Recent content by Roaring Girl

Our experiences are much like others. We have had far more damage from wind and weather than thieves, eg a rope chafed when we were longer away from Toulon than expected, but we had paid a bit extra for guardiennage there so it was fixed, plus some chafe damage to our winter cover. So if we...

This was covered quite a lot in the NZ press, with this article after the rescue. They'd been fighting very big seas for several days and were not uninjured. I beleive they're not insured and they have my sympathy.

Wow - so impressive. Roaring Girl is in Malta but we are in New Zealand for a few months. And coming over to Sydney for a week staying afloat with friends over New Year. Are you likely to come that bit south for the fireworks?

We havered between a Jabsco and a Lavac and worked out we could replace a Jabsco every year for something like a decade before the costs were comparable - and of course we haven't replaced the Jabsco since we fitted it soon after buying the boat. Plus the parts are very easily available in the...

Yuck! Am not going to click on those disgusting eating links! We've not had roaches but a moth infestation was well cleared by one of those bombs. Scary to leave your boat with smoke in it, but it worked. We always leave boracic acid mixed with condensed milk in small puddles on the boat...

Our insurers wanted one after 7 years, and every other company we might move to wanted one too. We were in Rome and it was going to be mega expensive, including a haulout we would not otherwise need. Our plan was to head to Malta and haul out there the next winter so we spoke to GJW who...

Another vote for Siracusa but we did find that the water near the town could go a very unpleasant brown colour, and we limited our swimming accordingly!

Boat is in toasty Valetta. We're in windy Wellington where it might be frosty tonight but spring is definitely on the way! And next spring - just a few months - we'l be sailing away again.

Hi there Ziggy and pats and hugs all round. We did have a look but all involved came to the conclusion that prop is just that bit heavy. It's not that often but we do check it regular. When we bought RG she's been damaged there; despite a certified rebuild job we ended up doing a...

I would be astonished if you could do this in the water. We replace ours fairly often as the heavy (but lovely) Brunton's autoprop tends to wear it quite hard and cause a wobble if we don't renew it. For ours, ASAP is the cheapest place to buy the replacement. Once you have the shaft out...

I don't know about girlies, but as two women living aboard we've coped, including four years of running two businesses which required office clothing from aboard . And no, we didn't have land-based storage or a house. You both need to look hard at what you actually need when sailing, including...

We have the Honda 2.3 and are happy with that. A key consideration for us was an outboard either of us could lift without the other. Our dinghy sails and rows well and would never plane. We're not in a hurry.

Returning to the actual question We've cruised the Med for several years and have had no security problems. We have rescued empty boats dragging at anchor but (fortunately, so far) have not needed that particular help. We have been known to leave the boat open to make the most of cooling...

Just got back from a splendid few days (on someone else's boat) in the Tyrrenhian. Gusty and apparently unsettled in the Ligurian Gulf last week but great this week, especially once south of the Arno. Good breeze, great sun but not too hot and water warming up nicely. (Grr and now we're...

Hi - we lived aboard and worked in theUK for three years. You won't find a list of accepting marinas anywhere so there are other factors to narrow your search: (i) being clear which area you want (e.g. west coast Scotland vs east coast England vs south coast of Wales etc) so you can start...