update

Hello all
Euro trip was disaster, esp in Russia

however all is not lost, I just paid deposit on this yacht , she is in UK,and I plan to get her to Med via canals and river system France
Who will come, ?
Design of new yacht progresses, I met Arthur at Ijmuiden boat show, boating booms tout la monde

[nero]

Hey lazeyjack!

Where you headed to in the Med? I am back in Marseille for a few months.

Originally Posted by nero;

Hey lazeyjack!

Where you headed to in the Med? I am back in Marseille for a few months.

the boat draws 5. 9, they say that is the limit, I dunno whether to come end of month which will take 2-4 weeks through Fr, or leave til spring, but we will catch up Tim, for sure!!

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...se&searchtype=

[nero]

Clean lines, and attractive boat! I have a table saw, thickness planer, jointer, clamps and here in France. If there are any small projects you want to do on her, we can do it for the cost of wood.

If you are coming down the Rhone, there is free protected anchoring in that I know of. It is in a commercial fishing port, but pleasure craft is allowed to sneek in when the bridge opens up for them. I know a capatin who has spent the last 15 years doing charters from Le Grau Du Roi, France to Monaco.

[safewalrus]

Originally Posted by nero

I know a capatin who has spent the last 15 years doing charters from Le Grau Du Roi, France to Monaco.

His navigation that bad he can't find anywhere else?

[nero]

Yeh, he is stuck to following the shoreline. He made it up to bretagne one time. Had a hell of a time with the changes in tides. Also he managed to follow the coast around most of the mediterranee.

Considering he has pour night vision and a polish wife that hen pecks him all the time, I find he is someone to admire. smile

Originally Posted by nero;

Clean lines, and attractive boat! I have a table saw, thickness planer, jointer, clamps and here in France. If there are any small projects you want to do on her, we can do it for the cost of wood.

If you are coming down the Rhone, there is free protected anchoring in that I know of. It is in a commercial fishing port, but pleasure craft is allowed to sneek in when the bridge opens up for them. I know a capatin who has spent the last 15 years doing charters from Le Grau Du Roi, France to Monaco.

a la belle france!! le pays de mon coeur
Merci beaucoup tim,

[Guillermo]

Welcome back, Stu!
Nice boat! If you go for the spring option, I could join you for the trip, but not now, unluckily.

[Bergalia]

Yes, welcome back Stu. I've organised an escort for your return by warning the Immigration Department you may be smuggling 'illegals' into this fair land...

[safewalrus]

that's funny most try to get smuggled out!

[longliner45]

nice boat stu,,looks like alot of fun,,lets see the inside,,,what kind of wood is she,longliner

thanks ALL, Guillo, I would love have you along
Longliner, teak, walsrus, get stuffed, hee hee, as for that writer chap down in NSW, well, I bought you a long eared goat

[Bergalia]

Originally Posted by lazeyjack

.... as for that writer chap down in NSW, well, I bought you a long eared goat

Despatch goat by airmail...John Howard about to resign.....

Very Serious Deck,