27 Jan New winch & hoist make light work of Whitefriars Venture
West Country Boat Repairs have recently installed a new winch and hoist system, allowing us to handle larger boats with ease - it certainly helped us with this Venture, which...
West Country Boat Repairs have recently installed a new winch and hoist system, allowing us to handle larger boats with ease - it certainly helped us with this Venture, which...
We are very pleased that the second hand boat and spares side of West Country Boat Repairs is busier than ever. We are looking for a special person to help...
Three full time staff from Hayling Island Sailing Club, known as HISC, recently came on a bespoke advanced 2-day Boat Repair workshop, covering fibreglass and rotomoulded dinghies and RIBs. Like many...
Lovely to see so many of our customers at the show, and to talk to boat powners about everything boat repair and buying/selling related. This was our first RYA Dinghy Show...
West Country Boat Repairs will once again be at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show, taking place at Farnborough International, 24th/25th February 2024. We'll be demonstrating basic boat repair techniques, and...
We are proud to sponsor the longest running of all the RS regional tours, and pleased to see a great line up of events for 2024. Pete has been sailing RS...
Some people ask us what we do in Winter. Well now that Kimberley is back from her Summer adventures both our work rate and workshop banter improve dramatically! Many fair weather...
Whether you sail a 2000 and would like to get some tips, let's face it, you'd be mad not to listen to any advice from the sailors involved in producing...
West Country Boat Repairs are proud to sponsor the 2000 Class Association Millenium series, we fully support their commitment to competitive racing and love the family-friendly ethos that runs through...
Did you know that 20% of our work is as a result of trolley or trailer damage to the boat? Our (often expensive) boats spend most of their lives sat on...
Comet Trio Red Baron came into the workshop in a terrible state after a laser bow went right through the hull and came out in the cockpit! Luckily no-one was...
We love a major repair, and this one certainly fits that description! The shroud U bolt on this 2000 pulled through the hull in 30 knots, due to a previous poor...
Blue skies, 15 knot winds and Pete Vincent and super crew Sophie Bentley stealing 2nd place from Paul Cullen and Fresh Abendstern at the R6 finish line! Watch the fabulous finish...
As many of our friends and customers will know, West Country Boat Repairs sponsor the RS200 South West Ugly Tour, including the recent 'Cornish Nationals' at Restronguet SC. In the run...
We've supported a large number of school, university and club Firefly fleets for a long time, but it's rare that we get a swarm such as this - six Fireflies...
Gordon Finlay recently came on one of our repair workshops and like many others, brought his own boat with him to work on as he learnt the skills, under Grant's...
This is one of Wellington College's fleet of Fireflies. It had a significant point of impact very close to bottom of the bow which had crushed the whole lay up right...
Once again we will be at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show, at Farnborough International, on 25th and 26th February. We'll be doing live boat repair demos throughout the weekend, and...
Our last news item looked at the importance of maintaining your trailer and trolley - the damage to this puffin that came in this week sadly highlights what can happen...
At West Country Boat Repairs we often see boat damage that has been caused by a problem with the trailer, but a poorly maintained trailer can lead to much more...