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Taffrail Press Boat Maintenance Log open to a spring service and fitting-out checklist
Spring fitting-out checklist for boat owners
Launch day is no time to discover that the speed paddlewheel is painted solid or the raw-water impeller is still sitting on the chart table. Use this 6-part spring fitting-out... Read more...
Page one Vessel Particulars interior spread of a Taffrail Press logbook
10 things to write on page one of a new logbook
Nobody wants to dig through a wet locker for an engine manual when the fuel filter clogs or a harbourmaster asks for your LOA in metres on VHF Channel 12.... Read more...
Taffrail Press Wire-O coil-bound sailing logbook lying flat on a chart table with a pencil
How to keep a sailing log you'll actually keep
Almost every boat has a leather-bound notebook in the chart table with three flowery essays from May 2022 followed by 140 blank pages. Here is how to build a 60-second... Read more...
Open interior spread of the Taffrail Press Boat Maintenance Log showing service and haul-out tables
Haul-out checklist: what to write down before winter
In October you are 100% certain you will remember which seacock was stiff and what size impeller the raw-water pump takes. By April, your memory is blank. Here is the... Read more...
Taffrail Press logbooks arranged as practical gifts for sailors and boat owners
Gifts for sailors and boat owners: a no-nonsense guide
Skip the novelty brass anchor mug. Match the sailor or boat owner on your list to a write-in ship's logbook they will actually use every weekend, with Christmas 2026 order-by... Read more...