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

[Portofino]

Just arrived on boat in Antibes a couple of hours ago. Absolutely no problem at either Heathrow or Nice. Seems like taking tests, printing test results, printing vaccine confirmations and filling out stupid French forms was a total waste coz nobody looked at them at either end. Uploaded everything to Verifly as recommended by BA. Total waste too coz nobody seems to know what Verifly is. Very few people on their boats here and very few tourists. Just starting 2nd bottle of wine so all well with my world?

Great for you and also just shows where the swing o meter is gonna point in the Fr Brit tourist vs variant AND the economy equation .Antibes ( for those that don't know ) is very Brited out - red ensign city .

Here in Italy it’s been rammed with indigenous ,but was last year as none indigenous make up a tiny % .
A lot come down for the W/E from Turin / Milan .Park there boats here .
Just finished watching IT v Wales on a neighbouring Ferretti 53 , s big screen .Sat Tv .
Mrs Porto is Welch so everyone went home happy , they did not crucify Wales re GD .

They all have had only dose of vax and seem pretty relaxed , quoting only 1% or something ( maybe something lost in translation ? ) either dead or in hospital .It’s a conversation I am snuffing out , not perusing as they they think the U.K. are but done double vaxed , or any Eng speakers .It’s great not knowing the language.Was wondering if there would be any vaccines envy .So for so good , not detected any .

Waters warm btw , and nothings bust over the winter .

 

[Bouba]

I knew my boat needs lifting because it’s been in the water for well over a year. But the weather is just so lovely. So we set off today with the intention to enjoy this superb week and then get her on land. But leaving my slip, I got a little closer to another boat than I usually like (did not touch her) and when I went to refuel I realized that something was amiss. The stern thruster on the starboard side was not working. I think the port side does work (the boat is carrying such a beard that it’s not always easy to see!) So, I am thinking that it may not be the shear pin but rather lobsters and octopuses living in the tube. So we went back to port and she is now alongside the crane waiting to be taken out first thing tomorrow.
So, while I feel good that I will finally get a chance to clean and inspect the hull, I’m sad that we lost a family vacation

 

[Portofino]

Why have you not got round to attending to the annual lift earlier ?
Had mine done late May , and I must say excellent job .Boat reaches 28 knots at only 1700 rpm eek ! .Engines on 75 % load .

I would be concerned re anode degradation more than a fuel sapping over load scenario of a “beard “

 

[Bouba]

Why have you not got round to attending to the annual lift earlier ?
Had mine done late May , and I must say excellent job .Boat reaches 28 knots at only 1700 rpm eek ! .Engines on 75 % load .

I would be concerned re anode degradation more than a fuel sapping over load scenario of a “beard “

It was kind of accidental, during the first lockdown she was supposed to be taken out. But, due to some miscommunication, she was left in the water for a month. But that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Because when the first lockdown eased a bit we were the only people on the water. And same thing for the next lockdown and so on. Then the good weather came and we were enjoying being on the water so we kept delaying.

 

[markc]

I've not managed to organise a lift yet this year, so have a diver down just before our summer hols to clean the hull & sterngear plus change all the anodes. 4 hour s quoted @ 250 euros all in plus the anodes

 

[Chris H]

Mines all clean and ready to go .........I just need to get there !

 

[Portofino]

I've not managed to organise a lift yet this year, so have a diver down just before our summer hols to clean the hull & sterngear plus change all the anodes. 4 hour s quoted @ 250 euros all in plus the anodes

Thats what I did last year it worked pretty well had them twice for a scrub the 2nd time was less .They use a petrol powered jet wash .
Although anodes are easy enough if you have a bottle I have .
I used that alleged Micron 77 ? the 2 y r stuff April 2019 .Did not last was crap .Waste of time .
Any money savings by man maths gets eroded away as quick as the re growth with bigger fuel bills .It’s never quite the same as full new smooth coat + stern gear snake oil coating .
There are no short cuts from the std annual lift .But its ok as a one off in the circumstances.

Consequently I booked the 2021 lift early Jan to be sure this year I was not gonna miss a third year !

 

[Portofino]

Mines all clean and ready to go .........I just need to get there !

Get them to do all the metal work .
AF works fine on none spinning ( with primers ) metal work .
Bare metals a magnet for growth = unnecessary drag = excess fuel and € burn literarily.

Lazy arses those French They can’t be arsed
Gold stuff is the primer before the AF .Works well .
Std practice in Italy.
None of this ever needs a scub inc flaps .

 

[Portofino]

Back on track saw this in the DM today .
Any thoughts anyone ? It’s just remember how the U.K. treated Indians returning from India , still are quarantining them .

I mean Merkels today’s apparent ranted off against the Portuguese for letting Brits in as they are obviously mixing with Germans there .Who risk bringing something a bit more nasty back than previous years .

The EU settled on a few weeks back of a opening number of 60 / 100 K to begin to travel within the EU .
At that time UKs rate was in the teens iirc 15 and dropping.This was before the delta variant took hold .

Any how I still say it’s hospitalisation and deaths stats , but I still say the % pop vaxed is very important as the un vaxed are just a breading serum hosts for the virus until it eventually finds a way( via aggressive mutation ) to kill them .



Could well be rather than “ U.K. gov is stopping us “ it’s turns into “ who will have Brits “ without quarantine arrangements?

Emphasise is shifting I,am afraid .
Its the fact they are only ave 50 % vaxed up ....the RHS column .Remember that figure is only ONE dose .
Italy Eg has approx 25 % double dosed hence the quarantine step up .

 

[Alicatt]

Back on track saw this in the DM today .
Any thoughts anyone ? It’s just remember how the U.K. treated Indians returning from India , still are quarantining them .

I mean Merkels today’s apparent ranted off against the Portuguese for letting Brits in as they are obviously mixing with Germans there .Who risk bringing something a bit more nasty back than previous years .

The EU settled on a few weeks back of a opening number of 60 / 100 K to begin to travel within the EU .
At that time UKs rate was in the teens iirc 15 and dropping.This was before the delta variant took hold .

Any how I still say it’s hospitalisation and deaths stats , but I still say the % pop vaxed is very important as the un vaxed are just a breading serum hosts for the virus until it eventually finds a way( via aggressive mutation ) to kill them .


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Could well be rather than “ U.K. gov is stopping us “ it’s turns into “ who will have Brits “ without quarantine arrangements?

Emphasise is shifting I,am afraid .
Its the fact they are only ave 50 % vaxed up ....the RHS column .Remember that figure is only ONE dose .
Italy Eg has approx 25 % double dosed hence the quarantine step up .

How old is that graphic?
Belgium passed the 60% mark of people with at least one vaccination and more than 33% fully vaccinated on 13th Jun 2021.
With the rate people are being vaccinated here it should be over 70% this week, and there is less than 1% of population declaring that they will not be vaccinated and 4% of the population that have had Covid-19 and recovered.

Edit: it already has passed 70% of the population with at least one vaccination
Threshold for next relaxations reached: 70% of population received first vaccine (brusselstimes.com)

Both conditions for the implementation of the next phase of Belgium’s ‘Summer Plan’ have now been reached, as more than 70% of adults in the country have received their first coronavirus vaccine as of Wednesday.

The first phase started on 9 June with the reopening of the indoor hospitality industry, and the second will be taken a few days early – this weekend, instead of on 1 July – when more social contacts and more people at events will be allowed.

The third phase of the ‘Summer Plan’ is currently scheduled to start on 30 July, but the conditions that were necessary for its implementation have already been met: 70.2% of all over-18s in Belgium now received at least a first dose, and fewer than 500 Covid-19 patients are in ICU.

As of Wednesday 23 June, 39,2% of the adult population in Belgium has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, but the intention is to exceed this threshold in August.

 

[Moonstruck]

We arrived in Majorca yesterday and I have to say that everyone so far has been very happy to see us. Busy doing a few jobs on the boat after not seeing it for 20 months but overall everything seems very positive.

 

[Bouba]

Unfortunately I had to witness this beautiful evening from the beach (until the boat is back in the water)

 

[Bouba]

Time to come out. But what a waste of a perfect morning. And then there’s the perfect night with the full moon......

 

[Hooligan]

Just arrived Greece - Kefalonia. Great few days in Aeolians and then a pretty good crossing - 26 hours. We are the only boat in the bay, saw 3 ships crossing the Ionian only. Thankful to be somewhere that will continue to let us in (IMHO). Who wants to go to Germany anyway in true Summer. Perhaps the Germans will volunteer to pay Spain and Greece their lost income…….

 

[GravyStain]

Just arrived Greece - Kefalonia. Great few days in Aeolians and then a pretty good crossing - 26 hours. We are the only boat in the bay, saw 3 ships crossing the Ionian only. Thankful to be somewhere that will continue to let us in (IMHO). Who wants to go to Germany anyway in true Summer. Perhaps the Germans will volunteer to pay Spain and Greece their lost income…….

NIce journey. has the boat shakedown gone well?

 

[Portofino]

Just arrived Greece - Kefalonia. Great few days in Aeolians and then a pretty good crossing - 26 hours. We are the only boat in the bay, saw 3 ships crossing the Ionian only. Thankful to be somewhere that will continue to let us in (IMHO). Who wants to go to Germany anyway in true Summer. Perhaps the Germans will volunteer to pay Spain and Greece their lost income…….

“ volunteer“ they are subbing them via ECB loans , emergency Covids funds anyhow .As you infer more euros will end up gravitating south if they are successful with pushing the quarantine for all incoming Brits to the EU line they are pushing .
We will know in the next few days which way that coins gonna drop .

Maybe they will wait until after the football to decide ? The Germans are not good losers.
Come on England, knock em out ..Oh hang on !

Its busy here in Liguria , boaty wise a lot moving about even mid week btw all Italians.I’ve checked no BH s either .

New exhaust s seem ok , seem more sporty in the Marina on the fart pipes I can here a spool sound when first clicking .Reminiscent of DD 2 strokes .It’s a rather nice sound
Seem ( subjective I know ) quieter out running on the plane ?
They are stainless steel lagged with the injection point just before they enter the boxes of the U/W hull exhaust holes under the boat .There are fart pipes for idle and slow rpm to allow gas out when the gas pressure is not sufficient or suction when running fast .

Only did 20hrs since the last oil change , so rolled that over .Oil on the dip stick seems pretty clean , golden still FWIW .
Just renewed the fuel filters as it’s been around 8 months the 1/4 tanks with some agri anti diesel bug stuff added .
Checked the racors drew off a bit = nothing so topped up with fresh and all ok from that pov .You never know .

Engines certainly sweeten up after a good run , tick over better etc .

As for the rest nothings bust all works , nothing thus far to repair / spend .So far so good .

 

[Bouba]

Hopefully (crossing fingers and knocking on wood) this is the reason my stern thruster failed ??

 

[longjohnsilver]

That small amount of growth shouldn’t stop it completely. Shear pin maybe?

 

[Bouba]

That small amount of growth shouldn’t stop it completely. Shear pin maybe?

I think one side still works but it’s been jet washed and soon I’ll clean it with a little acid then test it. Shear pin isn’t a problem but it does require some disassembly. And working in the lazaret in summer is always stifling and then the carbon dust is messy. But apart from that it shouldn’t be a problem

 

[Mr Googler]

I think one side still works but it’s been jet washed and soon I’ll clean it with a little acid then test it. Shear pin isn’t a problem but it does require some disassembly. And working in the lazaret in summer is always stifling and then the carbon dust is messy. But apart from that it shouldn’t be a problem

yeah well….it’s about time you suffered after all your lovely boating pic’s! ??