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toilet leaking into he bilge would make it salty too

Seems odd salt water when it rains, could you have a leak below and one above the water line?

My experience of Italy - as a traveller there frequently and having owned a SSR registered boat (I am English living in U.K.) based in...

Because of traffic you can often now go same speed as donkey with porsche. Greece has a full range of prices especially in the Ionian it...

You are missing the point here. He wants to be able to bring an EU boat into the U.K. not Ireland. He could do this without paying VAT...

Good for him, living an interesting life in retirement. Quite a few people do it, who are British and post on this forum, so clearly it...

…how many ££££s for fuel from Bray to Malta?!

It's worth bearing in mind that Western Europe is only habitable because of the warmth brought to our shores by the North Atlantic...

Not all climate change is global warming.

Makes sense but I’d also suggest getting some transparent hose of the right diameter in areas where you think their might be chafe. They...

I would work out away to stop the wear. Has the fairlead got a sharp edge that's causing the problem ?

This. Perhaps if you can explain where the chafe happened you may be able to get more helpful suggestions. As noted on here, ropes...

When leaving a boat for more than a couple of days I always have a backup line (slightly slack) for every line. Even after a winter or...

No. Have you identified what the line was rubbing against to cause the chafe?