Recent content by ylop

Have you found this already? Cruising Poland's lake district - Practical Boat Owner Article from PBO (was in the print version) fairly recently. I haven’t refreshed my memory but I seem to remember thinking if I wasn’t an owner it would have been tempting.

All clubs are obviously different (afternoon tea is not a concept I've encountered in a sailing club!), but I think the last part of your description is what I was thinking of. Newbies here are often encouraged to go and join their local club and offer their services crewing rather than jumping...

Is this not what sailing clubs are for? The school I did my Day Skipper with also has a group for them to post last minute cancellations etc in and I’ve seen a couple of people use it for crew finding (not officially supposed to use the group for that but it seems to be tolerated for...

Google will find the usual suspects. Few hold stock so depending how urgent you may need to call to see what lead time is likely to be. I thought I was not going to be able to hire one for the yard this year and so had a search late summer - lead times varied as did cost probably; in the end I...

The point I was hoping to make was they may not even be regulations just the local official’s interpretation/expectation but that may lead to other headaches, extra thorough checks, having to wait longer etc. And I think you are probably right tolerance for not knowing the exact local custom...

Most of flag etiquette is entirely unlegislated in many counties. It is etiquette not law. It is a courtesy not a regulation. Dress codes, playing music, peeing off the side of the boat, making big waves through moorings, how/where you tie your dinghy, rafting alongside people, etc… usually...

I think it would depend on the body shop. A business with several employees, decent facilities and primarily doing insurance work - yes you would at least for technically straightforward stuff like replacing panels and painting. The one man band working in a ropey wee shed up some back alley...

if they don’t like a location for 12 months of the year they tell you when you add that location.

In brief because they don’t know exactly what they are going to find and need to get all the specialist resources and equipment there in case it is needed - the HART guys will have dry suits, life jackets etc but that’s no use at all road accident. Single crewed vehicles not uncommon if you...

Is there? I genuinely have no idea which “class” likes/dislikes cruises? Of the people I know who enjoy cruises there are retired professional classes (eg. former anaesthetist) and those who left school with no qualifications and would often be described working class (but with a comfortable...

May not bode well if you are trying to enforce the contract you think you have! It is essential to win that argument that you know if your dispute lies with Zurich or X Ltd. Well just grabbing an example T&Cs page from the website of a large UK based company who describes themselves in those...

Initial response was "[our engineer] isn't in till Monday so leave it with us". But after some discussion, they accepted that it was dead and the engineer was not going to have a magic solution for dead so they could save me a return trip by just giving me a new one. They haven't called me...

I think many of us missed this opening line - perhaps because the title suggested there was immediate doubt rather than "will I be insured". I now understand better why you seemed rather cavalier about your pride and joy bobbing about potentially without cover. I think you have a fascinating...

40ft boats are expensive to store / maintain! Is the mast up/down, do you (or your insurers) need it down. I assume you need someone with a hoist to get it out the water? And some sort of cradle / shores etc? You might try inchinnan cruising club or upper forth boat club as both so lift...

How wide is your winch tape? That SVB roller is 50mm, but it’s U shaped roller so probably only good for 25mm tape.