Recent content by fliti

I share my boat with an Italian business partner. His Italian skipper's licence is only valid on EU flag boats. Our boat is currently UK SSR registered so after Brexit, he will not be authorised to sail the boat. We have therefore decided to re-flag to another EU country. We had looked initially...

As Vic points out,i'll not be going as far as PP this trip. Met a bloke here in Marsala inbound from those parts yesterday. Said he saw someone at anchor in Sciacca on the East side of the outer wall. Bit rolly in next weekend's fag-end Gregale? If not, worth looking on the East side of the...

If you look back some years, you will find my sorry tale of appalling experience with work carried out by the mechanics at Cleopatra. To the previous comment about thieving scum, i would add dangerously incompetent and viciously aggressive against any complaint. Leave your boat there if you have...

Planning a trip marsala to Marina di Ragusa. Does anyone have any recent experience anchoring at Sciacca or Licata (or anywhere else along that coast?)

Has anyone been up the South West coast of Sicily lately? We have pretty calm weather and I was wondering whether there are any places to stop other than the marina at Licata? We hate pulling in to steamy hot (and expensive) marinas in this weather and far prefer the hook. Last time we anchored...

Vic and Chinita, thank you very much for this wealth of information. Breezer will make good use if it this summer!

I am planning to cruise to Malta this June and would love to have more information about your anchorages in gorgeous Gozo. Are we talking about the bay west of Mgarr and the fjord a bit further along? How deep is it and how is the holding, please? Any other recommended anchorages around Malta...

I have an anchor windlass with some kind of electrical fault and an in-mast furler spindle that needs replacement. I normally get my work done in Gib by Sheppards but they are too busy to look at it right now. Can anyone please provide a personal recommendation for someone good in Gib for these...

I live in Sicily part of the year and have reached the conclusion that no Italian alive or dead could be in full conformity with Italian regulations. They may even have been drafted to achieve that unhappy end. Consequently, and particularly in Sicily, everyone I know ignores almost all rules...

We are thinking of leaving our yacht in Puerto Bahia, Dominican Republic. Has anyone in the forum recent experience of this marina and can they comment/give a recommendation please?

Thanks for the answers, everyone. "Yellow Flagging" does not sound like an option. I'd still love to hear from anyone who has recently taken the ferry to USVI from BVI, picked up a 90 day visa thanks to the VWP and returned in their yacht to USVI and whether they still needed to clear...

A while ago, I asked this forum about whether the public ferry visa run still works whereby one takes a ferry from BVI to USVI, obtaining a 90 day visa thanks to the visa waiver programme. I did not get a definitive answer based on recent experience. I would now like to know whether the tried...

Thanks for this helpful post. May I ask why you subsequently applied for a B1/B2 visa? Was it because of an intent to remain longer than 90 days in US waters or was it required to clear in at Culebra?

Can anyone tell me if there is a source of Caribe dinghy spares in the UK?

I take your point about re-entry but if you read this, http://www.noonsite.com/Members/sue/R2011-12-13-3?searchterm=us+vir the suggestion is that it works, however odd it seems. If this does work, I can think of two explanations. Either your departure remains an unregistered fact and it's...