The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain |
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Our Directory of Suppliers is continuously updated. Please include full contact details plus a brief description of products or services provided. |
Nick Smith, Boatbuilder Christchurch BH23 7BG Mobile: 07827 644 223 E: nick_smith_boatbuilder@yahoo.com W: www.nicksmithboatbuilder.co.uk | Yacht, launch & boat builder. Specialist in classic carvel & clinker construction from 8 to 28 feet. New builds, repairs & refits with emphasis on traditional west country design. |
John Williams, boatbuilder Norfolk, NR12 9DA Tel: 01692 580953 E: dst@johnwboats.eclipse.co.uk | Boat repairs & renovations |
Lakeland Wooden Boats Beehive Lane New Hutton Kendal, LA8 0AH T: 01539 727118 | New boats built, repairs & renovations |
Patterson Boatworks Hawkshead Cumbria LA22 0PL T: 01539436660 W: www.pattersonboatworks.co.uk | Builder/restorations |
SBA steam launch hull T: 01446700974 E: richardlhavard@btinternet.com | 5.4Mtr GRP steam launch hull suitable for steam or electric propulsion, available at various stages of completion. Produced by a group of SBA members as a specifically designed steam launch hull at a competitive price. |
Henwood & Dean Dairy Lane Hambleden Henley-on-thames Oxfordshire RG9 3AS T: 01491571692 W: www.henwoodanddean.co.uk | Wooden boat builders |
John I Thornycroft & Co Chiswick West London Jan 16th 1874 - now closed | Steam yacht & launch builders |
Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co Portland OR 97202 U.S.A. T: +1 503.775.5954 W:www.steamlaunch.com | Steam launch hulls, engine castings etc. |
Chiselpig Boats Roundway Hill Farm Folly Farm Devises SN10 2HU T: 07778 119 543 W: www.chiselpig.co.uk | Boat woodwork,fit outs etc. |
Simpson Boatbuilding & engineering Arrad Foot Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7SL T: 01229 861 001 home T: 01229 861 960 works M: 07443 528 502 W: www.simpsonboatbuilding.co.uk | steam launches and restorations etc. |
Robbins Timber Ashton Vale Trading Estate Bristol BS3 2UN T: 01179 633 136 W: www.robbins.co.uk | All boat building timber & ply by mail order |
Anglia Stainless Ltd Stanton, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, IP31 2AR T: 01359 251 414 W: www.angliastainless-stanton.co.uk | Stainless steel and silicon bronze fasteners |
Craftmaster paints Norman Way industrial estate Over Cambridge CB24 5QE T: 01954 231 308 W: www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk | Traditional paints |
Paragon Paints Wheldrake Lane, Elvington, North Yorkshire, YO41 4AZ. T: 01904 607 584 W: www.paragonpaints.co.uk | Superior High Temperature Enamel Paints. Please note that we are mail order only, visitors are not accepted without prior arrangement. |
Selway Fisher Design Wiltshire, SN12 6HB T/F: 01225 705 074 E: paul@selway-fisher.com W: www.selway-fisher.com | Yacht & boat designs, plans & manuals for the home & professional boat builder. Many designs specifically for steamboats. |
Paul Gartside Ltd 16 Charlotte Lane Shelburne, Nova Scotia Canada B0T 1W0 T: +1-902-875-2112 W: www.gartsideboats.com | Yacht & boat designs, plans & manuals for the home & professional boat builder. Many designs specifically for steamboats. |
Wolstenholme Yacht Design ltd Westbourne Road Coltishall Norfolk NR12 7HT T: 01603 737 024 W: www.wolstenholmedesign.com | Yacht & boat designs, plans & manuals for the home & professional boat builder. Many designs specifically for steamboats. |
TRS Specialist Welding Ramsley, Melbourne Derbyshire, DE73 8BQ T: 01332 865 616 W: www.trs-welding.co.uk | Water tube & Fire tube boilers. Steel welded construction to approved designs. |
Normanton metal spinners | Metal Spinners ( near Loughborough ) |
Chanter Biomed ltd Low Moor Bradford BD12 0SG T: 01274 414 666 W: https://www.chanterbiomed.co.uk | Boiler gauge glasses, gauge glass parts, boiler door joints, rubber glass rings, Klinger sleeves, pressure gauges etc. |
Johnson Valves Calmore industrial estate Brunel Road Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 3WX T: 02380 669 666 W: www.johnsonvalves.co.uk | Steam valves, safety valves, bronze screwed fittings, tubing etc. |
Willingale Tubes ltd Windham Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2XD T: 01787 375 300 W: www.willingale-tubes.co.uk | Boiler Tube supplier |
Wicksteed Engineering ltd Rushden Northants NN10 0JB T: 01933 318 555 W: http://www.wicksteed.com | Tube expanders |
Heritage Steam Supplies Segensworth East Fareham PO15 5SF T: 01489 570 737 W: www.heritagesteamsupplies.co.uk | Boiler gauge glasses, boiler door joints,pressure gauges,gasket joining,ceramic lagging etc., etc.. See also www.ibhs.co.uk same outfit. |
High Pressure hose assemblies |
Manufacturer of industrial boiler equipment, some of use in steamboats. This site has a great series of steam engineering tutorials well worth a look. |
Hatch Heritage & steam engineers ltd T: 01793 790 378 M: 07973 861 654 W: www.hatchsteamengineers.co.uk | Boiler maker/repairs General steam engineers |
Marine Engineering Pipeworks ltd Grange town Sunderland Tyne & Wear SR2 9TE T: 01915211941 W: www.mepsun.com | Marine boiler tube supplier in steel, copper, copper/nickel/iron alloys. |
Sapphire Products ltd Mount street Nechells Birmingham B7 5QL T: 01213 266 000 W: www.sapphireproducts.co.uk | Rivets ! |
Miniature pressure gauge ltd block6 units 5&6 shenstone trading est. Bromsgrove road halesowen B63 3XB tel. 01215519910 | pressure gauge suppliers pressure gauge calibration |
Israel Newton & sons ltd off Derby Road Cromford, Matlock DE4 5HN T: 01629 821 950 W: www.israelnewton.co.uk | Boiler maker/repairs general steam engineers. Contact: Dan Brothwell 07921 126 902 |
Chatham Steam Ltd Detling Aerodrome ind. est. Detling Kent ME14 3HU T: 01622 736 076 W: www.chathamsteamltd.co.uk | Boiler maker/repairs General steam engineers |
Bennett Boilers ltd Isleport Business Park Highbridge Somerset TA9 4JT T: 01278 792 255 W: www.bennettboilersltd.co.uk | Boiler maker/repairs General steam engineers |
Bestek Calliope Co Michigan U.S.A. E: kneegee@yahoo.com | Custom music steam whistles & calliope systems. Contact Ken Griffard details:www.steamboating.org/ISS/ISSclassifieds.html |
Universal Steam Engineering | Boiler makers,. Details below in machining section. |
Refractory suppliers Lagging products glass rope etc.. |
Bell Boilers Haresfield Stonehouse Gloucestershire GL10 3HX T: 01452 722 211 | Boiler maker, CE approved. |
Steam-Well boilers | see Manor Farm Engineering below |
Copper and cunifer tube supplier |
Brown McFarlane New Century St. Hanley Stoke-on-trent ST1 5QH T: 0330 363 991 W: www.brownmac.com/en/ | Suppliers of pressure vessel steel, profile cut boiler plate for drum ends etc.. |
SBA Services Ltd | See Boiler Inspection page of this website |
Miniature pressure gauge calibration, see boiler fittings section.
Taylor engine castings Fenland Foundry | See Foundry services below |
Maker of Roger Mallinson's design of twin cylinder launch engines in 8, 12 & 24 I.H.P. sizes |
Camden Miniature Steam Services Rode, Frome Somerset BA11 6PS T: 01373 830151 W: www.camdenmin.co.uk | LEAK ENGINE CASTINGS NO LONGER SUPPLIED BY CAMDEN |
J Maltby Marine Engineer Crackenthorpe Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria CA16 6AF T: 01768 352025 E: jmaltby478@aol.com | Steam launch engine builder/designer. Repairs/rebuilds. |
Castings suppliers, Stuart number 6A engine. Now owned by Bridport foundry. |
Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co | Engine castings, see details in boats section |
Rufford steam works T: 07516852988 F: | Manufacturer of "Clupet" piston rings. also of plain piston rings. A. Smith now retired |
Bradford Piston & Piston Ring co ltd Unit 22 Missouri AvenueSalford Gt. Manchester M50 2NP T: 01617 365211 W: http://www.bradfordpistonrings.co.uk | Manufacturer of piston rings, various materials |
Aston Fittings & Flanges Manufacturing Ltd 2 Springcroft Road Tyseley Birmingham B11 3EL T: 01217 786001 W: www.astonfittings.com | Pipe fittings in Wrought steel to BS EN1024 (BS1740) forged fittings to higher ratings. |
Used steam engines & machinery usually of the larger type, used fittings, whistles etc.. Good information on injectors. |
Interlube Systems Ltd Parkway Industrial Estate Plymouth Devon PL6 8LH T: 01752 676000 W: www.interlubesystems.co.uk | Manufacturer of oil flow units and pumping units, use both with manifold or individual pumps. systems are in the industrial section, flow units are the single line metering system page,pumping units are on the AX system pageDistributor:www.lubeline.co.uk , www.lubetec.co.uk |
Traditional flip top oil cups, centralised oiling systems etc. |
Manufacturer of lubrication free bushes, ideal for small links etc. affordable alternative to metallic bushes, good site guides you through selection. |
Leeds Bronze Ltd Dewsbury Road Leeds W.Yorks LS11 5UB Tel. 01132718711 website: www.leedsbronze.co.uk | Supplier of many different grades of copper alloy bearing material in many sizes e.g. SAE660, aluminium bronze,phos bronze. also supplies own brand of wrapped bushes equivalent of Glacier type. |
Piston ring suppliers |
Cox & Turner Engineering Ltd. Huish Farm T: 01935826816 | Piston rings suppliers, engine machinist |
Miniature pressure gauges ltd Block 6 units 5&6 stenstone trading estate Bromsgrove road halesowen B63 3XB T: 01215519910 W: info@miniaturepressuregauge.com | pressure gauge makers,repairers |
Foundry Services |
Ragsdale's Patterns Retford Road Woodbeck. Retford Notts DN22 0JL T: 01777 248835 W: www.ragsdale.uk.com | Pattern makers, ferrous & non ferrous castings available. |
Bristol Foundry Winterbourne Hill Winterbourne Bristol BS36 1JR T: 07380380829 or 07506401373 W: www.bristol-foundry.co.uk | General iron & non ferrous foundry |
Peak Patterns Co Ltd 31 Staniforth rd. Sheffield SL1 3HD T: 01142441812 | Pattern makers |
Cambrian Castings Penclandd Swansea SA4 3RS T: 01792850912 E: jon@cambriancastings.co.uk W: www.cambriancastings.co.uk | Steam propellers cast from originals, ferrous & non ferrous castings Family run business |
Sutton castings Cockliffe Hill farm Burntstump Hill Arnold Nottingham NG5 8PQ Tel: 07527851645 email: mark.sutton7@yahoo.co.uk website: www.suttoncastings.co.uk |
Ferrous & Non ferrous founder |
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LEW castings ltd Trows Lane Castleton Rochdale Lancs OL11 2UF tel: 01706632218 website: www.lew.co.uk |
Ferrous & none ferrous founders | |
Fenland Castings six score road Langtoft Fen Market Deeping Peterborough PE6 9QD tel: 01778348940 mob: 07773116613 e-mail fenland.casting@hotmail.com |
Taylor engine designs are now available from the original foundry. phone or e-mail only. |
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Kilner & Hutchinson ltd Emerald street Hillhouse Huddersfield HD1 6BY tel: 01484426646 website: www.kilnerhutchinsonfoundries.co.uk |
Iron founders specialising is high strength S.G. iron castings, crankshafts etc. |
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Charles H Coward ltd 540 Ecclesfield road Sheffield S.Yorkshire S5 0DJ tel: 01142577666 website: www.chcsheffield.co.uk |
Non Ferrous foundry. |
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Fuels & Lubricants | Index | |
Morris Lubricants Castle Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire, SY1 2EL Tel: 01743 232200 Website: www.morrislubricants.co.uk |
Supplier of cylinder oil and bearing oils. | |
Frank Burston Ltd. Coal Merchants Station Road Chepstow, NP16 5PB Tel: 01291 623976 website: http://www.frankburston.co.uk |
Real welsh dry steam coal from Ffros Y Fran Merthyr. |
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Machining & Workshop Services | Index | |
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Colonial Iron Works co ltd PO box 307 Whangaparaoa Auckland 1463 New Zealand Website: www.colonialenergy.co.nz |
Engines & boilers |
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Shilton cast iron & welding Ltd Unit 5B Nutts lane ind. est. Hinckley Leics.LE10 3EJ tel. 01455613659 websitewww.shiltoncastironandwelding.co.uk |
Cast iron welding can be personally recommended, a first class job. |
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Heritage Marine Ltd. |
See miscellaneous Below |
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Screw Thread Guide Website: www.gewinde-normen.de |
Included as the most comprehensive screw thread guide I have found,includes many obscure threads. click on flag for language change. |
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Cast Iron Welding Services ltd Samson road Hermitage Industrial Estate Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FP tel. 01530811308 website: www.castironwelding.co.uk |
Specialist weld repairs |
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Smallfab Unit 15 Skirsgill business park Penrith Cumbria CA11 0DP Tel: 01768890558 Website: www.smallfab.com |
CNC plasma profiling | |
Great Western Engineering Vithan Cottage Herland road Godolphin Cross Helston Cornwall TR13 9RD tel: 01736762498 e-mail GW-Engineering (at) live.co.uk |
Laser cutting, one offs & small runs welcome,general engineering |
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Universal steam engineering station road badminton GL9 1EW tel: 01454218594 website: www.universalsteamengineering.com |
engine & boiler restorers mainly road steam but likely to do marine. boiler makers (CE approved) |
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R&R Bearings Ltd Unit 8A number one ind est Consett Co Durham DH8 6SS tel: 07963726991 website: www.rrbearings.co.uk |
White metal bearing refurbishment new bearings. |
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Lancaster Engines Newgate Morcambe LA3 3PT tel: 0152467362 website: www.lancasterengines.co.uk |
Crankshaft grinding, cylinder re bores,cylindrical & surface grinding. machining. |
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Miscellaneous Equipment & Services | Index | |
Darcy Spillcare Brook House Larkfield Trading Estate New Hythe Lane Larkfield Kent ME20 6GN Tel: 08000 370899 - FREE Website: www.darcy.co.uk |
Oil absorbent pads, use in bilges, sumps or in the hotwell, these pads (oil only) soak up waste oil like nothing else. Expensive but well worth it, there are many other suppliers. | |
Heritage Marine Ltd c/o Downs Road Boatyard Downs Road Malden Essex CM9 5HG Tel: 01621 859373 Website: heritage-marine.com |
General boatyard, boat repairs wood & steel, machining, steam plant specialist, SBA member. boat transport etc. |
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Stig Fasteners 19 Leith Road Darlington Co Durham DL3 8BE Tel: 01325 464243 Website: www.a2stainless.co.uk |
Stainless steel nuts, bolts etc. really good and diverse selection, mail order. |
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Almar Services ltd 33 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancs PR26 7QN Tel: 01772 623336 |
Sheet metal fabricators, or contact SBA member Alan Howarth |
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Angle Ring Co ltd Bloomfield road Tipton West Midlands DY4 9EH Tel: 01215 577241 Website: www.anglering.com |
Section Bending engineers, angles,tube etc. bending. |
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Johnson Matthey Metal Joining York Way Royston Herts. SG8 5HJ Tel: 01763 253200 Website: www.jm-metaljoining.com |
Brazing & silver solder products lots of info on website. |
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R.J. Pryce & co ltd Trinity road Lowestoff Suffolk NR32 1XJ tel. 01502574141 website: www.rjpryce.com |
general plumbers merchants, Pipe fittings in Wrought steel to BS EN1024 (BS1740) brass fittings in the larger sizes, good mail order system. |
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Simply Bearings ltd Halton House Greenfold Way Leigh Business Park Leigh Lancs WN7 3XJ tel. 01942269837 website:www.simplybearings.co.uk |
Bearing suppliers,good mail order. stainless steel balls, Delrin balls, o-rings |
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Sealmasters unit 4 metalcraft court Seawalls road Cardiff CF24 5TH tel. 02920490711 website: www.sealmasters.co.uk |
oil seal & O-ring suppliers |
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Tracy Tools Unit 1 parkfield units Barton hill way Torquay TQ2 8JG tel. 01803328603 website: www.tracytools.com |
Tap & die specialists engineering tool supplier |
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Live Steam Models ltd. Unit 7 Old Hall Mills Little Eaton Derby DE21 5EJ Tel. 01332830811 website: www.livesteammodels.co.uk |
Model engineering supplies |
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Stationary engine parts 12 Deepdale Woodthorpe York North Yorkshire YO24 2SA tel. 08448567309 website: www.stationaryengineparts.com |
Not really steam but a interesting site oilers, jointing etc. |
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Mallinson Fabrications Ltd Station Road Dalston Carlisle Cumbria CA5 7LT tel: 01228710707 website: www.mallinsonfabrications.co.uk |
sheet metal fabrications. stainless steel etc. |
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TMC Alder Court Springwood Way Tytherrington business park Macclesfield SK10 2XG tel: 01625610441 website: www.tmcwaterjet.co.uk |
Water jet cutting, any materials, a friendly quick service. a good alternative to many cast items. |
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John Hood & Co Unit 3 Rutherford Court 15 North Ave. Clydebank Business Park Clydebank G81 2QP tel: 01419524721 website: www.johnhoodandcompany.co.uk |
Non ferrous metal suppliers, also Cast Iron etc. very helpful |
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Bonner Studs Ltd Heath Road Darlaston Wednesbury W. Midlands WS10 8XL tel: 01215684986 website: www.bonnerstuds.co.uk |
manufacturer of engineer's studs all sizes & threads, small quantities good outfit. |
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Serpro 38A Sandling lane Maidstone Kent ME14 2DY tel: 01622236305 website: www.serpro.eu |
oil absorbent pads etc. |
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get your bearings suite 19381 lower ground floor 145-157 st john street london EC1V 4PW tel: 08009755632 website:www.getyourbearings.co.uk |
Oilite bushes, glacier type wrapped bushes ball & roller bearings fast delivery, good site. |
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Andy Thornton Rosemount Huddersfield rd. Elland N Yorks. HX5 0EE tel: 01422376000 Website: www.andythornton.com |
Brass tubes & attachments. | |
Holme Dodsworth Metals Ltd. 59-69 Heaton Park Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1SQ tel: 01912659077 website: www.holmedodsworth.com |
Supplier of non ferrous metal brass, bronze aluminium & stainless branches throughout UK (see website) very helpful. |
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Hacketts Pipeline Eagle Works Bell street West Bromwich West Midlands B70 7BX tel: 01215530134 website: www.hackettspipeline.co.uk |
Suppliers of steel pipe & iron fittings pipe sizes of EN10255 (BS1387) down to 1/4 nominal. |
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Scottish Members please note there is a list of suppliers for those north of the border, please contact Roger Martin for details. |
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name.plates@hotmail.co.uk |
Maker of top quality brass nameplates |
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Stern Gear, Propellers & Couplings | Index | |
T Norris ltd 6 Wood Lane Isleworth Middlesex TW7 5ER Tel: 02085 603453 Website: www.tnorrismarine.co.uk |
Propellers, shafts,stern gear, couplings etc. |
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Centa Transmissions Ltd Thackley Court Thackley Old Road Shipley.Bradford W.Yorks BD18 1BW Tel: 01274 531034 Website: www.centa.info |
Industrial flexible couplings, generally cheaper than specialist boat couplings which are designed for diesels etc. |
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Crowther Marine Eden Works Belgrave Mill No 1 Honeywell Lane Oldham OL8 2JP Tel: 01616 524234 Website: www.crowthermarine.co.uk |
Propellers, shafts,stern gear etc. |
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FAL Scottish Propeller Service
1 March Road Ind. Est. Buckie AB56 4BU Tel: 01542832185 Website: www.falpropellers.co.uk |
Propeller supplier, advice. |
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Traditional Chandlery | Index | |
Classic Marine Unit 15 Martlesham Creek Industrial Estate Sandy Lane Martlesham Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 4SD Tel: 01394 380390 Website: www.classicmarine.co.uk |
Traditional equipment for classic boats |
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Davey & company London Colchester CO2 8HR Tel: 01206500945 Website: www.davey.co.uk |
Boat Hardware etc. usually trade only but a good site for info. |
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Marinestore Chandlery Shipway Yard North Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HQ Tel: 01621874490 Website: www.marinestore.co.uk |
Mail order chandlers, good website. |
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Aquafax ltd 14 Dencora Way Sundon Business Park Luton Beds LU3 3HP Tel: 01582 568700 Website: www.aquafax.co.uk |
General boat equipment, steering systems. |
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ASAP Supplies Ltd Reed House Ellough industrial estate Beccles Suffolk NR34 7TD Tel: 08451300870 Website: www.asap-supplies.com |
General boat equipment, steering systems. | |