Dave Martin

Having recently replaced my porthole windows I was in the market for some internal surrounds. I found it difficult to find any manufactured ones that were suitable. Few if any ‘how to’ articles from fellow boaters, one of which even suggested buying a large chrome dog bowl and cutting the bottom out. Imagine going into Pet's at Home, excuse me mate, can I have 9 chrome dog bowls please. Really! SWMBO did not want metal of any sort so considered having wooden ones bespoke made but soon disregarded this because of a) expense, b) visits to boat to measure and fit etc. So being basically to mean to pay anyone to do something I can do reasonably well myself, I decided to make my own. In these times of rising costs, any savings to be made to our increasingly expensive past time is a blessing and if I can help someone else save a few bob, all the better. I have documented the process to help show how relatively easy it is to do with not a lot of equipment. I Copy the link below into your browser if you want to know how I went about it. https://1drv.ms/w/s!AiGuvvKKbdhqiF7H43CKTOUGM3Pg?e=V12Upn