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Hints and Tips, New Products, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxLittle Boat Bimble – a Threaded Deck Bush
Sometimes a new product comes along that deserves a little more explanation. Why do small things cause so much irritation? Let’s make it better. It can be so irritating when the deck bush comes out...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxA 60 second tip that might save your bacon.
After experiencing some crazy winds at the weekend, I realised that it was time to change my rudder pull down rope. Not because the rope is too stretchy, but because it has no stretch at...
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New Products, Tool BoxRooster Micro Serrated Scissors
I am super excited to show you a new product from Rooster. Our Micro Serrated Scissors are now in stock and this video shows just how sharp and effective they are. I am cutting Spectweleve...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxMain Halyards – Save money and weight with this Video
OK – So when one of the team had realised that their main halyard was 7m too short for their RS400 (they had ordered a 1:1 main halyard – not a 2:1 main halyard). I...
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Hints & Tips Index, Tool BoxHow To : Change a Universal Joint on a Rooster Carbon Tiller Extension
We are proud that you can change your universal joint in the blink of an eye with our Rooster Carbon Tiller Extensions. Personally, I do not use the clear joints with rope cores as I...
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Hints and Tips, New Products, Tool BoxNeed a Premier Hull Finish? – Use SpeedSIX HydraPRO
Field application of SpeedSIX HydraPRO SpeedSIX HydraPRO comes if two handy sizes either a 100ml tin (enough for most dinghies) or a 500ml version (suggested for keelboats). The product comes in a quality aluminium screw-top...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxChanging a Ratchet Block – simples.
One of the tricks of the trade which makes changing the ratchet block a little easier. Simples.
By Steve Cockerill8 2065 2 -
Hints and Tips, Laser, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxHow to Make the Ultimate Traveller for a Laser®
Steve shows how you can use the new Rooster ‘Zero’ traveller rope and make it even better. Products used: 5.5mm push fid, Heavy Duty Micro Serrated Scissors, Rooster Zero Laser Traveller Also shown was the...
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Team Rooster, Tool Box, YachtingMy Super Yacht Restoration – by Charlie Cadin
It is a little known fact that the search for perfection is over. To be honest it ended precisely 50 years ago when a little factory in the Netherlands gave birth to a 670kg 17-foot...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool Box#BoatPrep101 – Part 2 Hull Cleaning and Repairing
Hull cleaning and repair. Two videos – one on boat cleaning and one on gelcoat repair – enjoy. Hull Cleaning: When sorting out an old pre loved GRP dinghy you might find yourself looking at...
By Steve Cockerill6 8826 4