mooring in Portugal

[Wansworth]

Having large problem with keeping aboat in Spain,does anyone know if it is possible to moor a British Reg boat in Portugal indefinatly,whilst the owner lives in another country.Iwas pondering the purchase of a small 30 year old yacht only to be snowed with paper and sucking of teeth,this is really a bad hair day! Any thoughts welcome.

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[Inselaffe]

Hi,

Don't know anything specifically about mooring a boat in Portugal,

but having lived there for 4 years and been working for Portuguese for the last 8, I can definately say that in general Portuguese officialdom means mountains of paperwork, unbelievably unreliable information and lazy "i've got my job for life, what do I care" beaurocrats.

An example, I moved to Oeiras halfway between Lisboa and Cascais and wanted to register my residency. There is an office in Lisboa and one in Cascais. I phoned Lisboa to ask where I should do it and they said Cascais. I phoned Cascais to ask where I should do it and they said lisboa. Phoned cascais and phone off hook. Next two days unable to get reply from Cascais. Finally got Cascais and they absolutely refused that I should do it there. Phoned Lisboa, no reply for rest of third day. So, decided that given my previous experience of how much of a hassle such things inevitably are and since I had already wasted three days without even finding out which office I should go to, I went to the bar and never bothered about it again! And I could speak Portuguese (OK not at all good, but I managed to read Lord of the Rings in Portuguese).
This is one of many examples, i could go on....

I don't want that to sound anti-Portuguese - most Portuguese (actually all that I know) think exactly the same, but they are more resigned to it than I can ever be.

My immediate reaction is to say if you thought Spain was bad then Portugal is definately not the answer (apologies to any Portuguese reading!), but like I said I have no experience with mooring a boat there.

However Portugal is a really beautiful country, I love the food and wine and I can't wait to get back down there in October....


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[Wansworth]

well yes I live in Galicia the Iberians seem to have a small problem with being laid back and all of a sudden being unneedfully strict depends on the day! Thanksd for your note but probably Ihave just become aware of the EURO effect where commonsense has gone out the window,must not blame the Spanishand the Portugese cook some nice CodMaybe I can register under another Flag ,I probably need a lawyer! HAPPY SAILING.

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