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    PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Companionway fix

    Apr 14, 2022 4 minutes

    Our PBO Project Boat Maximus was built 43 years ago, and beautifully built at that. But, when you come to own a boat that is the same age as you, you accept that not everything is in as good a condition as it once was!

    The Maxi 84 had been ashore for nearly two-years at Dell Quay, Chichester, during the Covid pandemic. In that time, a number of leaks had developed. The companionway hatch cover was ill-fitting and rainwater had found its way in. My wife, Ali, and I emptied buckets of dirty water out of the lockers, and also discovered that the wood in the companionway steps

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