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I don't know where you find someone who surveys a 43 foot sail boat properly in half a day. To do it to a reasonable standard I would expect to start at 9 and finish around 6/7pm (or continue the next day). I cannot think of a surveyor that I rate who would do less. We would not be doing our...

You can find me as ukyachtsurveyor Now following thamesmobo! Searching without the # or @ found it quickly.

That is exactly what I was trying to describe, but you put it in a much clearer way! Our lanyard though is about 1.5/2mm diameter. The washboard is perspex, so there is not much weight to hold down.

We have a small hole drilled through the lower washboard, through which the lanyard is passed and a knot has been tied either side to stop it pulling through. Attaches to a cockpit hard point adjacent to the washboard. Does what you are intending, easy to do, and nothing to damage to the other...

Have a chat with Fireguard Services in New Milton. They should be able to advise for you and get you the kit. We use them for our extingusihers on our charter yacht and have been very happy with their service and knowledge. No links - just a happy customer.

+1 on Martin Evans - Runs the training programme for the YDSA and is on the committee. Very knowledgeable.

There is a layout diagram on page 37 of this document from Whale.

Take them to a car workshop or a marine engineer such as the boys at Bray (if your boat is at the location in your profile). They can put them on a battery tester and see if they are OK or dead. The better testers don't need the battery fully charged.

Makes sense to me if the VAT rate in Germany is lower (19% in an earlier post). It sounds to me like a simple dodge to pay lower VAT rates and have a VAT paid boat! 6% off a new boat price due to lower VAT rates is fairly substantial (£12,000 on a £200,000 boat).

Thanks for posting this. I was not clear where you found it, but it was interesting to read. The YDSA did raise this with financiers and insurers earlier this year as a topic presented by the article's author at our Annual City Conference. This was not done with a public fanfare, (which many...

+1 Definitely knows his stuff.

Replace, Ask when you go into the chandler if they will take these ones of your hands. If they say no walk out and find one that will. It is much easier than the hassle of going to the coastguard to get rid of them.

Gas is a bit of a critical one on a boat as the consequences of it going wrong can be high. The standard applicable for gas on small craft is ISO 10239 (Small Craft liquefied Petroleum Gas System. From your description your system does not appear to come anywhere near the standard, and as a...

Vitesse Marine are a Vetus supplier in Fareham. They are just of the dual carriage way from Fareham to the M27. http://www.vitessemarine.co.uk/ No connection but they have always been helpful to me and have always had the stock I was looking for. Cheers Martin

Try Aidan Tuckett or Derek Levy from Brighton or Rob Bingham from Rye. Derek : www.spheredawn.com Aidan : www.brightonmarinesurveys.co.uk Rob : www.robertbinghamyachtsurveys.com All three are YDSA members and are relatively local and highly thought after in the surveyors community. Cheers...