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

TonyR123 said:
not surprised by France at all - surely political once again. The "indian variant" will already be in France.
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Not at all.

There are very few cases of the Indian variant in France.
Also, the vaccines are reputed to be considerably less effective vs the Indian variant and not enough people are vaccinated yet anyway.
 
westernman said:
There are very few cases of the Indian variant in France.
Also, the vaccines are reputed to be considerably less effective vs the Indian variant and not enough people are vaccinated yet anyway.
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Well either the Brits or the French are telling porkies then because the Brits say the vaccines are equally effective against the Indian variant providing two doses are taken. I suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle as usual but the French seem to be using this line to justify quarantining even vaccinated Brits
 
westernman said:
Not at all.

There are very few cases of the Indian variant in France.
Also, the vaccines are reputed to be considerably less effective vs the Indian variant and not enough people are vaccinated yet anyway.
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or more likely they don’t know how many cases they have. More to the point it is already there so will spread and become dominant like it will in the U.K. regardless if the U.K. are restricted or not.
 
Forty_Two said:
Looking at the numbers on Worldometer, they might be doing us a favour at the moment
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Yup.

There have been 24 "episodes" (of at least one case) of the Indian variants found in France, as of May 11.

France has to date detected 24 small groupings of the three sub-strains of the Indian variant of SARS‑CoV‑2. Health authority Santé Publique France (SPF) has stated that it is monitoring the situation closely
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French News and Views in English | The Connexion

......and that was two weeks ago !
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Our port was blockaded, probably searching for Brits. I thought I successfully ran it but after a slow speed chase I was boarded!



Anyhow managed to leave France and am now at Porquerolles. The Admiral and the Admiral’s dog are off to the capitainerie to see if we can stay the week.
 
Hooligan said:
Can you quarantine on the boat? Moving shouldn’t be an issue.
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Hopefully yes. Apparently there will be a form to complete to justify the reason to visit. I think that will be the key part, will tourism be allowed.

Tricky to get a pcr test valid 36hrs pre departure. If this is a requirement then i reckon go the 72hr pcr with the same day anti-gen within 24hrs.

Edit- i was on the boat last year during the lockdown & no problems
 
French berth holders could get there boats delivered to Genoa or near .Its a good airport .
While in La Nap one 1/2 T we flew U.K. to Turin picked up a car .So plenty of N Italian airports other than Genoa .

I move our boat away from France partly second guessing Fr arsey ness is some thing ( Brexit then ) was going to happen .
Italians in my experience are and always have been more reasonable and pragmatic with no edge or axe to grind with Brits .
 
Portofino said:
French berth holders could get there boats delivered to Genoa or near .Its a good airport .
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Actually thats a great idea. You might just have salvaged our June trip. Anyone know what the current entry requirements into Italy are?
 
Deleted User said:
Actually thats a great idea. You might just have salvaged our June trip. Anyone know what the current entry requirements into Italy are?
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Mike, entry to Italy is easy at present. I have just been there and back. You need a lateral flow Antigen test within 48 hours of travelling there - can not be the NHS kit, and then there is the entry form you can download on the gov.Uk website, search under Travel to Italy and within one of what comes up is a simple link. All very easy. And they will be ecstatic to see you unlike those ungrateful garlic eaters! There is actually a question as to reason for travel and I put second home. The immigration guy actually read it and asked me where to which i said a marina and it was a floating home which made him smile.
 
Hooligan said:
Mike, entry to Italy is easy at present. I have just been there and back. You need a lateral flow Antigen test within 48 hours of travelling there - can not be the NHS kit, and then there is the entry form you can download on the gov.Uk website, search under Travel to Italy and within one of what comes up is a simple link. All very easy. And they will be ecstatic to see you unlike those ungrateful garlic eaters! There is actually a question as to reason for travel and I put second home. The immigration guy actually read it and asked me where to which i said a marina and it was a floating home which made him smile.
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Thanks. Now the problem is changing our flights from Nice. BA dont seem to be flying to Turin or Genoa currently. Anyone know who is currently flying into those airports (and dont say Ryanair!)?
 
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