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The right tool for the right job: the caulking mallet

The right tool for the right job: the caulking mallet
  • September 11, 2026 September 14, 2026
  • Jeremy Neech
  • BM45 Blog

Maintenance crew member Neil explains how a caulking mallet is used.

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Pilgrim of Brixham BM45, built and launched at J.W & A. Upham's shipyard in the port in 1895, is a wooden ketch rigged heritage sailing trawler and a proud member of the National Historic Fleet

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