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Others are right the Haven has much better facilities many more dedictaed visitor berths a chandlery, a resturant/bar and a club which serves food. It is abit further to walk into town though. The building works have largely been finished or others mothballed/not started yet -- Was there ever...

Very small old boats which require a lot of work are worth virtually zero, partly because the fixed costs of mooring are so relatively expensive. The seller just wants to be rid off due to storage costs and the fact that it is taking up room. The problem is that, once you take into account the...

Yes Onia going Saturday early a.m. Then planning to go up to NL, Middleburg, etc departing Ostend Sunday late morning. Anyone else got similiar plans?

I had a similiar problem three years ago on the firts start of the season on a Bukh, it turned out to be the connections at or inside the key starter switch. You can easily get to the back of the switch panel - though how you would then "hot wire" I have no idea. But in our case simply...

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You will find that the gate type valve still works! What I did was leave the existing valve in place ( don't want to be fiddling around in that cramped area) then extend the diesel fuel pipe from the tank to the front of the engine, install a small valve designed for the purpose from ASAP...

Why do you say don't worry about the roundabout, that was in fact my main concern as quite a lot of bouys changed when it was introduced and although I have printed out and stuck a patch on my hard copy chart I really thought that the platter should be up to date before attempting Ostend and...

Oh interesting that Fox's update while you wait _I'll give them a call. I was going to post it off to yachtbuts in lowestoft. Regards

Onia - 4 adults +13yo etd Saturday am

I am about to send off my CmapNT+ cartridge to be updated (it's 6 yo and the TSS and some important bouyage has changed in that time). However will I lose the 100+ waypoints I have entered? I suppose this depends on where waypoints are actually stored in a plotter - on the chip or in the...

Re: Ostend Voor Anker 29,30,31 May Onia planning to do the trip early 23rd - but much dependent on the weather. We made it 3 or was it 4 years ago ! ! We are then planning on Breskens, middleburg and back via roompotsluis at the end of the week. Regards Andrew

Personally I found it easier to purchase a product designed to lighten wood such as outdoor furniture which itself is based on Oxalic Acid. Then dilute about 3:1 with water, add wallpaper paste and use carefully to remove waterline staining. circa £10 for the bottle of the stuff worked out...

When I visited 5 years ago there was certainly somewhere to have a shower - as I recall a sort of fishermans social club on the quay with a bar, meeting rooms and very decent shower facilities.

We have used the "floating" pontoon at Rowhedge for an overnight stop. Just be aware that it and you will dry out completely at low tide and therefore it will be considerably lower than you at that time !