Hello, fellow boaters are you looking for mobile boat repairs in the Bristol and Southwest area? We have a decade of experience as liveaboards and boating enthusiasts and If we…
Snapdragon 29 Renovation By Matt A few years ago, I bought my first boat; an abandoned Snapdragon 29ft bilge keel yacht, sitting in a boat yard graveyard on the River…
‘Emerald.H.D’ Szmaragd II Renovation By Ruth & Garry Emerald.H.D. is a 30′ Polish, Szmaragd II, fibreglass long keel hull imported from Gdansk Poland to the UK in 1972, with mahogany…
Kylemore 11 Renovation By Eoghan ‘Kylemore 2’ is a lake cruiser that had been in my wife’s family for a generation or two. Unfortunately, almost a decade ago it was…
32ft Reinke yacht Renovation by Mike Passat” is a 10 metre, GRP Reinke built in Berlin in 1970. The previous owner told me that he had sailed more than 60,000…
Winner Baronet MK2 Renovation by Mike I found the boat on Facebook marketplace and bought her on a whim. I believe she is a Winner Baronet Mk2; though from her…
1944 45ft Refueller Renovation by Ciaran ‘Blackthorn’ was originally built in 1944 by W.J. Yarwood & Sons Unser contract for the RAF. Known as a 45’ refuellers these beautiful crafts…
Broads Sail Cruiser Renovation By Chris This is my 1930s Whippet Class ( Earnst & Young ) broads cruiser. It was originally used for sailing the Norfolks rivers and broads…
Norman 20 Renovation by Pippa Here was our start into the boating world; a Norman 20 named ” Bruce ” ( yes we know, not in keeping with naming boats…
Coronet 24 Family Renovation Coronet family 24 before and after many hours and hard work. The boat was in a very poor condition when I found her near the Thames…
36ft 1980s Springer Renovation I am currently rebuilding my 36ft 1980s Springer canal boat from the bare bones. She had previously sunk twice to the bottom of the canal. I…
1970s JGM Madeira Renovation A 1970s JGM Madeira, it was used for 15 years as a stripped out fuel barge. When I purchased it there was no engines, no electrics,…
Dignity’ 3m Tri-hull ‘Dignity’ is a 3m tri-hull which we got as part of the sale of our bigger project boat Achilles. She was already in need of TLC when…
BWM Freestyle 5.9 Renovation I’ve been working part-time on this project boat for over a year now. I rebuilt one of the two engines, giving it a complete overhaul. The…
Above is a photograph of the current boat renovation people office. It also happens to be my home. The office comes equipt with a TV to distract myself from work.…
Hello there readers! My name is Marissa and I have successfully commandeered Boat Renovation People to write about the trials and triumphs during our first year living aboard our 1979…
Meet Eli St. Amour a boat renovator from Pennsylvania, USA. Fed up with not having enough space for the tools Eli decided to build himself a cunning workbench and tool storage…
A reader sent in a photo yesterday morning and it got me thinking. What’s the worse position you’ve found yourself wedged into while trying to work on your boat? I…
In February, we published an article on the amazing backyard build of a Glen-L Cracker Box by a highly talented Irish boat builder named Fergal. His skills didn’t end there either! This…
Whilst recently browsing the interwebz for all things marine related the folks of Boat Renovation People have come across a lot of bizarre and small boats. At first, i laughed at…
In January this year, I wrote an article about my search for female boat builders. At the time, I was amazed that I could not find a massive amount of…
What iNSPIRED this article? Nothing makes me cringe more than marine companies who use photos of half naked women for boat advertisements. I mean come on, I lived on a…
The internet is a strange place indeed and even stranger is a Youtube video that I found whilst sitting around pro-dossing where a dad glues a kids trainers to DIY…
Meet Kyaw Htet Aung; a Burmese boat builder and repairer. Kyaw is the vice-captain at Yangon Universities Boat Club. He races kayaks and carries out repairs for his team. His current…
Can this boat be saved? We came across an end of the line post about this old relic – do you think it could be saved or is it time to…
The £70 – Floating Budget Home From Home It comes as no surprise that in our current climate thousands of people are turning to alternative ways of living; creating homes from boats,…
Boat Renovation Whether you are bringing a wreck from the bottom of the ocean or restoring an old relic that has had a few years of neglect boat renovation people…
The Story – A Buckingham 20 Renovation Many boat renovators and sailors alike have at one point considered or perhaps attempted, to restore a boat. Finding a boat is often…
LIVEABOARD -Jaguar 27 Taking The Plunge – Becoming A Live Aboard When we got the Jaguar 27 it was in a “project boat” like state although someone had been living…