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    Boat insurance renewal - again !

    I was with Curtis, after your recco a couple of years ago. This year under HKJ they offered the identical policy as Curtis last year, with a very small increase in premium. As usual I read through the policy and noticed that I wasn't covered for operating the boat single-handed ( I wasn't last...
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    F10 sea trial

    These guys sure know how to make tough, fast boats. The drone operator seems pretty good too
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    Motor boat forums

    www.boatdiesel.com can be very useful
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    Measuring my boat

    Our fees have not moved for the past 3 years, but they started moving this year, fortunately only by 387 Euros!
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    New build Sanlorenzo SL96A 2024

    If only!
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    New build Sanlorenzo SL96A 2024

    We have 2 on the boat, and they tend to be occasionally used by the children of guests who mistake them for the toilet. Otherise, they normally have damp swimming attire in them.
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    Best thing to have on a boat 🤔?

    Simple. Time.
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    Curtis Marine acquired by Haven Knox-Johnston

    I've just received an email from Curtis saying that Howden t/a Haven Knox-Johnston had acquired them. I hope this doesn't go the way of the Y Yacht acquisition by Top Sail that pushed up lots of our premiums!
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    Boating memories

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    New boat (maybe) Azimut 55, 2003

    Does that cover all the travel & accommodation? Even so, it feels expensive - gut feeling is £1500 max for the survey itself, I think I paid 1200 euros for my similar size / age boat a few years ago to a SoF surveyor.
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    Liferaft Servicing in the Med

    I just checked my service from last year - SeaSafe 8 man was 731 euros for the service.
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    Hi

    I had a 43/45 many many years ago and I seem to recall it was above the fuel tank on the port side, but it was more than 20 years ago!
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    Why I like boating on the SoF

    Edgeware Road end of Oxford street / top of Park Lane?
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    Old Petrol Debunking the Theory

    And what exactly does that have to do with your debunked 'debunked' theory?
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    Old Petrol Debunking the Theory

    Each year our tender with a 25hp 2 stroke runs rough with year old fuel from the tank plus it stalls a lot on tick over. Improves considerably when I put new petrol in. QED
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