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Motoring this morning at 2000rpm. All normal. After two hours did a visual check on the motor and found pool of coolant discharged under the motor. Stopped motor and carefully removed filler cap. Surprised to find the header tank full. Baled out coolant under motor into a bucket. Reckon about 6...

Hasan Kaçmaz, one of the Cruising Association's Honorary Local Representatives (HLR) has asked that this message be posted on the YBW Forum. He will be holding a short Seminar at the London Boat Show on Monday 11th to update people on recent changes in Turkey (marinas, regulations, etc)...

Please note that the £10/1GB/month (or £15/3GB/month) PAYG deals from "3" for use in Italy ceased on June 30th. (Both last year and this, we found this to be very reliable and good value for money in both Sardinia and Sicily). We received no prior warning that this was going to end. Overnight...

We will be heading to Greece in early Sept (Ionian). Would welcome inputs/advice on internet access via a USB dongle/laptop. (We have both a Vodaphone and an unlocked Huawei E220 USB dongle). Access needed primarily for weather forecasts/ e-mail/ internet banking/limited browsing etc. Ideally I...

Summer \"storage\" in Sicily...or possibly, Malta Looking for recommendations for suitable places in Sicily (or possibly, Malta) to leave our boat (11.4m LOA) during the period mid July-end August while we return to the UK. Can be left in the water, but guess it may be cheaper to be lifted...

Planning to spend 2-3 weeks in Tunisia in late May/early June this year en route to Sicily from Sardinia. I have the 2005 RCC North Africa Pilot, but would appreciate any inputs , particularly on ...... 1) Port of entry - Bizerte looks to be the obvious place to aim for? 2) Entry/visa issues -...

I have a leak from the calorifier / immersion heater screw thread. It looks like a parallel thread, but there is a thick "rubber" type washer which is compressed between the two flat surfaces. Am obtaining a new rubber washer but my question is.......do I need to also use some form of jointing...

Background – we are liveaboards during the summer months in the Med. We have 2 x 100Ah house batteries, a Christec smart charger and 2 x 100W solar panels. We have a BEP battery meter which monitors Volts, Amps (charge/discharge) and Amp Hrs. Typically, overnight, starting with fully charged...

Have an intermittent problem with the rev counter on a Volvo MD2040. Most of the time the counter works fine. Then it will suddenly go from showing 2000rpm to 3000rpm or even off the clock. Normally when the motor is stopped and restarted it appears to work OK. Any thoughts on cause of...

There was a recent thread re: obtaining TV on a laptop using a DVB-T USB stick obtainable from Maplins........ http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1814474/an/0/page/24#1814474 Have purchased one and get reasonably good reception of numerous digital TV channels (+ radio) here...

We will be spending several months this year cruising in the W. Med and our dinghy will be heavily used. We have a Dufour 385 with a 2.6m Lodestar dinghy which I would prefer not to tow ...and leaving it inflated on the foredeck obstructs our vision. Inflating/deflating each time we use it is a...

Have done some limited research on the various options to obtain internet access via a USB modem + laptop. Our usage will be restricted to about 5-6 months per year and would be used only when free WiFi access was not available. Use would be largely for e-mail, weather forecasts (GRIB files...

Currently planning our 2008 season. Will be leaving Lagos end April/beginning May and heading into the Med. Very flexible and open minded at present, but thinking of some combination of Med Spain / Balearics / France / Corsica / Sardinia / W. Italy. To a large extent the more detailed plans...

We plan to spend much of next summer in anchorages in the Med, so battery charging will become more of an issue. We have a diesel generator but want to minimise the use of this and the motor for battery charging purposes. Looking to add solar panel(s). For various reasons I don't want to...

Calorifier (Isotemp) pressure-relief/drain valve has started to leak excessively and I plan to replace it. I have two questions... 1) It screws into the cylinder and has a metal "T" screwed off it before joining up with the blue plastic pipework. It looks like it has some kind of...

Returned to boat in Lagos after 3 weeks back home in the UK to find the rubber seals on the two main hatches (Lewmar) very stuck!! Managed to carefully free them, but wondering whether there is anything you can put on the seals to prevent this happening eg Vaseline, glycerine, etc???? Inputs on...

Observed that most Spanish courtesy flags we saw in NW Spain this year had a crown on the central yellow stripe....but some (including ours!) did not (just Horizontal Red/Yellow/Red). Looking at courtesy flags available from UK chandleries, it seems that approx half have the crown...and half do...

Currently in Povoa de Varzim and travelling south. Heard some secondhand info yesterday from a guy travelling north that Leixoes was badly polluted (again) and that Nazare was closed due to poor maintenance/pontoon problems. Has anyone got recent info that would confirm/deny the above.

Last Thursday, crossing channel between Plymouth and Brest saw a stationary very quick flashing orange light. It was not occulting and not a strobe light. Saw it again about six miles further on. What was it????

Appreciate inputs on the pros and cons of Darsena de la Marina and the new Marina A Coruna. La Coruna is our planned landfall and aim to spend 3 or 4 days there.