Bamar has appointed Fox’s as its main UK dealer

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Fox’s rigging is proud to be able to demonstrate the award winning Roll-Gen top down furler from Bamar. Bamar have lead the world with their patented Gennaker furler. The Roll–Gen adds to an already impressive range of products for yachts between 30 and 250 feet in length. For further information and for a preview of more »

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Important information concerning forestay fitting 517-914

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It has been brought to our attention that a few forestay fittings of this design have failed due to a crack in the welding. The crack develops along the weld on the rear side of the fitting inside the mast. It is not visible from the outside. The suspect production batches were used during the period 2004-2008. more »

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Tragic loss of Rob Davis

  • 14/11/2011
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Tragically Fox’s lost a good friend and employee on the morning of Wednesday 9th November. Rob Davis, the Marina Supervisor was on his way to work on his motor bike when he was struck by a van just a ½ mile from work along the Wherstead Road. Sadly he was pronounced dead at the scene. more »

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Ocean Joy’s osmosis work begins in earnest

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An Ocean  72,  is now beginning its osmosis treatment at Fox’s.  After being peeled and blasted on site in our custom made blast area, the yacht has now been moved into our climate controlled osmosis workshop.  The first job was patch repair, culminating in 143 templated patches being ground out and repaired.  This has now more »

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Let Fox’s Workshops do the difficult work!!

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Take the stress out of your boat repair or improvements.  Fox’s Marina workshop staff are used to fitting equipment into tight and awkward spaces! The image above is of Jordan Romero, Fox’s laminating expert, grinding inside an Oyster 435 to accommodate a Sleipner bow thruster.

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If it’s fibreglass we can fix it here at Fox’s Marina

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Just as our sprayshop can spray things other than yachts, our workshop can also make repairs to a variety of things. If its fibreglass there’s a very good chance we can repair it. A customer arrived with a camper wagon with a damaged bumper and Jordan Romero, Fox’s chief laminator, was tasked with the repair. Jordan ground more »

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New stainless steel steps & headboard made for narrow boat

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Fox’s Stainless Steel have just finished fabricating an interior set of removable steps for a narrow boat. The steps locate over the bed while it is collapsed and aid access to and from the bow of the boat. The steps are made of box section stainless steel 316 and are finished with teak. Also made more »

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Bradwell Marina work barge launched at Fox’s Marina

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Bradwell Marine called upon Fox’s Marina for help with the work barge they are going to convert into a pile driving platform. The barge came to Fox’s because although Bradwell have their own hoist it was unable to accommodate the 6 metre width and huge tonnage of the barge. Fox’s hoist can lift up to more »

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Here at Fox’s Marina we are not just yacht sprayers

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Here at Fox’s Marina and Boatyard we would like to spread the word that we don’t just work solely on yachts and motor boats. Just the other day, Red 7 Marine asked us to spray four refurbished engines to colour match their logo colours and signage. With our dedicated spray booth this was not a more »

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Re-caulking decks of Thula

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The long job of re-caulking the decks of the beautiful yacht Thula, a 72 foot Royal Huisman, has begun at Fox’s Workshops.  Thula is here at Fox’s for raking and re-caulking of decks, varnish work and spray work. Take a look at our portfolio pages to follow her progress…

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