Recent content by LadyStardust

I'm trying to dismantle my windlass, I want to replace the solenoid, and also give the motor a service. It must be quite old now and there's lots of corrosion between the stainless and the aluminium parts, I have had to drill out a couple of screws so far. I'm stuck now trying to remove the...

Has anyone found a source of membranes for the 80E other than the official Katadyn ones. I'm assured they will exist, but until I remove my existing ones, I won't know if they have markings that help identify them, and I'm not able to do that right now.

Has anyone found a source of membranes for the 80E other than the official Katadyn ones. I'm assured they will exist, but until I remove my existing ones, I won't know if they have markings that help identify them, and I'm not able to do that right now.

Im driving down from Liverpool to Barcelona next week, my boat is actually in Premia de Mar, and I'm taking down bulky stuff which I can't really take on the plane. Also I plan to do a lot of exploring the region by car. I was wondering if anyone knows of good chandlers around the area that are...

RCD Realities I have a friend with a 40ft 1980 yacht, he and the yacht are from America and he wants to bring his yacht with him to the UK when he comes here to work shortly. He doesnt know how long he will be here but it could be a few years, He is quite concerned about the RCD/CE issue as his...

Easyjet was fine Just found my post while searching for something else barcelona related and thought I might update it. Anyway, Easyjet were fine, I took all the metal trays/shelves out and took them as carry on without any problem, that brought cooker weight down to 19.5kg, I had a square...

Thanks Again Thanks Ian, Well I need to go out in November to make sure the automatic bilge pump works, it didn't last year, the year with the highest rainfall in that part of Spain since sinking boats began. So I need an excuse for spending more than a day there, and fitting a new cooker...

Thanks That seems clear enough, I now feel 95% confident I will be ok and 5% thinking I am going to be on Channel 4 shouting at people at the airport 'But you do this for other people!!' and wondering what to do with an Oven and return tickets I can't use. Cheers,

I need to get a cooker from Liverpool to Barcelona, I posted this last year and thanks for all the suggestions, we ended up doing nothing, but managed the season without an oven. Now I need to get the cooker out to Barcelona this winter in prep for next year. The cooker weighs just under 20Kg So...

Premia de Mar Finally settled on Premier de Mar, it's 40 minutes by train from the centre of Barcelona, the station in Barcelona is right next to the cheap fast airport bus service, so cheap and convenient to get to. It's probably the cheapest on the Spanish Med coast, I'm paying €1006 for my...

Thanks all Thanks everyone, some great responses, So far I have put Badalona top of the list for convenience/price. Second is Sant Carles Marina and I also like the look of Empuriabrave. I'm sure I will find a space in one of them. Also like last year, where I had planned on stopping in...

Sorry to hark on about my summer holidays again, but I'm off next week and I haven't found a place to leave the boat for 9 months (possibly longer) from September, either in, or out of the water. I expect there are plenty of marinas happy to take my remaining Euros, but there must be some...

Thanks all Thanks for the suggestions, I don't want to go to Gib either but my girlfriend wants to see the apes, I did my Day Skipper there and did visit Ceuta and Smir on that course, so nice as they are I think I will stick to the North. Would love to sail up to Seville, in fact would love to...

Hi All, We depart Faro for Cadiz in two weeks time, spending the following 6 weeks working our way around to Barcelona where we plan to leave the boat for the winter. Our first draft of stopovers is as follows: Rota/Cadiz - Barbate - Gib - Aquadulce - Cartagena - Mar Menor - Alicante - Puerto...

Eno Cooker Thanks for the advice, I will give it a good cleaning. I'm not sure what bad experiences you have had, but besides this problem, the cooker has served me well for a good few years and it is getting on a bit. If I end up having to replace it, what would you recommend?, I do long sea...