09 Mar Refreshing, Refurbing, part 2
Here's our first happy ending from the work we told you about last week. From abandoned boat pile to excited youth team Digby helped us deliver the two good-as-new Fevas to...
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03 Mar From boat parks to boat sales! Refreshing, refurbing and recycling for our customers
Did you know that West Country Boat Repairs offer boat refurbishing and brokerage services? We can take a boat in virtually any condition and refurbish it for the owner, whether to...
15 Dec Christmas Gift Idea for Boat Lovers! Dinghy Repair Workshop!
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...
06 Nov Gift Idea – Dinghy Repair Workshop Gift Vouchers
The ideal Christmas present for your Dad, son, wife, partner, crew, bff...
10 Oct Seal vs seal
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...
29 Sep Pete Vincent – the “Dinghy Racing Legend”!
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...
19 Jul From Sydney to Lydney
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...
14 Jul Local Sailors reach St Kilda – after five years trying
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...
10 Jun Major D Zero Repair!
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...
19 May Lasers to Sri Lanka
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...
09 May That Friday Feeling!
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...
24 Apr So many sailors having a smashing time!
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...
09 Apr Transferable Skills
The mainstay of our work is, of course, repairing boats, but our team have used their fibreglass repair skills on anything and everything from tractors, canoes, horse trailers, racing cars...
03 Apr 5 years after lockdown, our advice for getting back on the water is worth a watch every Spring
Looking back to 2020, COVID and lockdown 5 years on, everything seems a bit surreal. We knew that once restrictions eased, sailors would want to get back on the water as...
25 Mar Spotlight on Kimberley!
Kimberley has come a very long way since she first worked for West Country Boat Repairs to 'learn how to do a few small scale repairs' in the Winter of...
17 Mar WCBR welcomes Rebecca Bradley to the team
Looking after our boat and spares sales, Rebecca will probably be your contact if you're interested in buying something from us. We don't always list everything we have for sale...
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...
22 Oct We are hiring! Could you help with our boat and spares sales?
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...
15 Oct Bespoke 2 day Boat Repair Workshop for HISC staff
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...
01 Mar RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show
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...