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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-02-2024, 14:11
Replies: 22
Views: 1,885
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Typical difference between asking and sold prices?

I'd be wary of believing that Gord; everyone knows that 87.623% of statistics that you see on the internet are spurious and simply plucked out of thin air.
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 19-02-2024, 13:36
Replies: 28
Views: 13,580
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Stopping in CUBA to refuel....

The USA really is hanging tightly onto that grudge about Cuba not choosing to be another Puerto Rico.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 16-02-2024, 12:49
Replies: 38
Views: 2,521
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Need a NEW Yammer Starter

Biggest/best improvement we made on our 3GM30F and I went on to do similar on half a dozen friends and acquaintances boats (not all Yanmars), was to install a relay into the cabling so that you're no...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-09-2023, 04:39
Replies: 11
Views: 895
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Exiting the EU and VAT

Are you sure? While The Canary Islands are within the EU 'tax union' they are excluded from it with regard to VAT/IVA; so if they are VAT-free zone, can you make a VAT reclaim application there? It's...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-09-2023, 07:33
Replies: 9
Views: 760
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Best sailing direction

Wait for the tide to turn south too and while waiting for it to do so, open your pilot book and check out the harbours and anchorages south of where you are and go to one of those instead.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-09-2023, 07:27
Replies: 37
Views: 4,295
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Repower Yanmar or Beta Pearson 424

We've owned/used both and were more than happy with both as regards to performance and reliability.
If you're heading off into the big blue, then Yanmar appear to have more 'official' dealers, that...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-08-2023, 04:38
Replies: 65
Views: 8,392
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Left hanging by Pantaenius

Surely this? There must be a UK address noted your part 1 certificate, your driving licence, UK bank accounts and the like; why can't you give them that one for insurance purposes?
Forum: Challenges 14-08-2023, 10:53
Replies: 73
Views: 5,321
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Brain Buster- How to use a bosuns chair to reach the end of a cantilevered beam?

The first thing i find myself asking is why you'd want/need a fixed 20' beam sticking out from the side of a yacht's mast? Do you not forsee any problems in hoisting sails?



There are no end of...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 14-08-2023, 10:33
Replies: 34
Views: 4,629
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Protecting valuables

THIS!
Leave your Rolex watch and diamond jewelry at home; I'm not sure if they impress people at home, but the certainly won't do so in the Cruisers' anchorages and they'll potentially attract the...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 14-08-2023, 10:22
Replies: 6
Views: 785
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Chesepeake to west end bahamas thoughts

It'll depend on how 'comfortable' you feel about sailing offshore; we'd done a lot of ocean sailing already by then, so when we went down a few years ago in sketchy weather - very sketchy, it snowed...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 31-07-2023, 04:02
Replies: 4,709
Views: 978,379
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

That's what Glynn meant:
many years ago I travelled through the Indian subcontinent and found that every hotel on check-in required Name/Address/DOB/passport Number plus occupation. Looking back...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 05-03-2023, 01:05
Replies: 8
Views: 1,241
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Been to Maupiti?

As noted earlier, weather conditions are the key to Maupiti; more especially so getting out than getting in, which must be a prime consideration for a limited period charter and getting back east...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-02-2023, 10:58
Replies: 17
Views: 4,861
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: “The Sailor” - a 2021 documentary about a liveaboard named Paul Johnson

Met Paul a few times in the 2013-17 period; I'm surprised about the vodka, back then it was invariably a rum bottle which floated past us each morning.
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 28-12-2022, 10:52
Replies: 152
Views: 19,037
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: St Pete Forbids People From Staying Overnight on Their Boats???

We got caught-out with one in Rome, though that arose despite my having asked the question in advance and receiving an emailed reply confirming that we could. Once the yard manager found and read his...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 28-12-2022, 10:40
Replies: 40
Views: 6,036
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Who has sailed Cape Town to the Caribbean? I have a question for you

The only bit I'd disagree with; we hated French Guiana with a passion, the marinas were chock-a-block with permanent semi-derelict yachts and whenever the odd space did become available, it was...
Forum: Navigation 28-12-2022, 10:27
Replies: 8
Views: 1,217
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Raymarine ST6001/2

No idea about sqitching just the LCD screens, but if you've got a 6001, then the 6001 & 6002 control heads will work fine as will the 7001 & 7002 head - not an assumption, a borrowed 7001 head...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 05-12-2022, 06:44
Replies: 35
Views: 2,042
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: The World Cup.

You're not good at this score prediction lark :biggrin:

I was glad to see the back of the Socceroos; the Colonials had already whacked us at cricket and rugby in the last month, losing to them at...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 05-12-2022, 06:39
Replies: 74
Views: 9,935
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Autopilot failure on long passage

You would've had if you'd not carried the spares :biggrin:
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 05-12-2022, 06:29
Replies: 51
Views: 6,294
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: heaving-to dilemma

Some are definitely better than others, but all have their own foibles/preferences; you'll never know for sure until you heave to for real, but practicing in F4/5 will give you a good idea as to what...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 03-07-2022, 06:18
Replies: 33
Views: 6,132
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Anchoring in the Great Lakes

:nonono: Be careful, I believe that there's a rule that says you get drummed out of the Rocna owners fraternity for suggesting one might ever drag.
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 01-06-2022, 11:53
Replies: 70
Views: 8,176
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: How to get heavy weather ocean sailing experience

I'd like to experience 20'+ waves and gale force winds in the ocean.

If it's blowing a full gale mid-ocean, the waves/swells are likely to be far bigger than 20'. But as noted earlier on the...
Forum: Meets & Greets 31-05-2022, 12:14
Replies: 14
Views: 766
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: My goal is live on a 10,000 euros sailboat

As per Valhalla360's comment, you can still live comfortably on €2000/month living on anchor. As for the <€10,000 boat, make a search of Albin Vegas, we lived on one on and off for almost ten years...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 16-05-2022, 08:58
Replies: 26
Views: 5,409
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Changing furler forestay without pulling mast

A good, preferably alongside berth helps. We fitted our new forestay and renewed the roller reefing completely on the free south bank dock at Great Bridge on the ICW
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 10-05-2022, 09:45
Replies: 32
Views: 3,455
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: When the Dream Ends

From those we've met amongst the long-term (>10 years) cruisers, it's almost always age or health; the latter often being age-related ailments too. Though over the last couple of years I'd suspect...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 09-05-2022, 11:00
Replies: 70
Views: 9,842
Posted By bobnlesley
Re: Pet hates that people do

But that's a relative and more especially regional measurement; I've often wondered how North American yotties cope with Mediterranean (especially the south of France) anchorages.
No, I only become...
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