Recent content by owen-cox

I believe its possible to buy with a Societe civile immobiliere (SCI) although I am not 100% sure of this. I have heard of people doing it for motorhomes etc. for americans.

I bought a french flagged boat but also have a pre brexit carte de sejour and its specifically worded in the law for registration of yachts that anoyone with an article 50 carte de sejour can own and register a boat in france. unfortunately non EU citizens without an article 50 carte de sejour...

I just want to clarify this comment. I bought the boat after brexit but after a bit of research I have found that it is not possible for a UK citizen to register a boat under French flag unless they have a withdrawal agreement carte de sejour. I do have one so anyone who came after brexit...

One thing I did also find was that insurance companies wanted to see french qualifications for the owner and rather than go down this route and argue the side i went to my local AXA agent who insured it easily.

For the acte de francisation to be issued it has to have had VAT paid I believe. Unless it was a company that owned it but then the french authorities would not allow it to be transferred to a private owner if it was not VAT paid. I got the broker to do all the paperwork and they did it free of...

I also have a post brexit carte de sejour and registered my beneteau that i bought on french flag in france. I sent off a copy of my carte de sejour, proof of address (electricity bill) and that was it. I think it was even free to do. No problem at all and no difference from a french national...

I think thats the point. Does it do the same job as a certified branded tested lifejacket.

But certifications and standards mean they perform as marketed. We all know the “5KW” clone heaters actually put out about 3.7kW. They may have very thin aluminium castings that can fail and gas you in your sleep. A non certified lifejacket may well have no ability to hold air because it was...

Yes of course they were already giving trouble. We find most people with a perfectly working heater leave it alone and just use it. 😂

Be very wary using chinese standard exhaust silencers in boats. They are not gastight and caused the deaths of two people on the boat destiny as reported in the MAIB bulletin. They absolutely should never be used on a boat. Destiny actually had a webasto exhaust fitted but they are one of the...

From the ones we have ripped out and replaced the common issue is that they fail when you most want them working. If you’re happy to be fixing heaters when on your boat relaxing thats fine. Personally i like to open the app, press the green button and have it fire up and know it will run...

I actually test them in my home workshop on heating oil and they work perfectly. I have noticed no difference from kerosene to diesel. In theory its burns a little cooler but not that I have noticed.

Yes they run fine also.

Autoterm have not been convicted of price fixing either and I you get what you pay for In heaters as well. The cost of warranties, customer support, training dealerships, attending shows, running websites with technical info and the high cost of all the certifications required to make a decent...

On the other hand would you use lifejackets that were a 1/4 of the price of a fully certified branded lifejacket just because it was cheap?