West country farmer, Matt Dale, prefers using his boat to working on it - but sometimes, even he has to bite the bullet and get his tools out

Here we are first night in our new Rapido. I saw our little piece in the latest MMM magazine (January, page 11) and I have done so many upgrades in the handling and rattle dept since. We still got the

OWN UP TO YOUR SAILING SINS

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As regular readers will know, I’m all for DIY in general but there is a caveat: make sure you know what you’re doing first. I recently had a 25-year-old coachbuilt in for MoT repairs; both front outri

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