ArthurWood
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What is the panel's opinion on the best boating community to live in, and I mean live permanently, in S. Europe. Pls give reasons.
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byron
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Arthur, stay where you are Mate secure in the satisfaction that some of us are jealous. However if I must live in the UK it has got to be on the Thames. The social life is 52 weeks a year.
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ChrisP
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Got to agree.
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Re: Antibes
Good food, miles better engineering help than UK on hand, English spoken all around if you want, pleasant weather but not over 35degrees, good local and long-distance cruising ground, accessible by air or road, hardly any sharks, pleasant water temperature, lots of non-boaty stuff to do, industry concentration upon pleasure boating rather than FV's or military, fairly safe in that "what you see is what you get" depth-wise. Not enuf wind for sailboats tho.
Good food, miles better engineering help than UK on hand, English spoken all around if you want, pleasant weather but not over 35degrees, good local and long-distance cruising ground, accessible by air or road, hardly any sharks, pleasant water temperature, lots of non-boaty stuff to do, industry concentration upon pleasure boating rather than FV's or military, fairly safe in that "what you see is what you get" depth-wise. Not enuf wind for sailboats tho.
ArthurWood
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Re: Antibes
Thanks, Matt. Bit 'spesive for the likes of a retiree like me tho', innit?
Thanks, Matt. Bit 'spesive for the likes of a retiree like me tho', innit?
ArthurWood
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Byron, I don't live here to make people jealous
I couldn't live in the UK even if the social life is infinitely better than here, which it probably is. The weather would drive me nuts.
I couldn't live in the UK even if the social life is infinitely better than here, which it probably is. The weather would drive me nuts.
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Re: Antibes
Nowhere near as spensive as eveeryone thinks. Sure, there some beach bars in high summer where they only sell champagne from 100 quid a bottle, but you have to really try to find them.
But, frexample, houses are cheap slong as they aren't right on the coast. Food much cheaper than UK, much nicer than US. Out of season in St Tropez, we paid 14quid a night for a 50footer. Zero duty on wine, easish with minimal lingo. Only prob (anywher in the W med) is getting a short-term berth. Best is to buy, and they are good investments ...which means they ain't cheap. 85k for a twenty year 50footer in antibes should do it - up from 40k five years ago.
Anthrax-free and some nice large arab-owned boats nearby as insurance against loonies in planes...
Nowhere near as spensive as eveeryone thinks. Sure, there some beach bars in high summer where they only sell champagne from 100 quid a bottle, but you have to really try to find them.
But, frexample, houses are cheap slong as they aren't right on the coast. Food much cheaper than UK, much nicer than US. Out of season in St Tropez, we paid 14quid a night for a 50footer. Zero duty on wine, easish with minimal lingo. Only prob (anywher in the W med) is getting a short-term berth. Best is to buy, and they are good investments ...which means they ain't cheap. 85k for a twenty year 50footer in antibes should do it - up from 40k five years ago.
Anthrax-free and some nice large arab-owned boats nearby as insurance against loonies in planes...
mike_kolling
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Not to mention being flooded out Oct-Feb
