Med boaters - will you get to your boat this year?

I know nothing about Mallorca but around here the main risk is in port...from casual trespassing, for example people sitting on your boat to watch a fireworks display...to youths partying on your boat or looking for a convient place for a shag...all the way to organized thievery
 
Leaving the boat over lunch is just a matter of common sense.
If this is your first season in Mallorca, you may progress to sleeping out on anchor.
The big thing to watch in the islands is the boat swinging round.
Because it IS and island, you tend to get the wind swinging 180 degrees during the night and wake up looking completely the other way.
All the other boats in an anchorage will also swing but you do need to take the swing into consideration.

The swing shouldn't happen at lunch time though so just do it.
 
Ok...I have got the wrong end of the stick...I thought he was talking about crime...but if he’s talking about the boat drifting, that’s different and to be honest I don’t leave a boat in conditions that would make the trip in the dingy feel risky
 
We’ve experience plenty of swinging around, completely freaked me out the first couple of times. I thought our anchor must be dragging! Sort of got used to it now, but it can be confusing sometimes as some of the bigger boats don’t swing, presumably they have some sort of positioning device that holds their position?
 
Greenhorn said:
We’ve experience plenty of swinging around, completely freaked me out the first couple of times. I thought our anchor must be dragging! Sort of got used to it now, but it can be confusing sometimes as some of the bigger boats don’t swing, presumably they have some sort of positioning device that holds their position?
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All boats move at different times but eventually lie in the same direction....you need to find an anchor that you trust...some of them claim that if the boat swings they dig in deeper
 
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Greenhorn said:
What’s the general consensus on leaving the boat unattended whilst going for lunch?
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Check with your underwriter first that you are covered and if so any stipulations?
I said underwriters not broker .The answers will vary , but the buck stops at the payer outer .

Craft insure policy imho ( and others ) has the best wording .Many are silent .
 
I was also told (and do) leave the keys in the ignition, so that if the boat did start to drift unexpectedly for whatever reason, somebody nearby might have a chance of getting on board and stopping it… Of course the same applies from an insurance perspective
 
Greenhorn said:
We’ve experience plenty of swinging around, completely freaked me out the first couple of times. I thought our anchor must be dragging! Sort of got used to it now, but it can be confusing sometimes as some of the bigger boats don’t swing, presumably they have some sort of positioning device that holds their position?
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They won’t have position hold. Some ( very rare) will have a kedge anchor but this just causes grief as they dont swing like everyone else.

All motorboats will swing roughly the same ish but those with big sides ( flybridge ) will react quicker. . The sailing boats don’t swing much or are very slow flip round to due to the large keel.

high sided calas have local winds that can vary all over the cala with boats all in different directions.
 
julians said:
What is that a photo of?
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A place in between the twin oil filters assembly (on the right) and the timing box (on the left).
Below is the right way to look at it, but you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell to understand the position, unless you're familiar with this engine.
Which, while I'm far from pretending to be as knowledgeable as a MAN engineer, I can say to be to some extent, because that's what powers also my boat.

In fact, Chris, I'm wondering if you are positive about the leak coming from the filters assembly: did you ask a MAN guy an appraisal?
Based just on your pic, it rather looks like the oil came from the joint between the engine block and the timing box.
Which is right in between the block and the gearbox, and BTW is known to be a possible leaking point.
I'm not wishing you this of course, but if that would be the case, I'm afraid it is indeed an engine out job - even if just for replacing a silly and cheap (well, relatively, as always!) seal... :oops:
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MapisM said:
A place in between the twin oil filters assembly (on the right) and the timing box (on the left).
Below is the right way to look at it, but you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell to understand the position, unless you're familiar with this engine.
Which, while I'm far from pretending to be as knowledgeable as a MAN engineer, I can say to be to some extent, because that's what powers also my boat.

In fact, Chris, I'm wondering if you are positive about the leak coming from the filters assembly: did you ask a MAN guy an appraisal?
Based just on your pic, it rather looks like the oil came from the joint between the engine block and the timing box.
Which is right in between the block and the gearbox, and BTW is known to be a possible leaking point.
I'm not wishing you this of course, but if that would be the case, I'm afraid it is indeed an engine out job - even if just for replacing a silly and cheap (well, relatively, as always!) seal... :oops:
m8MrYQv3_o.jpeg
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It’s not the filters, it’s the block that the filters are bolted on to, I’ve had a very good MAN engineer with his head down there and seen the oil leaking, very common problem, the engineer said I should change them both, even if they are not leaking yet.
 
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