Richard10002
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Does this suggest that they can charge 21p per minute for calls? They will continue to laugh all the way to the bank.
The One Thing I Wish I had known Before I Started ...
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Does this suggest that they can charge 21p per minute for calls? They will continue to laugh all the way to the bank.
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I think it is impossible to say yet how offerings from telecompanies will be composed.
They have to earn money and this initiative def. will challenge their bottom line so more things are bound to change.
Until further I'd refrain from entering binding long term contracts.
They have to earn money and this initiative def. will challenge their bottom line so more things are bound to change.
Until further I'd refrain from entering binding long term contracts.
Steve Clayton
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What about paperwork? eg: get insurance co to provide cover letter in Greek; have your passport colour photocopied, reduce to credit card size and laminated so you can keep your passport secured elsewhere
Ravi
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I am insuring the boat in Greece in a hope to address this. A good idea about laminating the copies of the documents. I will also keep a copy of all documents on Google Docs so that I can print out copies if the very worst happens!
The recurring advice about oversized ground tackle is very much in my thoughts. The boat has a 1000W windlass so, even singlehanding, it is an option. There are only two hooks so getting an additional bigger anchor to use as the bower seems a good idea. In terms of cost / benefit, I can't think of a better way to spend money.
As suggested, I am gong to spend a bit of time on the boat before I buy anything other than the immediate necessities. I now have a crew for the first three weeks aboard which takes the pressure off me a bit for getting everything right for singlehanding before I set off.
Thanks all.
Aquarella
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I have bought several stainless steel pressure cookers in Greece, they cost less than half the price of ones you can get in northern Europe. You will save a lot of money for whatever stove fuel you use as a pressure cooker cuts cooking time down to a third. Food is more tasty and keeps hold of vitamins too.
Ravi
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Yes, a pressure cooker is on my list. Especially, as I cook a lot of beans and pulses. My home PC is a bit too big so I'll be looking for one in Greece. My boat doesn't have an oven and one of the things I am curious to try is baking bread in a PC, something I once read about in an Annie Hill book.
Ceabea
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Anchoring is ok ,but stern too is hard on your own , find a big gap away from boats, spot a rock or tree , drop the bower going astern , close too, chuck the kedge to windward, get held , and take your time to moor to the shore, use your dinghy to get to the quay, watch everybody cramming in , Wind is ok for data, pays you go , look at this for rat etc.
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Yamas
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Have fun and relax.
Yamas
NornaBiron
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Baking bread in a pressure cooker is dead easy, just use the pressure cooker as a stove top oven i.e. don't use the weight or gasket. Put your dough into the greased pressure cooker for its final rise and then put on the smallest burner on the highest flame for 5 minutes then turn the flame down as low as it will go for 25-30 minutes, turn the loaf out and return to pressure cooker over a low flame for 10 minutes to brown the top. Good luck!
NornaBiron
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All insurers should be able to provide you with a translation of your insurance certificate into the local language on asking. You might find that using an insurance company in your own country is much easier should there ever be a need to claim.
Tranona
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Agree. Much more sensible to use a UK insurer (if you are nominally UK based). They are quite used to providing translations of the certificate. The big advantage is that your insurance contract is governed by UK law.
Cardo
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Pantaenius by default provide an insurance document in a whole bunch of languages. No need to ask for anything else.
