As I've been asked this several times, I thought it about time to save my breath and write down some guidance. This is in addition to...

Materials Boats built 1980's and before may well have chromed brass screws/machine screws which are quite soft, but suffer less galvanic...

Canpa - once very popular in the days before the internet became the standard way of sourcing information. As a consequence though we...

Avid readers of the blog will be aware that many many moons ago (Aug 2020) I removed the 1980's composite Canpa hatch from my own boat,...

I get asked this on a regular basis so I thought it time to summarise our thoughts.... Ideally we only need the lid as it's this part of...

The brilliant news is that generally speaking the older hatches are straight forward to remove. Newer Lewmar (LP/MP) units can be...

This is a far from exhaustive list but covers some key areas. You can jump to a specific topic by clicking on the links below: Treat...

Warning - do not use a powered screwdriver when fitting a Perspex window! ​ Here. we are dealing with a frameless window attached to the...

Given we make you do this it only seems fair we give you some guidance... Jump to whichever part you need help with; Remove the window...

The ranges are; Superhatch (obsolete - 1980-87) Rollstop (obsolete - 1987-92) Ocean (1992-) Coastline (obsolete - 1991 - 2000) Trimport...

So, an interscrew has two components; a machine screw a captive threaded, splined bush Machine Screw The engineers name for a bolt. ...

There are a number of factors which influence how easy or otherwise it will prove to remove your windows, many of which you'll only truly...

We see lots of variations, some which are a breeze to refurbish, others which are very time consuming and thus expensive to complete. ...

A useful guide to the use of metals in the marine environment written by Moray MacPhail and previously published in Watercraft magazine

Excellent article authored by Colin Shead discussing how he reinstalled windows on his Moody 28 after refurbishment by Eagle Boat Windows