Recent content by Lusty Wench

Datca can be interesting I am afraid I don't know anything about checking out of Turkey....... But we were requested by phone call to Orhaniye, in December to go to Datca harbourmaster to (wait for it) "check out of Kusadarsi and into Datca" apparently there was a fee involved - "don't you...

Thanks to you all for the help Especially the info about mppt regulators - thanks Graham. Noelex. My biggest worry was frying the batteries. The reason for this is that we have no facility to stop the wind gen, which has a potential 400W output. It was installed with a comprehensive...

hauled out there last summer - and had work done We hauled out at Asprakis. The haul-out fee was very cheap, and Gregory didn't attempt to forget, or change it when we came to pay. We also had Dimitri do some work for us, some was excellent - repairing the boom vang and the morse control...

Bought in USA - selling in Turkey We bought our Hylas 44 in USA in 2008. We saw the same design in the UK, but the survey didn't go well, so we got our deposit back, and started looking on the internet. We found 3 in USA, and in fact the first we saw, in Virginia, was ideal. The process of...

Thanks to you all for the help Thank you all for the contributions. I have decided on the advice of the suppliers of the wind generator, to fit to the single regulator. The solar panels have a blocking diode, so power from the wind gen will not harm them. The advantages are: 1 any excess...

As a newbie I can't be sure that this isn't answered elsewhere, but I have had a search and not found out. I have an Eclectic Energy D400 wind generator. It is connected to a regulator, and if voltage in the house bank gets too high, will dump power to to large coils that will soak up any...

Headtorches .... headtorches not only allow you to see the bottom of the engine bay, but also let you see your book/cook during the evening without wasting power

seems to be 15 Euros There is also some more information about the 90/180 day rule on the Foreign and Commonwealth website. So far it appears that the change in the regs is delayed rather than abandoned

slip mats. Well non-slip mats really. Take a large sheet of the rubber mat (available from supermarkets and bargain stores - about £1) and cut it into cup/drink size squares. Works up to 30 degree heel and saves a lot of mopping up!