looked after the boats for a number of universities, but never thought we would...
One of our big jobs for this winter is quite a large scale repair to a 20ft Orkney fishing boat. The boat came in with a small rotten/soft section to the wooden cockpit floor in the rear of cockpit. Once we started removing the cockpit...
After a fantastic Tour of 7 very varied events the West Country Boat Repairs sponsored RS200 Ugly Tour came down to the closest possible finish at Chew Valley LSC on Oct 23rd which drew an amazing fleet of 36 boats. Starting the final lap of...
Book onto on of our Repair workshop days and learn how to fix all those nicks and dings from the season and refurbish your foils too. Or how about booking the course as a gift for the sailor or even sail-supporting parent or partner in...
West Country Boat Repairs have sponsored the 2000 Class's Millennium Series for the first time in 2021 and awards were presented at the season-closing Inland National Championship held at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club on the weekend of 16 & 17 October - an event also...
The RS200 fleet declared West Country Boat Repair's get-back-on-the-water service, carrying out what looked like miraculous repairs to get boats back on the water after incidents and accidents at the RS200 Nationals as 'legendary'! If you’d like to learn how to do this (or even treat...
[gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="18465,18464,18461,18462,18452,18460,18459,18446,18458,18456"] When Stuart Diesel enjoyed a jet boat ride in New Zealand in 2020, a conversation with the operator about a ‘couple of old Dowty jet boats’ he had seen in his friend Ted Dowty’s yard years earlier sparked a huge restoration project,...
West Country Boat Repairs have joined forces with Noble Marine to sponsor the 25th anniversary RS200 Nationals. The Noble Marine West Country Boat Repairs RS200 National Championships will be hosted by Exe SC from 15th-19th August 2021 and is expected to attract the usual huge following...