Tony and Lel Wells, Thanks for providing the details of the insurance required for sailing Greek waters. My renewal is coming up shortly and I will check to be sure that all of these requirements

Agree on the wimpy 220V exhaust blower.....after installing a new capacitor (original spec) it works OK but seems about half the flow of the engine fans--others, trying to juice it up with a capacitor

Thanks Bill- mine is just bungied to the ceiling and puts out very little air now. I think I know why my previous Mastervolt 100 amp charger may have failed. Not sure it had an ambient temp cutoff

You should have a “Greek Compulsory Third Party Yacht Liability Endorsement” from your insurer, translated into Greek. It needs to clearly state the following levels of cover to satisfy Greek

I wrote a summary of the whole process on my website: https://www.sionell.de/sioned/index.php/tips-und-tricks/72-griechische-yachtsteuer-t German language only, sorry, but you might engage Google

Thomas You can get spare parts fror Victron devices directly from Victron. See: https://www.victronenergy.com/chargers -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently Kalamata, Greece

James No, there is no need to have translated papers of any kind into Greek language. However recently the Hellenic Coastguard here in Kalamata (Messinian Bay) fined a German motorboat owner for his

Hi james; There are several agents in most ports of entry in Greece. Most agents have counterparts that they work with in neighboring countries. We always ask for referrals from the agent we check out

Gerhard Mueller, Thanks this is very helpful! I had not heard about the need for my boaters license (ICC in my case) to be translated into Greek? I wonder if this applies to the radio license

Mohammad, Thanks for the excellent information in your reponses. Was it very expensive to hire an agent to handle your paperwork? Any suggestions for locating or hiring an

Rink, A big help, thanks for the response. The website you provided also has a lot of helpful information in it. I would agree that a fine of 1,100 Euros for above 12M is definitely “hefty”

Thomas, I am 99% sure that it is a Blower from a Climma A/C. You can probably get a replacement in Europe from http://www.veco.net/ BTW, I have always felt that this blower is not strong

On SM #422 my brand new Victron 100 amp charger gave me an ambient temp warning and lowered it's output. I've noticed that the 220 volt blower above the genset is weak even after I changed the

James For entering the first time in Greek waters you need also the so called DEKPA (Cruising Permit). It is for 51 Euro the first year and any boat length and may be another 15 Euro for handling.

We just had our agent in Corfu handle the tax payment for us since the website kept crashing and not everyone knows the exact process yet. It was pretty painless. Our information is 8 Euros/meter per

Excellent explanations Rink and Mohammad. You can also pay the tax via your usual international online banking (to the Greek tax office using their Iban/swift codes - all explained in the FAQ section

Hi James As Mohammad said you only have to pay when sailing / ship out of the marina / out of customs bond . This was a Point of debate. At first you were excluded when your ship was on the hard. Now

You can either put your boat on the hard or deposit your boatspapers to the next Hellenic Coastguard to not to pay this tax. If you are a happy owner of an Amel Sharki (11.95 meter) you pay only 33,-

Hi james; The tax runs 8 Euros/meter per month. So for our 54 it ran 128Euros/month. This is for calendar month, so regardless of when you check in, they will charge for the full calendar month. You

Rink de Haan, We plan to enter Greek waters this season and were considering storing in Greece as well. Can you tell me if this tax applies to vessels in storage? Thanks for sharing the link and