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Cartel? Well, there are certainly some bad practices out there. Most of us know that the broker Curtis was bought out last year by a consortium owned/connected to HKJ. Over the last few years, I have been placing my insurance with Curtis as an independent broker. I always read the policies...

I might be wrong, Pete, but I think the arrangements are different in Spain. IIRC the UK was given special permission by the Spanish authorities to allow us Brits to use our ICCs. I guess that the RYA didn't see it that way though but thats what my marina manager told me. My conversation with...

This is what I use mine for. Floating rope - in the right place to use straight away when tying back to the rocks. My locker has a similar drain to the one mentioned above so I can see how it might get blocked but mine has stayed clear. My locker also has a drain channel around the edges so...

OK - but it will only be photos from the cockpit security camera because I will be away when my local contractor does the work. The repairs aren't that bad - mostly leveling the surface before the new plastic teak is laid. One small area (about 6" square) needs to have a bit more attention but...

OK - point taken but I think you got my point.

Update It took a couple of days longer than I thought to "cut in" the borders after making the panels at home over the winter months. Weather was nice here in Spain most of the time so I set my workshop up in the open - on the pontoon. This is the result so far. Dry fitted - yet to be stuck...

This is all getting totally out of hand. Two cables to your boat is perfectly safe if the boat is a professionally built boat - in other words the supplies are properly split (AC on one lead - everything else on the other lead). For those areas where two sockets aren't available, you could use a...

Why not just buy it VAT free for export in the UK and TA it into the Med? - Assuming you are UK resident.

As said above, the marina supply is made up from a 3 phase supply. Each single phase socket phase is made up from one of the 3 phases and a neutral. Also, as explained above, the voltage between each phase is 415 volts (which hurts if you get it wrong). The voltage between any phase and...

Actually, I'm glad that I'm getting to the end now. If I were ever to buy a new boat, I would get someone else to do it but I know what I want from a job like this now so it would be difficult for a contractor to satisfy me. That said, I don't regret learning all this and I will keep doing...

Photos as at lunch time today. I'm please with the overall fitting - made from templates and extra measurements taken in January. Just rough cuts so far From this To this - border strips are made and waiting to be welded in. In fact this border was done after the photo was taken...

I can't be sure but I think we picked up the diesel bug in Bonifacio so wherever you go dose with plenty of bug treatment. And Tunisia. Expect the pits - they don't treat you well - "rip off" are not strong enough words.

As MapisM says. There is a lot of prep work that needs to be done after the old teak has been removed. Particularly where the old teak was screwed down. I also have about 9" square where water has got under the first layer of glass so that needs to be broken out, dried and re-glassed. But it...

TEK-DEK is, in fact the same stuff as Trakmark. Use TEK-DEK if you want someone to do it for you or Trakmark if you want to buy it DIY. The same guy owns both companies. He also sells Trakmark to the trade so you can get the same material from other contractors. Update Arrived here in Spain...