Recent content by rodbin

Help! I am a powerboater in a strange world! A very dear 84 year old friend who is based in Mallorca has a small sailing boat. In 91 he fitted a Seareef genova reefing It has broken and he has asked me to see if I can get the parts. It would seem the company no longer exists. The ref. no on the...

I am just about to have Chartplotter installed on my boat a Raytheon 530 plus. I have had GPS on my last boat I connected my laptop to GPS via Logbook software. Which worked fine but found it a bit inpractical trying to get the Laptop out whilst pounding about looking for the correct bay. So...

Why not go for a hydraullic paserelle. Always there, easy to get out of the way and act as a dinghy lift. I was initially put off by price arround £6k but I bought mine in Italy arround £3k plus fitting. On my last boat i had a telescopic but it kept telescoping and was not very safe although it...

Re: Which Boat\'s Best? Hi Have had 6 different boats in Med, fly bridge and open cockpit. Definitely prefer the latter. Fly bridge isolated me from the lady wife and took too long to help out with aborted moorings. Also we found we could not keep people out of the lounge with wet cosies etc...

Anyone try and get cheap flights today from BMI. I was up at six got connected and got free flights to Barcelona listed as available then could not get through to next stage. Eventually was timed out tried about 20 times over two hours before 0800 no chance.When tried agian all sold out...

Try Pro-Stick it is a strong adhesive silicon that can be used even in damp. We use it for sticking trailers together stronger than bolts and used to make chassis on cars For more details contact rodbin rodneyb1647

Why not go for trendy hydraulic paserelle seems the answer does two things at once and much easier than davits etc. I had a quote of over £7k for one but getting it direct from italy for around £3k rodneyb1647

Don't count the costs don't look for pitfalls don't worry about depreciation. Just buy one. Bought my first with a loan from the bank when we did not have carpet on the stairsa t home. There is no sense in buying a boat. Just loads of fun. But put it in the Med, there, boaters are boaters if...

Just purchased a Princess V42 and trying to get a rib to fit using paserelle to lift interested to hear from V42/V40 owners with ribs fitted.

Re: what\'s your boat worth? I am in the dreaded two boat synedrome (wish this had spell cheque!) I have my new boat and trying to sell my old one First indicated value by the professionals 115k now down to 99k and considering offers. I used to wonder at the apathy of boat salesmen now I...