Recent content by scarlett

I bought a new Italian chain in Preveza and sold the old one to Second-hand Jeff in Vleiho [sic]. Cost a bit but not too much, net and I am a lot happy-er parting with the C links.

Thirty years ago, before the days of variable speed drills etc. you could buy a gadget [Variable Speed Controller] to control mains drills for about fiver. I did and have used it with a jig saw to cut acrylic and other sheet plastic, without a problem. A very useful gadget if you can find...

If you are just passing through, I too would suggest Port Napoleon. If you just want to leave a boat somewhere Navy Service round the corner is half the price and the facilities are poor but the boat won't mind. There is the possibility that leaving a boat in northern France might invite...

Why do Certificates of Competence expire except to aid cash flow? Surely if I am competent after the test I am still competent at the end of the five years, especially when I don't need to have another test to prove I haven't lost marbles. I reckon I should even be a bit better after a few...

The current actual and historical can be found on the CNR web site. [The Company National of the Rhone translated by me] When you get there click on the Union Jack if not in English Then go to navigation. A bit of trial and error will get you around the site. I will PM you otherwise.

The log is on the boat so this is all from memory. St Etienne We found it a nice little village with room for three small boats on the pontoon I guess but only us at the time. There is a vineyard nearby that sold us some very good red wine but I am not a good judge as I can drink 90% of the...

Last summer I asked for advice about the current on the Rhone that summer. I was aware of the web site but wanted actual experiences at that time. We planned to go up with an 18 hp Etap 32i. People interested in the Rhone may like to hear of my experience. We flew into Marselles on the 26th...

I think he chooses that route because it is simple. The train from Martigues stops at St Charles and a bus goes from from the backside of the station every 15 minutes at peak times. From early to late. Quick, cheap and reliable.

"Is Navy Service secure?" Yes and no. I have never been broken into anywhere abroad but others have. I would guess everywhere. The worst case I have heard of was just an engine water pump, that is hard to get hold of, taken, from a boat stored in Preveza. It could only have been another...

I am in Navy Service Pt St Louis. The people are good but the facilities basic. A low price.

Thanks Steve. I am sure you are right but in the months since it was nicked nothing has been heard or seen. I suspect the oick that took it received no praise for his find. I think he thought he'd got a Chopper. I suspect it has been scrapped for the aluminium. Every time I ride my...

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the information on here. In case I haven't told you, I am in the last stages of adding a storey, two bedrooms and an en suite, to my house and my wife will not allow me to dream of leaving before the plaster work is done. We have spent four weeks of...

Dear Jim Seven years ago, before my wife was my wife she got a sixty day visa from the Beijing embassy. After we married we applied at the London embassy and several times they insisted EU rules do not permit anything but a 30 day max visa valid for three months. The rub is that you can get...

I sailed with someone on a non EU passport. She was only allowed a 30 days visa in London. " EU Rules" But we got this verbally extended another month by the police in Preveza. Come our departure in Athens on a Sunday morning she was fined nearly a thousand Euros. No ifs or buts. The...

We'd like to propel our low powered yacht up the Rhone from Pt St Louis soon and wondered if any body is out there at the moment and can see the present conditions. I know about the CNR web site but am interested in actual experiences this year. In my experience it depends on the rainfall...