Recent content by EU_Cruiser

Google 'Durban Beaches New Years Day' and then tell me that black people don't like swimming.

I would imagine that vessels of the Royal Yacht Squadron could cause some confusion in foreign countries. The prelude to an invasion?

:rolleyes::D:D

This probably sounds stupid but why not tie the boats together so that they swing together? Even if you use a bar as support - like a towing bar.

I wrote abusing the bow thruster. We see private boats using their thrusters a dozen times to line up and exit a lock. Most boats use it once or twice and many not at all. I saw a big cruiser the other day maneuvering off a wall mooring with little by way of obstruction apart from a narrowing of...

More or less but abusing the thruster is symptomatic of something not akin to good seamanship.

New boater, lazy boater, unskilled boater - take your pick.

Re: Through the French Canals I don't know what flag you fly (sometimes makes a difference) but don't be shy of asking if you can breast up to a moored boat which will effectively put your keel in deeper water but this does make taking bikes across other boats' decks an issue so you might need...

Sigh

Rochefort is lovely today after some gusty breezes and pretty warm weather but the cliffs are protecting us from the worst of the late afternoon sun and it sounds like a thunderstorm building up so maybe cooler tonight. We are, of course, talking about Rochefort-sur-Nenon on the River Doubs in...

Where have all the cradles gone? Nitpicked every one - ask Pete Seeger.

I thought that they made sails out of photovoltaic cells these days? :)

Overland 4x4's rely on 12v/220v fridges and we have had two (Engels) in our Land Cruiser for nearly 20 years - we transferred this experience to our canal cruiser where we have an Engel box fridge/freezer and an upright 140l Waeco fridge with 22l freezer space. Gas fridges eat gas.

Stop stressing and buy a 12v/220v jobbie.

Ditto.