20” wooden rims as fitted to the Hoopy wooden bicycle I made the wooden valve covers and they turned out to be one of the most popular features on the…

Woodenwidget has been selling plans to build folding boats for over ten years and in that time many builders have been kind enough to share their attempts. It is always…

The Hoopy lightweight wooden bicycle that you can build yourself. Ever fancied building yourself a wooden bicycle? Well now you can. Woodenwidget offer the Hoopy, a funky, one size fits…

SRAM Automatix 2 speed auto hub with coaster brake. Bikes without cables are rare. It seems that most bikes today have a lot of cables to operate various things but…

Doolittle sailing at Cannes. Pic by James Taylor This was before the roller furlers were fitted. Doolittle has been sold Over half my life has been spent living aboard boats.…

Formula 1 is the only sport I have any interest in. I’m not sure why F1 has such a hold over me but it does. There are so many reasons…

The new Polyflex Yanmar engine mounts fitted to a 3YM 20 The Australians lead the way in Polymer technology. The reason why they are so good at it is because…

Many years ago I owned and loved a dark blue Fiat 850 sport coupe. I have always loved small rear engine cars so when the chance came to own another…

The Woodenwidget Stasha ‘Tweed’ special edition lightweight nesting dinghy. The Stasha lightweight nesting dinghy from Woodenwidget has been around now for a few years and I used the prototype for…

Borrowed this pic from Raymarine. It shows the colour display and the EV 9 axis sensor. Today I sea trialled the EV100 Tiller pilot and although I have only so…