Recent content by voyager35

No not at the moment

I am hopping to buy a yacht built in the late 1980s that has a Simpson Lawrence steering box/system (it all currently working well) I believe the company is long extinct but was hoping to find manuals/spares online, but google only seems to come up with windless listings . Can anyone point me in...

yes I dont think there is any way to avoid the taxes

Thats what I applied for, but when I got the passport back with the visa in it there was no terms and conditions for its use. I am currently trying to clarify what it covers. I am not worried by the 180 day tax implications as I will not be exceeding that but all my time in Portugal will be...

Thank you for your answer. What I am thinking of is having the boat owned by a Polish ltd company. That should I hope mean that I could bring it into the UK for upto 18 months. Have you ever heard of this been done?

I am currently starting to look for a new to me boat. There is more choice of the type of boat I am looking at in the EU, however I am very aware as a UK resident of the cost and complexity of bringing the boat back to the UK. I know that I could register the boat under a Polish flag and have...

I can stay for 365 days but unlike some visa that limit the number of visits I can travel freely The boat is in Terceira Azors

I have just been granted a 12 month temporary stay multi visit visa. I applied for an E6 visa showing independent financial means and accommodation on the boat with a marina contract. However when I attended my interview in Edinburgh there seemed to be some confusion about whether this was the...

Thank you for your input. I dont think that i will have a problem bringing it back to the UK either before or after the repairs as I dont think that the insurance co will be buying the boat from me but paying me a sum of money as a settlment. However as the boat is in the EU if I can get it...

I am a member of the CA but unfortunately RATS is currently not giving advise. It seems that they are looking into there liability when giving advise

I am in au unusual and undesirable position with a 1987 UK vat paid boat. Having lost the mast and sails this summer my boat is stuck in the EU. My insurers have declared the boat a total loss and are paying out its full insured value. They have offered to sell the salvage back to me for a small...

I am in the unfortunate position of needing a new 55 ft mast for my 30 year old cat ,so I am looking for recommendations for a UK company to quote/supply a new mast. It is difficult to know where to start with this , there are lots of different mast manufacturers, but no indication of which...

i have had the misfortune of losing my mast and sails mid Atlantic . The boat is now safely in the Azors where it will stay for the winter. It is a uk registered yacht Vat paid and built in 1987.I left the uk in May this year. Assuming i can get the boat repaired in the Azors, when i return to...

Thank you, yes each alternator is charging a lead acid start battery which are connected together by a Victron cirex switch that appears to open and connect the two start battery's together when one is above a certain voltage ie alternator charging I will test the alternator outputs and see...

When I run one engine it will charge both engine start batteries. I would therefor assume that the b2b chargers are pulling power from both