The Boat Chippy is a specialist boat carpenter called Steve based in Penarth Marina, Cardiff Bay, Wales. Over 20 years’ experience in wood boat repair, restoration and refit. Perhaps you would like to commission a steam/electric launch or refit wood deck/interior to a GRP hull. Perhaps your just looking for advice regarding a classic boat purchase? In either event you can call Steve on 07943 261738 and get the benefit of his 25 years’ experience in marine carpentry.
WHO WE ARE- Steve the boat chippy is a marine carpenter based in Penarth Marina in Cardiff Bay. He specialises in making good quality wooden boat repairs and restoration to vessels in Cardiff Bay. As a small business with low overheads we offer cheaper labour rates and greater expertise in wood repairs than most boat restoration competitors, so contact Steve for an estimate if you want value for money. See Services and Rates Page.
See Gallery for more pictures.
WHAT WE DO- With over 25 years experience in wooden boat repairs and having been apprentice to one of the last master marine carpenter in Cardiff Bay Peter Rundle, we engage in both immediate repairs, long term rebuild projects and work on newly constructed craft. Whether you just need a thorough coat of the new polyurethane Coelan boat varnish or a full wooden bulkhead replacement, he's happy to help.
We also offer a Cardiff and South Wales boat painting service for steel, fibreglass, and wooden boats. Choose from brush or spray boat painting and two pack or single part paints and Boat Chippy will take care of the rest. Boat varnishing is something of a speciality of ours, too.
WHERE WE ARE- Based in Cardiff's Penarth Marina we have lower overheads than many boatyards in the South of England and its only 2 hours along the M4 from London or a short trip across the water from Bristol. Cardiff Bay is now non-tidal with a large modern lock onto the Severn estuary and offers pleasant day boating in the calm bay. It also offers some great day trips through the lock to secluded spots like the Severn Estuary Islands of Flatholm and Steepholm or over to Wachet marina or Porlock for a pint of Exmoor Cider. If your more interested in city locations the hotels and restaurants of Cardiff Bay offer plenty and Bristol is only as stones throw across the Severn.
Based in Cardiff's Penarth Marina we have lower overheads than many boatyards in the South of England and its only 2 hours along the M4 from London or a short trip across the water from Bristol. Cardiff offers some great local boating, day trips to Flatholm and Steepholm from the hotels and restaurants of Cardiff Bay or more secluded trips out to West Wales, Lundy Island or North Devon.
The Penarth Marina in Cardiff Bay offers a boat yard service with pontoon berths and dry storage inside the marina complex so you can get the work done right on our doorstep. We can supervise a wooden boat repair job from start to finish and the boat yards rates are pretty competitive, so it needn’t cost a huge amount to get a very good shipbuilding or repair job done with our services.
Penarth Marina info http://www.quaymarinas.com/Marinas/PenarthQuays/Default.aspx
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We offer all manner of boat repairs.
Feel free to contact us on 07943 261738 or at boatchippy@yahoo.co.uk . If you’d prefer, drop by the boat yard at Penarth Marina and see our current boat repairs and rebuilds in progress. There’s a small gallery of photos of our work on this site, too. Have a look through- we’re proud of the quality of our marine carpentry.
Short summary of services;
Replacement of rotten planks in clinker, cavell, and plywood hulled vessels Replacement of steamed in oak or elm timbers. Stems, stern posts and transoms replaced Rotten shear edges and deck shelves replaced Lodging and hanging knees replaced Bulkheads taken out and re-built Engine bearers constructed new and installed Stern tubes cut to requirements New rudders constructed Wooden mast and spars built Varnishing a particular specialty in conventional varnishing and the new polyurethane coelan Interior and cabin upholstery service Bespoke wood fittings including cabin tables, steps, storage lockers
We also offer a painting service for steel fiberglass and timber boats sprayed or brush painted in two pack or single part paints.
Penarth Marina offers pontoon berths and dry storage in the marina boat yard at competitive rates see link below;
http://www.quaymarinas.com/Marinas/PenarthQuays/
Cardiff Bay has a recently redeveloped water front with numerous bars and restaurants. It is an ideal sailing spot sheltered from the tides by the Cardiff barrage and lock. It has good access from the Severn Estuary, M4 motorway and west coast main line; 2-3 hours west of London by road or rail. Nearest train station is Cogan from which its 10 mins walk to Penarth Marina.
There is plenty to do on the water front with public moorings at the cafe qaurter, museums (Techniquest) for kids and accomadation in waterfront hotels (St.Davids Hotel) or apartments
For more info or friendly advice call Steve at +44 (0)7943 261738. We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: boatchippy@yahoo.co.uk.
More photos of our work in the gallery page to see the quality you can expect...
WHO WE ARE- Steve the boat chippy is a marine carpenter based in Penarth Marina in Cardiff Bay. He specialises in making good quality wooden boat repairs and restoration to vessels in Cardiff Bay. As a small business with low overheads we offer cheaper labour rates and greater expertise in wood repairs than most boat restoration competitors, so contact Steve for an estimate if you want value for money. See Services and Rates Page.
