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I was afflicted with serious and fortunately temporary inflammatory arthritis which seriously diminished my winching power. On our Bavaria 44 I kitted us out with a cordless Makita 36V angle-drive drill ( DDA 460ZK) and a winch adaptor bit. This would power a normal weight human up the mast...

Thanks for the suggestion Sticky Fingers, Sadly I am too old for all this X nonsense. But if this post saves one casualty resulting from this defective Honda Product then it will have been worthwhile. A cruising friend who recognised my post called me to suggest that I publish a photograph of...

I am encouraged by the number of views of this post. Honda are you reading this? Hundreds are!

That it was outside of the Warranty when they eventually replied that is. The PVC has not really degraded but the glue line has just allowed it to part. I dread to think what might happen on a dark and windy night to a foursome rowing back to their boat?

I bought a Honda Honwave T30 New. Fours years later it started to come apart. First of all the Patches, loudly branding it " HONWAVE", started to become sticky and mark the hull of our sailboat with red from the branding. I noticed that these patches were also starting to peel and proved...

I have pressed MCA for a paper laminated copy of the registration document and they have agreed to send me one now!

I renewed my UK Part One Registration recently only to get a digital certificate by email with a QR code attached. My concern is that when asked to provide evidence of registration the Greek Port Police or Harbour Authorities will smoke a few fags and then ask for "the real thing". Has anyone...

I would like to have a larger screen connected to a Raymarine RL70C Plus. Anyone ever done this successfully? Apologies if this has already been covered before

I just bought a Makita 36V cordless right angle drill with the following spec. Max Torque 136 Nm Model No DDA460ZK It has a brushless motor and would appear to have sufficient torque to undertake most winching tasks. It takes commonly available 18V Li-ion batteries and I hope to test...

Thanks guys. Will shop around

Can anyone recommend a good value insurer for my Greece based Bavaria 44 yacht. My insurer wants more cash despite non-use for 24 months. Sorry if this has been done to death as I cannot find any recent info. Thanks.

Yacht was fully VAT paid when purchased in UK. Moored in Greece on 31st Dec 2020

Apologies in advance if this is covered elsewhere! I am considering re-flagging to a Polish Registration from a UK Part 1 Registry. I have both UK and Irish Passport and I wish to go un-hassled by Greek Authorities over VAT or anything else for that matter Boat, which is fully UK VAT paid is...

Water was available from one outlet furthest south and furthest away from the old Marina office. All the rest were padlocked. Taking water from here may land one in exactly the same predicament as the unfortunates charged with stealing electricity, and I would suggest seeking clear authority to...

Last week we witnessed the stress and humiliation of two British yacht owners. They were charged with "stealing" electricity after a complaint was made to the Port Police by and "anonymous" party who took photographs and registered a complaint agains these two yachts who had simply moored...