Motor Boat & Yachting — August 2017

WORLDNEWS

Skills and parts provided

Finning, the UK importers of Cat

engines, has donated parts and

engineering expertise to oversee

and commission the installation

of Cat engines and gensets on the

MV Forth Hope. The brand new charity

ship will enable more than two million

people in the developing world

to receive free medical treatment.

Newly built for the Vine Trust, an

international development charity,

the vessel was constructed at the

Albion dockyard in Bristol before

sailing to Rosyth for fitting out in

preparation for its official launch.

The engines and generator sets

were donated by Barloworld, the

Cat dealer in South Africa. Finning

marine engineers helped complete

and commission the installation.

The MV Forth Hope will be

delivering medical care in the Peruvian

Amazon from as early as July 2017.

Transatlantic RIB challenge

New regulations for Greece

Finning donates

to charity ship

Fines threatened over new DEPKA papers

The Ocean RIB Experience, a challenge

to take a 10m RIB from Marina

Arenella in Palermo, Sicily, to Recife

in Brazil, has reached Cape Verde.

Marine adventurer Sergio Davi and

his co pilot Alesseo Bellavista set off in

Nemo, a Master 996 powered by two

Suzuki 200hp outboards, on Saturday

April 29. The route takes them across

three continents and five countries,

(Italy, the Balearic Islands, Spain,

Morocco, the Canary Islands, Cape

Verde and Brazil).

The total journey of 4,400 miles

is expected to take 55 days, almost

half of which will be at sea cruising

at 20 knots during the day and 7 knots

at night. The longest leg is over 1,

miles and will take almost four days

at an average speed of 14 knots.

yachts); ICC or equivalent skipper’s

qualification. The Port Police then

generate a billing form enabling you

to pay the €50 fee at the National

Bank. Once you have a receipt for

this, the Port Police will then issue

the new DEPKA document.

A CA member said that to get

over the potential problem of all

syndicate owners going to the Port

Police office at once, they used a

local yacht club known to the office

to validate the shared ownership.

All boat owners must have the

new DEPKA by September 26 or

fines will be imposed.

All boat owners must have their new forms in

place by September 26 or fi nes will be imposed

Boat reaches Cape Verde

New regulations affecting boat owners

cruising in Greek waters have been

put into place. All craft must have the

new paperwork in place by September

or risk being fined, according to the

Cruising Association (CA).

The current DEPKA document,

which all boat owners had to have

stamped annually and carry with the

ship’s papers to allow them to cruise

in Greek waters, has been replaced by

a new form with a different payment

process that ensures the money goes

directly to the relevant authorities.

To obtain the new DEKPA, boat

owners need to present the following

original papers to the nearest Port

Police office: the boat’s registration

document; insurance certificate (in

Greek); passport for every person on

the registration certificate (this could

be a problem for shared-ownership

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In central Munich, a

decommissioned excursion

boat MS Utting sits in a siding on

a bridge over a main road. The

steam ferry, which was formerly

used in Lake Ammen, is to be

repurposed as a cultural centre.

The transatlantic RIB

is powered by a pair of

Suzuki 200hp outboards

All boat owners cruising in

Greek waters will need the

new DEPKA document

The MV Forth Hope will

deliver medical aid to

the developing world

Believed to be the first RIB crossing

from Europe to Brazil, the aims of the

attempt include a technical test of

the boat and on-board equipment, to

create a documentary of life on board

and places visited, and to promote

an intercultural exchange between

Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Follow the adventure online at

http://www.ciuriciurimare.com.

Photo

: Fiona Walker