Recent content by rallyveteran

He's keeping 10 for when he has saved up enough to winter at Lagos.

A 50 page report into eborders by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has been published today: http://icinspector.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/An-Inspection-of-eborders.pdf It is generally fairly withering, pointing out that many of the objectives of...

Not so. All that is now happening is that the pension you have yet to accrue won't be paid in full until age 65. You can still stop work as a paramedic whenever you want, and retire whenever you want to stop all paid work. Plenty of other jobs get harder as you get older, and people have to...

My tip is to use the search facility, although you'll need to be more careful with your spelling (!) as there are heaps of posts onthe subject.

Pension funds can be in deficit because: 1 the funds fall short of what was expected 2 too little money has been contributed 3 the liabilities have increase in value I think you are talking about holding the trustees to account for 1 - but in only a tiny minority of cases would they be at...

... and compensate them for any financial loss? Apologies come cheap.

It is S/Y Dwinger http://sailingyachtdwinger.com/index.html

This loss has been widely discussed on US forums. Those who start with the choices at the time the crew contacted the CG are missing the point, which is: Why on earth did they go outside Cape Hatteras, when the route inside, via the ICW, is 70 miles shorter? The Island Packet SP Cruiser is...

He's asking for somewhere warm. I'd agree that Greece is warmer than the Clyde, but that may not be enough to make it the 'ideal' place you claim. Warmer places would include Tunisia (especially the south), the south of Spain, Canaries (as others have mentioned) or even the Egyptian coast in...

The final word from the RYA in an email to me: Our understanding of the policy decision, outlined in the correspondence we received from the Director General of the Autoridade Marítima, is it is intended to offer a concession to UK flagged vessels that are short term visitors in Portuguese...

I've had essentially the same answer. The exact wording the Director General of the Autoridade Maritima sent was, " The result was the clarification that Portuguese rules should apply only for stays longer than a total of 180 days in a 365 day period, which is the criteria for non nationals to...

If the stoppages had anything to do with safety, you would expect to find them all round the Portuguese coast, especially in Madeira and the Azores where the risk of an expensive Portuguese rescue would be that much greater. However the checks all seem to have taken place within a mile of the...

I haven't seen any indication that they are being nice about the equipment to be carried. The Portuguese are still requiring included British vessels to be equipped to Ocean standard (e.g. 6 parachute flares, hydrostatic liferaft release, HF receiver etc.) even if they never go further than a...

The link is correct, but it must be in the members-only section of the RYA website. [removed - copyright infringement]

On 21 February, the RYA updated their guidance to those cruising in Portugal. http://www.rya.org.uk/infoadvice/boatingabroad/countries/Pages/portugal.aspx I'm sure they think this is helpful, but I don't understand the 180 day limit to which they refer, and they have allowed the Portuguese...