Recent content by Borden

Macd 1500 nautical, that would be as the seagul flies. We've logged over 6,000 miles in our meanderings in the 9 years since leaving Hamble.

A very good point. However I'm not lucky enough to own a new shiny boat with a shiny engine. My 30 year old Moody 47 still has the original engine, a 2.2 litre BMC (Thorneycroft) diesel. This is the marinised version of the original Land Rover engine. Sadly it does drip a little and is not...

Just sitting here at home in Kent thinking about my boat three thousand miles away in Kaş marina Turkey and nappies came to mind so I thought I'd share this with you. When I leave my boat for any length of time I put four flattened disposable nappies in the tray under the engine to soak up any...

Davy_S. Just for fun I've done a screen shot showing Hotspot Shield engaged and logged in to the marina wifi here at Kas. Check out the pop up showing 54Mbps. I guess that I should consider myself lucky.

Davy_s I've not clocked any degradation in wifi speed here in Kas Marina using VPN. I'm getting 54Mbs with and without VPN engaged. That's the standard here.

Paella You ask for tips on the spec of your intended TV and I note you write about watching IPlayer. It was mentioned earlier that once out of the UK you won't be able to get IPlayer. In fact you can. I'm in Turkey and watch IPlayer daily through my lap top or alternatively push the signal from...

Glad you raised this question Skyflyer. We are considering putting the boat on the market when we return to the UK so adding sail numbers may be beneficial.

We are currently in the eastern Mediterranean on the SW Coast of Turkey. Perhaps next year we will start heading west. I'm planning to have the mainsail cleaned this winter and am considering having our GB sail reg numbers added. Presently the sail has no boat identification of any sort. What...

My mother told me that a good dose of Vic would cure most things.

At some ATMs in Turkey you can choose to have Euros or Turkish lira. I know the ATM near the shopping centre in Didim marina does this also the banks and ATMs in Turgetries. No doubt there are many more along the coastal strip. In mentioning this I'm not suggesting any course of action that...

Johngas You've obvoiusly found Another marina calling itself Kas. I've been in the Setur marina at Kas since October 2014 and can't fault it. Your quote for mooring fees seems to be exceptional and bears no resemblance to the quote I obtained last week of 36Euros per day (buy three days get...

You know I think I had a beer with the same chap and his partner on Monday. Sounds very familiar!

Hartcjhart. If you're nervous then my suggestion is stay well away from Turkey and leave it for the rest of us to enjoy.

For those who are in Greece and feeling anxious about Grexit and the value of their Euros, take a look east across the Aegean. Today the Turkish currency has hit a new record of TL 4.30 to the £1 Sterling. Last year when I was in Kas we were getting TL 3.80. Yesterday before I flew back to the...