Alicatt

First Casper a Placom 750, 7.5m canal/river cruiser powered by a Volvo Penta MD7A with sail drive Excellent little boat to begin with...

Having owned two Brooms (an Ocean 37 and a Broom 41) I can say without any hesitation that they are ideal for the OP’s intended use with...

It's at the lower edge of being able to plane, most owners recommend 75hp to reliably get it up on the plane. Not owned a Hardy Pilot...

One 145hp engine propels our 10 tonne (laden) Ocean 37 at 7.6km/h at idle, two engines on and it is 8.3km/h, at idle the engines are...

In Belgium the locks are manned, for the moment! in Holland the locks are remotely operated it does make a difference. On the manned...

Yes, bow thruster is essential, stern less so with a twin engine. Ouch on the price of the electronic control! But I guess it's all...

Quite a few times I wished we had a bow thruster on ours, Would help keep the bow in when they fill up the lock at speed

Retrofitting electronic remotes to a boat with morse cable controls will be getting alarmingly expensive, you’ll need to add electronic...

As a relatively new owner of a used Ocean 37 the boat is well built and sound, the engines on mine are a bit less powerful than the...

As per the first post, that's how it was explained to me by an EU residency lawyer here in Belgium in the run up to the UK's exit, I'm...

I'm resident in Cyprus but we keep the boat in the UK and sail northern European waters. The rules that jlavery helpfully detailed are...

I sent this enquiry to Your Europe – Advice I am an Irish National resident in the UK. My spouse is a UK citizen, resident with me in...

Galician evening….

When we left Africa, I said that’s it...enough sunshine to last a lifetime. One Swiss winter later....and I was desperate for the sun

And that is why I use a nice old fashioned analogue power supply for my ham radio, no nasty harmonics off of it like you get from some...