Recent content by Major_Clanger

That's really helpful, thanks John. I'm at the Ferry now and leaving 0400 tomorrow so perfect timing.

That's completely barking, especially when considering that a claim is far less likely to stem from offshore sailing. I'll investigate my small print and see if it's the same.

There are many vagaries but generally speaking a skipper will charge between £200-240 per day, all-found and plus flights if needed. When considered that might mean 24hrs in command of someone else's pride and joy, it's not much money.

Those are fin whales, different thing altogether. Much bigger but no pointy teeth!

Is that a confirmed sighting? It's hundreds of nm further east than they've been seen before.

I was running a boatyard in 2019 when the RN were inviting tenders to remove the masts. It wasn't our field of knowledge but I would have gone down there armed with snorkel and hacksaw for a couple of £M. I did/do think it's sad though, perhaps even pathetic, that the navy don't have the...

Oh I managed it fine, it was just a PITA in comparison. Not heard of that app before but it looks really good, thanks. Am downloading it as I type.

I took the inshore route once and found it comparatively stressful at night. A plethora of unlit and poorly marked pots and buoys put me off the idea. Without wishing to tempt fate, I've been up and down that coast many times over the last few years and haven't even seen an Orca yet, let alone...

I'm off to Greece in a couple of weeks. Along with the usual pair of pingers (which thankfully have yet to be used, nor do I want to use them) I'm quite interested in the reports that throwing sand into the water can help. Fisherman have reported the cloudy water interferes with the Orca's...

Sorry to disappoint but this is about boats........ I've not taken a boat into Greece since Brexit. Please would someone bring me up to speed on what to expect? I've got the usual in terms of Greek translations of ship's papers, insurance etc. Anything extra I'm going to need to do...

Thanks all. That was my thought too but consensus is always good. Not my boat, another delivery otherwise I might have been inviting bids for the fuel. Times are hard! :)

I've just renewed with Insure4boats. No policy changes and 10% down on last season!

Thoughts please........ 200 lts of diesel in a clean tank. Diesel is 3 years old at least but the tank is definitely clean and has been sat with little air gap. Fuel appears clean and bug-free. Keep or change?

Bound was the director of exploration on both missions to locate Shackleton's Endurance. It's a wonderful book with much of it written in 'real time' as the voyage unfolded.

EDIT - Now leaving beginning of May with Nydri, Lefkada as the destination.