Recent content by SJP

Re: Quick Question Sorry if this has been asked before, but what if a vessel was built before 1974 and therefore VAT, and is purchased from another EC country & brought back to the Uk? {Therfore No VAT could have been charged on its purchase/sale originally} If you now buy it from an un-VAT...

Re: Part II - useful background Is therefore it true to say that the two yacht reviewed in this months YM were in fact rated under different systems - or at least against different ISO stability standards? ie the Legend under CE & STIX and the C-yacht under RCD ? I got the distinct...

feet of clay Ken, Obviously today is far too windy for Bavaria owners like me to leave the marina, but I'm most surprised that a Twister owner like yourself is reduced to counting adverts in YM. Is my hero worship misplaced? Steve

Has there ever been a YM article covering the CE certification process or are there any plans for one in the near future? Steve

I'm afraid I'm not an expert on underwater hull forms - even if I have given that impression! Any modernish yacht design will eventually broach when the turning moment from the asymmetry of the immersed hull overcomes the rudder. I think you are actually asking two questions - should the yacht...

If the boat self tacks then the probable cause is that the helmsman has stalled the rudder. On a low geared wheel steered yacht this is much more likely than on a tiller steered yacht as there is little feedback as to the amount of rudder currently being applied. As the boat gets gradually...