Blue Peter Sailing Dinghy - Repair Costs
As I went through this process, I kept all the receipts, and I've made an estimation of any consumable used…
Blue Peter Fibreglass Repairs (19)
Blue Peter Dinghy - Sanded, compounded, waxed
Over the past few days, I sanded and then polished the boat using a polishing compound (Roar910) and a rotary…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Adjustable Mast-step Mk2
The first sliding mast cup attachment worked really well (in theory), but when I started shaking the mast strongly to…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Transom Plate
When our Blue Peter arrived, it didn't have a transom plate, presumably long since rotted away. I made one for…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Making a daggerboard
This evening I started routing out the daggerboard. In fact, to be clear, this is an oversized board to emulate…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Sanding to a shine
Today I started to sand back to a shine. I started with 180 grit, then 240, 320, 400, 600 ,…