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Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-03-2019, 00:12
Replies: 107
Views: 11,307
Posted By richr
Re: Length vs Beating, course vs pounding

Also worth considering rig and sail trim.

If you wind on the backstay you flatten the entry of the jib; likewise (depending on the rigging) if you bend the mast you flatten the main. Heave on the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-02-2019, 13:54
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Update...and many thanks to everyone for your very helpful comments! I made contact with the seller via his sailing blog and we are in much better shape.

Communications between me and seller are...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 20-02-2019, 23:59
Replies: 94
Views: 20,882
Posted By richr
Re: How did you get from house to boat?

This is a great thread, thanks everyone. We have a 5 and 7 year old and are buying our first yacht this year, with a view to a year off next year.

I am in a slightly different place as I have...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-02-2019, 23:13
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Don't really get that ..

This is not me trying to control the broker. It's me trying to get a contract that allows me to rectify issues the surveyor finds, either through repair, or price...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-02-2019, 03:53
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Agree on codes of conduct...but of course the interests of customer and business are not entirely divergent (although this broker seems to think so). I understand the UK industry is tending towards...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-02-2019, 03:11
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Latest update:

Agreed all terms in a 20-minute call with the seller; drafted them together in an exchange of four emails that took 90 minutes; seller has now sent to the broker saying "do it like...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-02-2019, 03:45
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, valid but not in this case. I asked for photos of lockers and galley and specifically said "please show me the worst of it so I don't have surprises". He sent me dozens of photos; omitted...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-02-2019, 02:36
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks for that! Both good steers, I am in touch with Olav and as a start, he has also confirmed what I thought about articles 4 and 5 of HISWA.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-02-2019, 02:33
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

I should have said; I don't think it's worth travelling based on the asking price, when in the current market I believe boats are typically going for 10-15 pc less, unless you get a pretty solid...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-02-2019, 01:55
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, there's a number of reasons why this is (subject to survey) a good boat for us.

We agreed a price in principle based on not viewing, because I am in UK and the boat in Netherlands. I...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 22:55
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

That's really useful, thanks
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 13:22
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By richr
Re: Signed on as Crew, what should I pack?

One way of course is to ask the skipper...

In terms of thermal layers here's my tuppence. You need a few thin layers that go on top of each other. Wear one, or three....

Regarding fabrics the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 12:51
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Update: managed to get in touch directly with seller via his sailing website and he has sent me a very friendly email. We speak tomorrow and hopefully will fix everything the broker is failing to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 07:30
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, I am sure it's a fair point and I don't need to go into the details. The principle is clear - the survey should be as exhaustive as possible (and if the loo gets tested that's great), the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 07:26
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, that's what I have done, and asked them to explain (1) why they have removed the relevant paragraphs; it turns out they HAVE used the HISWA document except the paragraphs that protect me (2)...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-02-2019, 04:57
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Very well put thanks.

I have just had another really snotty email from the broker. I had said the seatrial would be for full functional checks of every system; everything the surveyor can't do on...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-02-2019, 15:21
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, really useful. And in term of "material defects" rectification that conforms closely to the UK standard contract, and to the wording I proposed and was agreed by the seller.

Broker will...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-02-2019, 10:50
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Re: Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Thanks, I will.

Another gremlin has just emerged. The seller is contracting to replace the standing rigging . I had understood this would be done professionally and therefore I would get an...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-02-2019, 10:16
Replies: 50
Views: 5,706
Posted By richr
Help please! Dutch buying process/contract/survey

Hi folks

In the process of trying to buy my first yacht in Holland and bring back to UK.

We agreed price in principle before viewing and the yacht was then not up to the high standard described...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-12-2018, 23:20
Replies: 39
Views: 6,758
Posted By richr
Re: Loose footed main or attached

Loose-footed.

If the slug/track is a failure point, you can make yourself a dyneema strop for a few bucks. Or just use a sail tie. That's what virtually all race boats do these days and I have...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-12-2018, 01:18
Replies: 4
Views: 812
Posted By richr
Re: Finding a surveyor abroad

Merci, malheureusement seulement un peu. Besoin trouver in surveyor qui parle bien anglais.

O, si parla italiano sarebbe meglio. Ma anche non sono sicuro che comprendo tutta la lingua delle...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-12-2018, 13:12
Replies: 4
Views: 812
Posted By richr
Re: Finding a surveyor abroad

Thank you, seems very sensible
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-12-2018, 08:00
Replies: 4
Views: 812
Posted By richr
Finding a surveyor abroad

Hi everyone. Looking at buying a yacht in continental Europe to bring home to UK - and I definitely want a survey.

I'd welcome any advice. Better to try to find a local surveyor (and take risk...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-11-2018, 08:20
Replies: 129
Views: 22,064
Posted By richr
Re: A new adventure begins.

Sorry, I appreciate you're being kind, but I don't get the sense he does realise he screwed up.

I don't get a hint of "I'm so sorry for the cost I'm imposing on the environment / the taxpayer". I...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-11-2018, 06:52
Replies: 129
Views: 22,064
Posted By richr
Re: A new adventure begins.

It's a great shame. Of course I am glad you are OK, but you did something irresponsible and silly in setting off; you have reaped the consequences and you have also inflicted consequences upon the...
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