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I shall check out the black bream when I go to Greenslades this morning to get my Christmas lobsters. I sometimes have locally caught...

Another "odd ball" boat in the sense that very few were sold in the UK so unlikely to get much direct experience. Only about 40 were...

Both of my Bavarias bought new were essentially snag free. The first in 2001 needed 2 replacement hatches which leaked and the second in...

Well they do - for the same reasons the small number or people who bought them new were prepared to pay nearly twice as much for one...

Yes, Loads of boats are better than a Twister. If it was the best boat then everybody would have one and nothing else would ever have...

When new, they only appealed to a small number of people and sold at a high price. Up to the late 70s they were the norm but as soon as...

Another thread on the same subject forums.ybw.com/threads/mystery-30-cornish-crabber-boat.614795/ You summed it up well - it did not...

For coastal cruising neither are really necessary so it depends on whether you think you will end up in the water or if still in the...

It was a design that never really "took off". The intention was to build a one design fleet in the Solent but the boat turned out more...

Bit thin on the ground in Yorkshire, but here is one possibility boatcoversyorkshire.co.uk The two I suggested in post#4 are also worth...

You will get relevant responses here about living aboard. Yes, you can run everything from shorepower if you have a decent mains...

What you are describing is similar to the Martec systems martec.se/en/fresh-water-cooling/martec/ That were popular before HE cooled...

Always a compromise. Those boats were deigned before full cockpit enclosures were common. Equally not common to have such things up when...

Presumably it was in the UK under your ownership before you took it to the Med. That is the only way you can get it back into the UK...

Is it EU VAT paid? with good paper trail. If it is then sell where it is as time/cost of bringing it back to UK light result in lower...