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My forward locker drains were of a similar design. What I wound up doing was to crudely make up several several scrapers from bits of angle and flat steel, sharpen the appropriate edge(s) and scrape the rust off. Time consuming and bl###y painful. Heavy leather welding gloves helped. Obviously all this was followed by rust killing and several coats of Hammerite, These day two pack paint might be better.Regrettably my days of fighting rust are over.

The answer is simple, read the policy.

I seem to remember my father buying a genuine Ford fully reconditioned engine (complete with clutch) for £29 and change. 6 month full factory warranty. It costs more than that for a litre of oil for my present car.

In Black

The 200 miles between cottage and home might also be a problem 😇

One out of a dozen does, the rest are tiled. As for fire extinguisher etc I didn't bother to go into such detail MtB. There was me feeling sorry for myself🤩 Time will tell what the final figure is. My original post was only to point out that in comparison boat insurance is comparatively simple.

Weird, Up to her death 3 months ago it was insured in my sister's name by NFU. It's a holiday home left by my parents in both our names. When I approached them they declined to transfer the cover to me. They did say that if I transferred my main home insurance to them them they would CONSIDER an application but would not even accept a proposal prior too this happening. The broker i'm currently going through (The Thatch Association???) has sent 2 A4 pages of questions and conditions Examples of questions Thatch thickness, specific type of straw/reed. Max 30 day old full electrical report, Max 30 day old full survey of Thatch by "Master Thatcher. Survey of chimney and confirmation of full ss lining, chimney 1800mm above ridge no internal naked flames or candles, No bonfires anywhere within garden, no barbecues within 10 metres of house. How far is the nearest fire station,is it full or p/t manned The list goes on and on. No idea of the likely cost but an indicative figure of £1,500 has been mentioned. .

Saga declined to re-insure my then 25 year old nb (no claims) 5 years ago . If you think insurers make you jump through hoops to insure a nb try insuring a 300 year old thatched cottage with wood burner. Apart from other things I'm now the proud owner of a chimney Battersea Power Station would be jealous of.🤑🤑🤑 I finished off my boating years with Insure4boats (that's how they spelt it)

It's 19 years since I took a yacht down to the Med but your list seems to miss a number of (in my mind ) essential items. How about a dinghy some form of boarding plank/gangway. Pilot books, charts, tide tables, the list just goes on and on. (I accept that your list is by no means comprehensive). Dependant upon your existing knowledge and experience I would suggest time spent sailing around the UK coast first would be beneficial.

No such thing as a 'free lunch'. What are their service/hourly rates?.