Recent content by JoshD

Btw, somebody said they thought primrose had electric propulsion. That is in fact what I was planning to do when I did the refit 2y ago. I was attracted to the Torqeedo pods, planning to put one on each quarter. I liked the idea that there would be a minimal breach in the hull, that the entire...

As Samson said it's an NKE ram. When I was planning it I asked around about tiller pilots and got the general impression they weren't man enough for the job. Primrose displaces nearly 10t and often has pretty major weather helm (hard to pull the tiller without a tiller rope around it to give you...

Hi, in other contexts there seems to be a lot of praise for the Whale Gulper electric pump, and they do a version adapted for black water. Is this actually better than the offerings from say Jabsco or TMC? I'm asking because I've ditched the chemical loo at last and am just about to install a...

Thanks! Many thanks for the helpful advice, much appreciated. Josh.

Does anybody have any experience of buying an old boat in Spain, ostensibly VAT-paid, without a VAT receipt or similar, intending to reregister? I am in the process of buying a yacht built in 1973, and which has been in Spanish hands since 1994. There is no VAT receipt, and the date of 1994 is...