Skills & Services

Traditional rigging and practical and ornamental Ropework. Natural fibre Cord and Ropemaker. Ropemaking demonstrations. Leatherwork. Chair of the Trustees of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.

We specialise in Reciprocating Steam Pumps normally used as Boiler Feed Pumps, Furnace Fuel Oil Pumps and Bilge Pumps. As the owner of the company, I have 56 years experience of these pumps plus Steam turbine-driven pumps, having commenced my Career at G & J WEIR Ltd Cathcart.

Blackwater Marina Ltd is located in Lawling Creek on the River Blackwater in Essex. We specialize in drydock services predominantly for historic vessels plus commercial vessels. We provide a broad range of services to work on the vessels while in the drydocks; Shipwrights, Water and Grit blasting, Steel repairs and fabrication, Surveys, Engineering, Epoxy and oil based paint systems, Rigging, Internal works and Skippers to deliver the vessel if required.