Recent content by rivonia

I have been away for a while. So my question is. What is going to happen to all UK registered boats after Dec? As I believe we will all be classed as Non-EU members

All dressed for the festivities

I used a hand-held metal paint scraper, the flexible one and attached it to a long broom handle. It really worked and after a couple of days the hull's are clean -Catamaran.

Ha Ha. Not true as CYPRUS has the most expensive cars in Europe. The only advantage is that they do not depreciate. Our car is worth the same now as it was five years ago.

Re: Anyone have any experiences of Almerimar Marina? The Marina is HUGE. Not expensive and lots of eateries. Good clean showers toilets. Lots of different nationalities. Great to over winter.

We use "Currency Fair". What ever the amount it is only a £3.00 charge. They are also fast. You have to register with them.

We took out residency in CYPRUS. We have now all the documents. We have registered under the CYPRUS Tax system. This means at presnt I pay zero tax. It means we can travel freely in all Europe and being a british passport holder also the UK. Not bad eh. So my advice would be to go for it.

Another nice thing about Lefkas is the that there is a great interaction with the Ex - Pat town folk. Often they have a table top sale in the marina and all mix in together. Great place for winter.

We had twin electric horns fitted (both same frequency) Used many many times. 5 blasts to get skiers out of the way in narrow fairways. Reversing, turning. We old fasioned sailors use the horn always at all times. We also crried a gas can type one as well (in case) Do fit one you will not regret it.

The colour denotes the supplier of the Gas.

The Gas bottles in Greece are either Orange, blue or Green. They are all LPG. The regulater should fit all.

We sailed in our 11 meter cat from Cape town across the Sth Atlantic to the Caribean an up through the bahamas then up the inta coastal water way before crossing to Azores and onto Gib where we sold her. When I eventualy retired...We (my wife and I) decided that another Cat was ideal so we got...

Yup that is what any long term live aboard should do. We did it.