James Wood tests a pair of the Cora Rheos sunglasses to see how comfortable they are to wear and if they float
James Wood
Refurbishing a boat alternator
James Wood removes Maximus’s alternator and gets it repaired
How to pass your RYA Day Skipper Theory course
James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course
Replacing a rotten companionway step
James Wood gets to grips with epoxy when repairing a rotten step support on Maximus's companionway
Canal boat through the Welsh mountains
Have you ever wandered down an autumnal towpath, amid the mild fug of stove smoke, and wondered how cosy a trip aboard a canal barge could be? I know I…
Boat polishing tips: How we got the PBO Project Boat’s topsides gleaming
After the 2020 sailing season was largely lost to lockdown, Maximus had been ashore at Dell Quay in Chichester for two years when my wife, Ali, and I took her…
12 of the world’s most interesting and best preserved shipwrecks
The discoveries of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance and, even more recently, HMS Gloucester are a reminder of the rich history and folklore that lurks beneath our keels. Indeed, according to history.co.uk,…
How to antifoul a boat: What we learned from antifouling Maximus
As we’d scraped back the hull and were starting afresh, the idea of releasing biocides into the water, albeit very slowly, was something we wanted to avoid. Also, it seemed…