Recent content by LiftyK

When I commented on rates some months back, there were just a few reactions and a sense of “well, that’s the going rate now”. I’m encouraged by the growing sense of shock. £5 per metre in Sutton Harbour Plymouth last year was a surprise. I went elsewhere. Now to see onesea’s report is...

Ah, so cross the channel before Dover and then head up the French coast. An interesting idea. Alas, Daydream believer has brought up another Police Aux Frontiere issue for Boulogne.

Hi Plum, you have good friends and thank you for your advice. I'm pleased to report that I had already located Marion's very helpful report and I had printed a copy of her text and hand written letter. It is all filed neatly in my ever-growing cruise notes. Please pass on my thanks to Marion...

I've now checked and found that it is an additional 36 nm to go from Dover to Oostende instead of Dover to Dunkirk. That's a large jump for our crews. Each yacht will have a SWMBO aboard and we are on a peacekeeping mission. Meanwhile I discovered that Calais was British until 1558. Darn, too...

I’ve spoken direct,y with the RM69 manufacturer in the past. They are very helpful. Meanwhile I replaced my RM69 with the smaller of the two Jabsco toilets. At the time the Jabsco was much cheaper. Installation was very simple. I’ve a feeling three of the four mounting holes were reused. I...

Depending on how the weather goes, the crews are thinking Dunkirk may be a step too far, in which case we might head to Calais. Initially we thought Calais to be less attractive.

Deal alert Thanks to bignic, I am back from my nearest Go Outdoors with my new Beal rope cleaner. I couldn't find the item in store but the web site said they were in store. After much assistance from Go Outdoors staff we found the item in the clearance bin. If you have a Go Outdoors card the...

I will not be able to help with the spouse question as my fellow travellers, him and her, both have Irish passports as well as UK passports. In the meantime someone has kindly confirmed that, in his case, his EU passport holding wife did have to present her EU passport when checking in and out...

Noted. Many thanks.

I like your suggestion and advice. This would be very handy except the crews are not so roughy toughy and are leaning towards Dover to Dunkirk. I was planning either a shared, therefore less unaffordable, taxi ride or taking a one hour and ten minutes cycle ride each way. I will try them again...

Does the team think Irish passport holders sailing into Dunkirk from the UK should visit the Police Aux Frontiers? The background I'm planning a sailing trip where the first EU port of call will be Dunkirk, France. I've found where to report - a long way from the yacht harbour but never mind. I...

I just resealed six windows using Scapa tape. It worked well. Most time was spent cleaning old butyl from the windows and fibreglass, and cleaning up the old screws. Once the surfaces were clean, applying the Scapa tape was a very satisfying and clean job. It was straightforward to cut out...

Indeed, but the question was about ActiveCaptain needing an SD card in a phone and I was responding to that question.

I am not familiar with your specific plotter but the way that ActiveCaptain generally works is that you connect your phone/tablet to the plotter and register your maps. The phone then gets its maps wirelessly. I don’t know if this is from Garmin online or directly from your plotter. Either way...

Thank you Vic. I had incorrectly assumed I’d have to buy a whole new U bend and that would be my next step. I will order the valves that you’ve pointed out to me. I confess I had no idea I was supposed to service this part of the plumbing. Good advice and much appreciated.