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      In a flat calm with the Azores high, you'll love it. In 40 knots with wind against tide, you'll hate it. The channel isn't the Solent...
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      The other issue is that chartplotters have to carry a not for navigation warning. This means that they must be backed up by paper...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      Not all UK passport holders have the automatic right to enter the UK.
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      st599 replied to the thread GPS jamming.
      It's used in so many places that a sustained spoof or jamming could easily cause serious problems. Even 15 years ago, before the gig...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      No, even the form for email is deprecated. As someone said on another thread, they expect the skipper to do the role of a border force...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      Government ID acceptable to either an airline or ferry company is required - which is a passport, an armed forces ID, a police warrant...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      At the club's meeting they said the C1331 would be phased out as most non-UK citizens will in future need a pre-authorisation that they...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      I haven't misunderstood the process. The process changed on 18th April 2024 and the Home Office had a long Zoom call with clubs about...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      It was updated recently so that you get a reply for each person on board saying OK to travel, Skipper to check paperwork and report that...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      It's now up to the skipper to send advanced passenger information, check paperwork if required or offload crew depending on what the...
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      st599 replied to the thread Confused of Cowes.
      All changed on the 18th April. The form now queries the Border Force database to see if the crew can enter the UK. You have to wait...
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      st599 replied to the thread Customs clearance France..
      There's a new system coming at the end of the year where you register your biometric data and use that to enter.
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      Shoreham has the best facilities. As an ex prop forward, you have to walk sideways in to the shower, do the port side, walk sideways...
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      st599 replied to the thread First time new route to boat..
      If the OP has to re-check in like you do when flying to the US via Canada, ten he has to queue for the passport checks to get in to the...
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      st599 replied to the thread First time new route to boat..
      Do they dump you out in to the full security queue? Could easily take 4 hours to get through the IKEA like maze of shops selling over...
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