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That ONLY applies to products that meet the current standards which boats built prior to 2017may not. You have been shown over and over...

That is why a cockpit cover pays off. A typical pleasure boat is in use underway for somewhere between zero and maybe 10% of its life...

No, I am not saying that. I am saying that a fin keel is no barrier - witness the hundreds of people who do it each year with fin keeled...

Maybe, but that was 40 years ago and suited the times because drying or shallow moorings were all that was available. No twin keel boats...

Funny things cockpits, at least in relation to flooding. For 30 years I sailed my Eventide, sometimes in lively but not extreme...

That is correct but with one exception. The original EU rules on certification exempted pre 1998 boats built in the EU/EEA and any boat...

I have already done this more than once and you can find it by simply using google, but as I am feeling charitable in this new year here...

Suggest you fill and fair with an epoxy filler such as Watertite then prime and antifoul.

I can't see anything in the post you are replying to that says anything about anybody's financial position. All it is doing is...

RGR first. This has been in place since 1992 as a result of the EU VAT directive which the UK accepted in the Accession treaty. It...

You really need to understand that has nothing to do with the need to have imports certified. All it is doing is extending the...

Well, I did try harder at school (and university) and have studied law as well as being involved in the marine business since 1977 as a...

You really do have a vivid imagination - maybe too much alcoholic celebration for the New Year. Don't recall anybody claiming that...

The glow plugs warm automatically and I think you will find if they (rarely) need pre heat you cannot start the engine until they have...

Indeed. Based on what the OP says there seems to have been at least 2 events. The first the pontoon breaking free and hitting his boat...