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37 days and 4,111 miles single-handed from Fort Lauderdale to Les Sables d’Olonne. Loved every minute of it!

Yes, I got one last week and it fits my iPad 3 perfectly. Very pleased with it so far although I haven't yet tested their claim that it floats! It has a fitting on the back for an optional mounting bracket but so far I haven't felt a need for that. The chunky rubbery case feels very solid and...

Pantaenius do it, although they're not the cheapest.

I'd agree about the noise, I bought a Suzuki DF4 last year and I reckon it's quieter than the Honda BF2 I had before. Nice little motor and they were doing a spring fitting-out deal at the time for £500 at participating dealers. When I bought the Suzuki the dealer popped the top off and showed...

Re: Photos of our boat And here's Odyssey in Lulworth Cove last summer...

Good point about the taxes, my broker used a lawyer to go through the boat's history to check it was all OK. Definitely worth doing. I guess I was lucky with the VAT but HMRC never mentioned any other way of assessing it. They just asked what the boat was worth so I said probably the same as I...

It's pretty simple really, I did the same thing with a Gulfstar 50 ketch 18 months ago. You need to de-register with the US authorities and re-register with the UK before you leave (which you can do from over there), then pay the VAT when you get back. In my case they calculated the VAT on the...

[ QUOTE ] Interested in your experience and some questions come to mind [/ QUOTE ] It's very hard to say how much I've saved as I haven't had the boat valued over here yet, but I would think it's more than enough to have paid for the 9 months I took off work to do it. However the main point...

I bought one in Florida this spring and it was a fairly straightforward process. You need to get out of the USA pretty quickly if you want to avoid local sales tax (6% in Florida), and you'll almost certainly need to get it deregistered there and reregistered in the UK before you leave for...

Agree with the posters above about having your chain feed directly from the windlass into your chain pipe, otherwise it'll soon get jammed or piled up on the deck. Could you relocate the pipe to be behind the windlass? I did that on my last boat and it worked a treat. Regarding autopilots, I...