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I used to insure with Y Yacht ins but the increase in premiums forced me to look elsewhere. I chose Craftinsure on cost and had an unfortunate Marina incident (my fault) end of last year and they have been absolutely great. Very communicative and agreed for the work to be done on the boat...

Don’t forget you will have to check in & out of Ports of Entry. St Vaast isn't one of them unfortunately You could go direct to Cherbourg to check in. Then to St Vaast and return to Cherbourg to check out or carry on from St Vaast & check out at Honfleur, or Caen. Going the other way...

I am pretty sure he went into sheltered accommodation as the boat was no longer suitable for him to live on. He was my neighbour in Lymington Yacht Haven in 2018/19 but we took the boat to France for a couple of years & have just returned to Lymington. His boat is no longer where it was but I...

There is a Rasmus 35 next to me in Plymouth Yacht Haven - I am just visiting and leaving tomorrow but if you contact the marina office they may pass your details to the owner - boat name is Phoenix. Hope that helps.

I have been following a YouTube site - SV Impavidus - and they also have a website which has a list of Volvo parts & alternatives. The site is svimpavadis.com - in case the link doesn’t work. Downloads | SV Impavidus Hope that helps

This is form.

I have that one and it worked very well last year. (Only used once)

Different port but same country. I emailed the marina in St Vaast (where I keep my boat) to ask if they had any guidance on whether visiting yachts would have to check in & out via Cherbourg as it’s a port of entry and this is the translated reply. Hello, For the moment we have no information...

Cherbourg (Chantereyne) Marina isn’t on the list! That will be VERY inconvenient.

I had my boat at Lymington Yacht Haven a couple of years ago and wanted to leave half way through the contract to take the boat to France. The berth I had was probably the closest to the facilities in the marina and they had a waiting list and particularly someone with mobility issues so the...

For those that are interested the RYA is running a Webinar for members covering some of the subjects discussed in this thread: Keeping you up to date on the latest developments. Join us at 4pm on Wednesday 14 October for a free webinar to find out the latest news on the RYA’s Brexit lobbying...

Getting ready to berth is always a pain. Going into a marina and not knowing what to expect for me means having a line rigged on both bow , midships and stern cleats As well as a lasso line if the potential of getting blown off. I prefer to berth stern to as the French pontoons are so short so...

I visited Cherbourg (From St Vaast) last week and no questions at all on where we had come from. Masks necessary etc and plenty of space on the visitors pontoon.

I have been caught out a couple of times this year when reversing into a berth the “helper’ hasn’t secured the line or taken a full turn onto the cleat so I have been unable to motor against it to hold the boat onto the pontoon. I now lasso the cleat - luckily I haven’t missed yet.

We are in St Vaast and the town is the busiest I have ever seen it in over 20 years of having a house here. The restaurants are packed and a reservation is necessary. The shops are all insisting on masks but surprisingly not in the Saturday market although a fair number of people are wearing...