When I was in Wells-next-the-sea in Norfolk, earlier this year (that’s 2009 for people reading this in the future), I became good friends with the local Chandler. In fact, as I’ve mentioned in other posts, the experience I had at Wells was stunning. I left the little town with a handful of new friends, and have seen been back (by road) to see them all again.

When I was originally there with a broken boat and wallet, Rob, at Harbour Chandlery instantly jumped to the rescue. He didn’t expect a bean in return but ended up giving me all the help I needed, for free.

I felt I needed to replay that debt, and so I built him a website Harbour Chandlery.co.uk

It’s a basic site made to simply let the internet know that Harbour Chandlery exists and what they do, but I created it on the chart table of Kudu, which isn’t the best office space, I can tell you.

However, the debt still wasn’t paid in full, at least not to my mind, so when I got back on dry land, I set about building something a little more useful for him.

So, without further a do, I present the Harbour Chandlery online shop

Hopefully the friendly and truly honest approach to business I witnessed when I was in Wells will work well online, but without a doubt, it’s going to be a more personal experience than the other online chandlers.

Anyway, take a look. It is nearly Christmas, afterall