Recent content by jrudge

As above. Battery earth gives faults like this.

As jfm says above at displacement speed the fuel bill is fractions of when planning. Our 58 is some 300 ish miles on a tank at planning speed and circa 800/900 at displacement. In a flat sea or with stabilisation and a modest sea displacement is a lovely way to travel if you have the time. In...

The honest position is that unless you are going long distances at planning speed fule is not your biggest cost. Berthing takes that prize. I would think that and average user dong some decent trips and local trips will use 2 to 3 tanks of diesel a season. My boat ( squadron 58 ) has 2700...

Chine walk. I had it on a cranchi 33 endurance. Was very frightening when it happened as it was a quick boat. It was a long time ago but it was as I recall due to trim.

My intention when posting this was a boat discussion. Clearly there are those here who like ev and those that dont. However this is a boating forum! There are real world issues with ev - range / charging ( public chargers / home charging ) / depreciation / initial cost. These are well known...

You are giving a U.K. perspective. I am in the med. I am on the boat for 8 weeks over summer and we move every day. We either tour ( last year Mallorca to Antibes ) or go locally. If local let be honest it is likely 20 miles not 75 by air con / water maker / gyro will be running continually...

Bear in mind charging 500kwh will take time. I have 45 kw at home. Charges in 4 hours or so in a 12kw 3 phase inverter. This is a good supply and not available at every marina berth ! So you are looking at circa 45 hours to charge it - ie 2 days. Now someone of course can come up with a faster...

I have one and my boat is in France but I don't need one. My purpose in having one ( well more specifically renewing it ) is to keep an official happy if he asked for a licence. In 15 years no ones has asked. I simply don't wish to risk an " I don't need one " discussion with them. But I...

The proof of export as far as I know is evidence based. Ie I have my Tunisia mooring receipt and then return to Mallorca. Mallorca don't care and don't log the arrival nor you leaving ( maybe they should but in practice no one cares ). So I am not sure what record there is other than the proof...

I suppose my point of view is that whilst it maybe the sellers obligation it is the buyers problem! Getting a U.K. national to pay tax to say France in an asset sold several years ago I suspect it challenging. As an aside I did not know the liability attached to a person I assumed it was held...

Bear in mind that a boat in the U.K. registry under 24m has no licence requirements at all. Your insurer may ask for it. If you rent you will need to produce one. If your boat is overseas and an official wants to see a licence ( that if your own boat you don't require ) you can produce one but...

It depends on when the issue arises. Boat is sold and for whatever reason the issue comes to light 12 months later. The problem is that of the buyer not the seller. The boat is not tax paid. Tax needs paying and it is the current owner who will pay it. Now the contract may have an indemnity...

The odds of being " caught" are very very low and then you could show the eu tax paid docs and unless you had a determined official they would be happy. However .... when you come to sell it the buyer is ( or should ) want to understand its tax status and if on temp import they will want proof...

Transcript above. It is not just commercial boats !

Labour launches net zero crackdown on boats Maritime bosses warn ‘nonsensical’ measures could sink the British fishing industry overnight Labour is implementing stricter net zero measures on fishing boats, canal barges and pleasure craft, The Telegraph can reveal. Under the maritime...