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Many thsnks. Yes I'd be v grateful if you could please PM it. Yup I will need to avoid cruise ship days. Think they are ok for my...

Hi Hurricane I’ve landed in the same place. I’m insuring my new boat thru gallagher, with Beazley as underwriter. Very happy with the...

As ever with jeanneau, check if it has a cored hull below waterline. It probably does. Get an expert surveyor to check it has not...

Nice pictures jcwads, thanks. I’m there Thursday week I hope. Who do you call to berth there on Sante, on the port side to berth...

Thanks again. Pity the gate was closed. Yes - no domes but you can just see the Starlink maritime antenna (a flat square thing, maybe...

Indeed! The boat on port side of mine is an SD96. Same LOA (96ft or thereabouts) and under 24m LLL, but as the photos show a lot more...

I must say that while by now we are used to sat domes to the point of not even noticing them, it's when you see a boat without them near...

Ooh yes, thanks, that's my boat. An easy way to recognise it is that there are not sat domes (legacy items :)) which makes it pretty...

A big thanks to Devon boy, who drove down to to my boat adjusted fenders and sent me a photo of the old girl. This one of the power of...

These XSMGs were a big news item when launched, about 15 years ago. They built maybe about 10. There are a couple in Monaco/south of...

Yup the boat on the hamble is called Eight13 (because it's SL-series hull number 813) and is an SL90, the baby sister of my boat. It's...

That's shockingly bad design. Cracks are almost inevitable at the place you have indicated - at the root/"hinge" of that cantilevered...

You don't need to convince me! After the epic forum cruise (hosted by BartW and his wonderful wife) with forum members a few years back...

In the pics above those are just the plastic bags the fenders came in, to keep them clean. The socks will be in the usual grey...

When are you thinking you want to use both anchors? If you’re thinking “in windy weather”, you’re getting it wrong imho.