Nice Boats arriving by Ship at Southampton yesterday

[dpb]

Just about to be off loaded.
Some nice boats coming from the Med I think.

 

[Bouba]

They are not new (?) perhaps people repatriating before Brexit

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

They are not new (?) perhaps people repatriating before Brexit

More like they're repatriating them because of Covid. I got pissed off myself this year not being to use my boat and seriously considered bringing it back to the UK

 

[rafiki_]

More like they're repatriating them because of Covid. I got pissed off myself this year not being to use my boat and seriously considered bringing it back to the UK

Yours won’t fit Mike.?

 

[Portofino]

More like they're repatriating them because of Covid. I got pissed off myself this year not being to use my boat and seriously considered bringing it back to the UK

Just think of the cheap fuel and extra attention from the frog boat industry when Sterling rises relatively to the euro .

Fancy a forum cruse in company to Athens ?

I,ll set off a few days later and still have a couple days with Vas before the fleet chugs in .

 

[Portofino]

More like they're repatriating them because of Covid. I got pissed off myself this year not being to use my boat and seriously considered bringing it back to the UK

Agree particular those who can’t fly easily due to the airline industry crash .Also some irrespective of the schedules and costs may have co morbidity factor eg asthma or what ever .Age being another co morbidity .
So “use it or loose“ it springs to mind .
Remember airports and planes are petri dishes .

The 90 in 180 swings it for retirees living in the U.K. too ,

 

[Seastoke]

Just think of the cheap fuel and extra attention from the frog boat industry when Sterling rises relatively to the euro .

Fancy a forum cruse in company to Athens ?

I,ll set off a few days later and still have a couple days with Vas before the fleet chugs in .

Count me in , Mike owes me a beer. Ps is there a spoons in Athens

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Yours won’t fit Mike.?

Its 20yrs nearly since I left UK boating for the Med. I sort of assumed boats had got bigger in the UK over the years and that marina facilities had followed suit?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Count me in , Mike owes me a beer. Ps is there a spoons in Athens

I've saved a can of Watneys Red Barrel onboard just for you

Might have lost its fizz a bit by now though

 

[Portofino]

Count me in , Mike owes me a beer. Ps is there a spoons in Athens

We have a spare cabin , and if mike declines your kind crewing offer you are in .
We can breeze by Capri in an Itama , that’s alone with the locals ensures we get the best table at the best hotel .
Not bad for equivalent of £10 .

 

[Seastoke]

I've saved a can of Watneys Red Barrel onboard just for you

Might have lost its fizz a bit by now though

Your wife tells me you have a barrel.

 

[Chris H]

We have a spare cabin , and if mike declines your kind crewing offer you are in .
We can breeze by Capri in an Itama , that’s alone with the locals ensures we get the best table at the best hotel .
Not bad for equivalent of £10 .

Even I would buy an Itama for £10.

 

[Richard.C]

Its 20yrs nearly since I left UK boating for the Med. I sort of assumed boats had got bigger in the UK over the years and that marina facilities had followed suit?

My Phantom 43 feels small in Lymington Yacht Haven, a lot of 50+, numerous 60+, a Sunseeker 75 and an 86. I'd say boats and facilities are definitely bigger than 20 years ago.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

We have a spare cabin , and if mike declines your kind crewing offer you are in .

What crewing offer? Anyway I only employ female crew with big fenders, legs up to their armpits and an accommodating attitude. Not sure that Stokey fits the bill

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

My Phantom 43 feels small in Lymington Yacht Haven, a lot of 50+, numerous 60+, a Sunseeker 75 and an 86. I'd say boats and facilities are definitely bigger than 20 years ago.

Thats what I was thinking. Thanks