Recent content by paulrack

I have attached the document to this post. The boat is EU Vat paid and I have sent them that proof. Will post once I get feedback. I suspect it is one of those things where you fill out the forms and send them off and never hear another thing. Am curious if anyone else has been contacted by...

Has anyone who has their UK flagged boats moored in Italy received this request below? we would like to inform you that starting from 1/1/2021 boats having the UK flag, are considered Extra-EU flags. This means that in order to navigate and be stationed on Italian territory, it is necessary...

Looks awesome, those Verado's are amazing engines.

Thanks so much, that is comforting. The boat is plugged into mains power for about a day a month to top up the batteries. I have recently replaced the house batteries and will look at replacing the engine start batteries and thruster batteries just before I finally get to launch. Good point on...

I own a 2015 Prestige 500 fly which I had aimed to use for a few months a year in Europe. I purchased the boat in 2018 and in 2019 we went up the French Coast for a family holiday in June/July. In late august 2019 I went over and delivered it 3000km to a marina in the Northern Adriatic in Italy...

Thanks, yes I did see the MCY yard a few 100m away from Marina Lepanto. Unfortunately when we arrived the weather was bad and we were pushed for time so I did not get a chance to check them out. There were some stunning boats that had been launched and were at their dock. I will hopefully do...

I am in Marina Lepanto

What are people's views of how long you can store a boat without any issues. I have a Prestige 500 Fly I took from France to Monfalcone in Italy in September last year. My plan was to spend 4 months on her from June to October this year. As I am from South Africa and the borders are closed for...

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I have a tacktick system that gives a readout from the Garmin GPS and interfaces the GPS and wind instruments to my ST4000 autopilot. I got the wiring diagrams from the Tacktick online help by sending them an email, very helpful.

I used mine recently in a coastal race and had it on in the cockpit for about 9 hours and the battery was still far from flat. I guess it depends on the settings you are using. I had it on a low backlight and would punch a key when I needed to see it for a period