Moving from Brighton to the Med - we're off!

[fireball]

Thanks for this thread ... I may be rag'n'stick brigade - but I can appreciate a good location (and turn of speed!)

 

[jfm]

hi there,
is the teac really that grey after one winter ? or is the picture collour misleading ?
can you get it straw brown with the two part teac cleaner, and a soft brush,
or do you need some real hard brushing or soft sanding ?

I do have a soft spot on that straw brown teac,
and would like to keep mine brown as long as possible after the recaulking and sanding

Yup, the teak goes that grey if not 2 parted for 5 months or so. Even if cleaned often with brush and soap, the silver colour will show within a few months

At this stage there is no need to sand. I'd do that at year 2 or 3. Two-part and a strong bloke (not me!) with a medium brush will return them to straw brown. See pictures below, taken 2 days ago. Note how hard it is to apply the brightener (part 2) perfectly - there a few small silver bits on the bathing platform that need doing again. But no big deal. When you apply the brightener you have no idea where it is working becuase the wet decks look brown anyway. You can only tell how good a job you did after it has dried

You need to take care before starting sanding on a 20m+ boat Bart becuase once you start you must do the whole boat, and it's a few days' work

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Being serious, the whole Med boating thing only works for me if the getting there is as painless as possible. That means scheduled airlines for punctuality, valet parking at the airport (only a few quid more than the long term), pre allocated seats or priority boarding, biz lounge and prebooked taxi at the other end. It really is finely balanced for me. If the flight is delayed or I'm squashed into a middle seat between 2 bawling kids, I really do ask myself whether I need all this

Yep, agreed, although I've gone for the cheapo version of your approach - motorcycle to gatwick (free parking for bikes in the short stay car park, so easy walk to gate), fly on ba (allocated seats and no stressy scramble at the gate a la easyjet), and then another bike at the other end in the high-security car park right under the terminal building (so you're straight out and straight on the motorway at Nice). All things being equal I hope to be on board with a beer 45 mins after landing. I'll try this out for real for the first time on Friday.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Yup, the teak goes that grey if not 2 parted for 5 months or so. Even if cleaned often with brush and soap, the silver colour will show within a few months

At this stage there is no need to sand. I'd do that at year 2 or 3. Two-part and a strong bloke (not me!) with a medium brush will return them to straw brown. See pictures below, taken 2 days ago. Note how hard it is to apply the brightener (part 2) perfectly - there a few small silver bits on the bathing platform that need doing again. But no big deal. When you apply the brightener you have no idea where it is working becuase the wet decks look brown anyway. You can only tell how good a job you did after it has dried

Is the Wessex two-part system available in SoF?

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[BartW]

Being serious, the whole Med boating thing only works for me if the getting there is as painless as possible. That means scheduled airlines for punctuality, valet parking at the airport (only a few quid more than the long term), pre allocated seats or priority boarding, biz lounge and prebooked taxi at the other end. It really is finely balanced for me. If the flight is delayed or I'm squashed into a middle seat between 2 bawling kids, I really do ask myself whether I need all this

so how do you plan to arrange this in summer in Croatia ?
how did you manage last year ?

as far as I remember you were based in Split ? or not ?
and there are not that many regular flights ?
(apologies to Jimmi for the thread drift)

 

[jfm]

Is the Wessex two-part system available in SoF?

Cheers
Jimmy

No, not Wessex, but Teak Wonder and several other brands. Everyone raves on this forum about Wessex as if it is magic but it isn't. It's perfectly good, but no better than the other 2-part teak cleaners that you can buy locally

 

[mjf]

I have to agree Deleted User - that's what puts me off but as you know BA even ex LHR offers 'affordable' travel with prebooked seats and the frills if you plan. I see JTB has taken it all another step with the motorbike.

I heard both camps those like you / jfm who like it and those who have tried and come back -given up.

horses for courses - time is my issue as I expect it for most but saying that the vast majority of my UK pontoon are now retired and still stay UK based!!!

 

[rafiki_]

Is the Wessex two-part system available in SoF?

Cheers
Jimmy

Jimmy, why don't you try a sachet of oxalic acid in your carry-on? Please wait till I get to security first so I can film the event!

 

[Pinnacle]

Jimmy, why don't you try a sachet of oxalic acid in your carry-on? Please wait till I get to security first so I can film the event!

 

[Locki]

Can you take the Heli Air Monaco to Antibes? We've used it for landing at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel private helipad (and also when we got married and rented Chatteau Chèvre D'Or at Eze, and it was incredibly convenient - about five minutes from Nice, and they transfers us straight from the jet to the heliipad. The only compromise was that you needed soft bags that could be squashed in the chopper's hold...

 

[kcrane]

Can you take the Heli Air Monaco to Antibes? We've used it for landing at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel private helipad (and also when we got married and rented Chatteau Chèvre D'Or at Eze, and it was incredibly convenient - about five minutes from Nice, and they transfers us straight from the jet to the heliipad. The only compromise was that you needed soft bags that could be squashed in the chopper's hold...

Could you try and be a little more subtle with the showing off?

 

[harstonwood]

Could you try and be a little more subtle with the showing off?

Such a pain remembering to use soft bags for ones luggage

 

[jfm]

Can you take the Heli Air Monaco to Antibes? We've used it for landing at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel private helipad (and also when we got married and rented Chatteau Chèvre D'Or at Eze, and it was incredibly convenient - about five minutes from Nice, and they transfers us straight from the jet to the heliipad. The only compromise was that you needed soft bags that could be squashed in the chopper's hold...

You can, and there's a helipad right there in the port vauban marina in Antibes, but Heli-Air regard it as a charter not a scheduled service. That makes it about €1800 each way, as opposed to €400 for the whole chopper on the airport-Monaco run. €3600 per weekend is quite a lot of dough when you do it every weekend, for a trip that is 18minutes in a car, which you already have and the crew can drive, and it gets you right to the boat's transom! Call me tight (I'm Yorkshire) but I just cannot find myself willing to stump up €15,000/month for this shortlived luxury. Much better ways to spend €15k on short lived fun (coincidentally, also in Monaco!) And as you say, there's the soft bag thing, dang

Fabulous choice Chateau Chèvre D'Or, respect, though for a non wedding event I'd rather be anchored on boat at Paloma beach looking up at the hotel than vice versa!

 

[Hurricane]

Yup, the teak goes that grey if not 2 parted for 5 months or so. Even if cleaned often with brush and soap, the silver colour will show within a few months

At this stage there is no need to sand. I'd do that at year 2 or 3. Two-part and a strong bloke (not me!) with a medium brush will return them to straw brown. See pictures below, taken 2 days ago. Note how hard it is to apply the brightener (part 2) perfectly - there a few small silver bits on the bathing platform that need doing again. But no big deal. When you apply the brightener you have no idea where it is working becuase the wet decks look brown anyway. You can only tell how good a job you did after it has dried

You need to take care before starting sanding on a 20m+ boat Bart becuase once you start you must do the whole boat, and it's a few days' work

Yep - mine always comes up like new after the "two part" treatment - I wonder if someone can find TCM's instructions for Bart.

My teak will probably need sanding soon - has anyone on here had any experience. Seems like it could be a lot of hard work - I might get someone to do it for me. The bathing platform is likely to be first - I suppose it could be done first. What happens when you sand the black caulking - does it just "sand down" like the rest of the teak?

I'd be interested to hear if anyone has had any experience.

Sorry, Jimmy - Fred Drift.

 

[wakeup]

Can you take the Heli Air Monaco to Antibes? We've used it for landing at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel private helipad (and also when we got married and rented Chatteau Chèvre D'Or at Eze, and it was incredibly convenient - about five minutes from Nice, and they transfers us straight from the jet to the heliipad. The only compromise was that you needed soft bags that could be squashed in the chopper's hold...

Hmm, I wouldn't recommend you use the helos from Monaco, they use single engine jobbies and they lose one every couple of years into the med. Something to do with not having such strict regs for monaco based choppers. Could be an SoF myth. Very swish, the Chattueau CD. The prices are set just to keep the tourists out. House bog standard rose starts at €80.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

You can, and there's a helipad right there in the port vauban marina in Antibes

Evening jfm, whereabouts in PV is the pad?

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[BartW]

I wonder if someone can find TCM's instructions for Bart.

thanks a lot for mentioning Mike,
but I have TCM's instructions, and can post them again if somebody wants them,
but reading these, it seems really easy, not at all hard work, contrary to the post from jfm here above.

and I must admid that while doing the very old teac on BA last year with 2 part, it seemed really hard work / hard scrubbing to get all the dirt off, and the brown collour back on,
but then, perhaps it was a long time ago sinds it had been done, ...

I'm just curious if it is that easy on new sanded teac, as explained in TCM's instructions.

 

[BartW]

whereabouts in PV is the pad?

if I remember well, it was here a bit further, on Mole 1,
jfm correct me if I'm wrong

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

if I remember well, it was here a bit further, on Mole 1,
jfm correct me if I'm wrong

Aha - this looks like it might be it, right out on the seaward end of the IYCA:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ant...,+Provence-Alpes-Côte+d'Azur,+France&t=h&z=18

I see jfm's point - it would take longer to walk to Mole Sud from there than it would to drive the car (or fantastic scooter) from NCE direct to the berth.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[jfm]

Aha - this looks like it might be it, right out on the seaward end of the IYCA:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ant...,+Provence-Alpes-Côte+d'Azur,+France&t=h&z=18

I see jfm's point - it would take longer to walk to Mole Sud from there than it would to drive the car (or fantastic scooter) from NCE direct to the berth.

Cheers
Jimmy

Yup, at the far end of the IYCA's berth, and south of Kingdom 5KR's berth. It's not such a schlepp if your boat is 70m