Recent content by rolfbudd

It never stops, life will always have a reason for you not to go. We both have elderly mothers who miss us, mine recently left an abusive marriage after 30 years at the age of 77, she now visits us as often as she can. But as she said 'only you can live your life, so go and do it'. As for the...

We moved aboard our Moody 425 nearly 2 years ago, our first winter was in Spain, doing a job list that was way to long, we then cruised for 7 months, before getting lifted for 4 months in Greece to do another job list that was still to long and visit friends and family. We rented our house and...

Feed back backs up the research, as for application, we are on Aegina, Greece at the mo so temps are still in the 20's and quite dry. We have ordered and should be back getting everything ready sometime in the next 2 weeks :-) thanks for your help guys.

Has anyone got any view on Copper Coat antifoul? Also how many rollers etc did you go through. Would like to do it our selves to try and save some cash so this will be our first time and so not sure on how much stuff we need.

We anchored of Alikes to suprise friends and it was very nice till the wind picked up so we couldn't get our friends back to shore, so we ran round the corner to Zykinthos town.

I think we might have go and give them a look, they are considerably header than any on near Aegina and we were looking to go to the Sporades in the spring so this place makes sense. But I am still very much a novice at this boat g lark and will need to get some help with stuff, so will need...

Anyone else used this yard? A bit unsure of the lift out, looks a bit.........

Sitting on Lefkas quay eating our tea drinking Mythos, the cash machine opposite has had a steady stream of people taking money out for the last 2 days which no one would bat an eye to in the UK but hey. ... tried to buy some solar panels and credit cards were not going to be accepted til next...

Hi Melody, PM sent I think! Not sure if it went through ok, wifi here a bit hit and miss :-)

That's great we have been thinking about the Ionion as we have chartered here many times in the past but this is our first year here in our own boat. We are picking up family in Athens in Aug and were wondering if there was nowhere in the area that would meet our requirements :-)

Hi all we are new to this live aboard lark, we finally cast off our lines and are living the dream :-) well nearly. Elderly parents are forcing a trip home for September October and maybe even a it longer. So we need to find somewhere safe for our little home. We do need a lift out, so we...

Has any got a service manual for a Mariner 4hp 2 stroke outboard they could share? I don't know the first thing about outboards and ours overheats after about 5-10 minutes, the top of the leg gets very, very hot, it steams a lot and then conks out. Any help gratefully received :-)

Has anyone actually paid the tax yet? We were considering Greece this year and if this is not sorted out....... Just need to know the facts of the actual implementation, I totally disagree with the tax. I have chartered in and around Greece for over 10 years and have always loved it, the...

Go for it, my aging mother really didn't want me to go but knew I would be forever wondering "what if" so sent me with her blessing. Regret the things you have done not the things you haven't. As it turns out I managed to teach my mum Skype and we talk more now than we did when I was in the...

Thanks akyaka, what happens after the 12 RP runs out? how long do you have to leave for? We are hoping to do 2-3 years in the Med and if we like the life style then we plan to travel further afield with a dream to circumnavigate one day, but we are under no illusions and small steps is what we...