Recent content by truscott

Eur3000 for 10 months ashore in Kilada on the Peloponnese. Boat is a Sun Odyssey 40. The Basimakopoulos yard in Kilada is a 2hr drive from Athens Airport and quiet a few options for one way rentals. Alternatively you can catch the ferry to Ermioni and take a 10 minute taxi. Excluding Poros which...

Depends where you start from, but in our case our boat had been based in Turkey when we moved aboard full time. We spent that first summer sailing in Turkey before moving over to Greece for 3 months and then returning to cruise more in Turkey before settling in for the winter there. We obtained...

Our club here has a well attended double handed series throughout the year. Many of the boats racing also race in the fully crewed series (as well as the Wednesday night pursuit race). We enjoy all the racing but are aware of how hard it is to recruit crew and that is on a smallish boat! We are...

Thanks for the contributions. Hopefully it all goes to helping future Google searcher's. Sadly even though we are both proud Antipodean's, we are unlikely to be sailing in Oz or NZ anytime soon. We have been looking to base ourselves in France which is why I asked the question from a...

Thanks. It's a great start (we have only done IRC events so far so wasn't thinking about ORC at all). 2022 calendar here; ORC - World Leader in Rating Technology Presumably they will publish a 2023 one soon. Will keep looking for IRC events also. PT

How does one find out which clubs around Europe have Doublehanded races? (I'm aware that this is primarily a UK based forum, but beg your indulgence). I can find info on one or two events like the Transmanche and Rolex Middle Sea Race on Google, and read comments that the scene is rapidly...

I'm using the Vodafone CU package at the moment. I've not managed to work out how to top up via the web, but happily topped up via the phone service, after buying credit at the AB checkout. You call the number and it walks you through the options, like press 1 for English etc... Currently the...

I'm currently WFH and my home just happens to be our boat. I agree with the comments that ergonomics are rubbish on the boat compared to the office I have in our current land base. I also agree with the comments about intermittent internet access, wifi and 4g, as well as the issues with heat...

If it is of any help, you can get a PCR test at the Private Lab in Kranidi, opposite the square where the taxi rank is. It was 120 Euro last September. No idea about current prices. PM if you would like his email.

I am not sure how the rules will be enforced for all the UK boats, who could be argued to have been VAT paid on Dec 31st, 2020, and thus didn't require anything special in Greece until the powers that be deemed it so, and I am sure Chris will have better info than I on that, but for a NON EU...

Greece mandates that non-EU residents, with Non VAT paid vessels, may only enjoy the use of the vessel for 6 months in every 12. It's well known in the Kiwi & Ozzie Med sailors circles and well documented on sites such as Noonsite etc.... I have firsthand experience of having the book thrown at...

I'm interested. Have sent you a PM. Cheers PT

If the primary base of the vessel is actually in Turkey, you can contact sentopsigorta.com. I used them for several years when our boat was based in Turkey. Never claimed though! PT

I have been enjoying this and many of the other BREXIT oriented threads. In answer to the quoted post, your UK registered, VAT paid, vessel will retain it's EU VAT paid status if it is in the EU on the 31st December 2020. You will have to surrender your Dekpa and obtain a 'Permanent' Transit...

This link popped up on one of the F pages I follow; Health protocols draft for COVID-19 for yachting released from Greek Ministry of Tourism Not sure that anyone will want to just click on it, But I post it for those who are brave. In short, it says; " A draft regarding the health protocols...