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When I took my Bose head unit out and put my Alpine unit in it was no problem and took about 2 hours (I put the bluetooth parrot in at the same time), I also used the amp in the car and it all works ok Go for it

Not sure as I got them to do alot of other stuff for me too

What Trev-the-Rev says

Here you go Stew, you can have your wish it will only cost you 70 million http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/sto ... 5821537732 http://www.smartcompany.com.au/property ... llion.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5817862796

gazhull, I know you said Poole/Bournemouth but Autoterminal in Marchwood, Southampton might be able to help, they did my US spec when I had it UK registered.

Great find Stew, some of the best pics I ahave seen of the race in about 15 years

Had mine a year this month and find it comfy to drive and good fun but have bought a Honda CRV as it is not good to in the snow when I go skiing. Really loved the drive back from Lithaniua last January when I bought it and then the drive down here and no stiff back after the long trips

Thanks for the kind words guys. Attak Z yes the boat is being repaired at the moment and should be finished in the next 2 weeks and then it has to be sold, the 60 metre is already up for sale. Bronzee this will even reach your area as he has 4 properties in New Zealand and employs 52 people there. The sad thing is all the people this will impact, the people in Australia who's jobs are at risk in the 4 companies that have gone done and all the people who will be impacted with association. Also he employed for his personal lifestyle around 280 people for his boats, houses etc in countries including Australia, Cyprus, England, France, Ireland, Monaco, Spain, New Zealand and the US who have lost or will lose their jobs very shortly. I am still involved in the boat repairs and helping with the disposing of the cars, boats etc at the moment but expect to be finished at the end of Feb or before. After 7 happy years for me with this family it looks like all change and back into the tricky job market Anyone want any cars, boats, houses or private jet!

Hi guys, Sorry have not been on site for a while as some of you will know I have been a bit busy sorting out the boat problems. I HAVE A NEW PROBLEM NOW!!!!! Several of my boss's companies have just gone bust with debts of over 2 BILLION DOLLARS-YES 2 BILLION DOLLARS!!!! It is looking like he has very little money left anywhere and everything is up for sale, his boats, houses, private Falcon jet, cars, everthing!!!! All staff for his luxury life style including myself have been let go or will be let go shortly due to no money to pay any bills or wages. Not a good start to the year. For anyone who is interested the links are below. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/resource ... apses.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/another- ... -mikj.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5815753715 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 784731.htm http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5817485660

Hi and welcome No problems with the auto box but just make sure (normal stuff) when you drive it that it changes smoothly and should change quickly up and down the box. I changed my auto box oil as a precution when I got it too.

Me in Turkey looking for my boat Me at work What I look like now after all the stress of the last couple of weeks

Yep they don't appear to be the best drivers in the world hence all the damage. It looks like it is going to take about 2 months to have everything fixed but I might just have the mechanical stuff done in Turkey and then piggy back it on a ship to France and then finish the rest of the stuff here, haven't deceided yet. The owner has been fine during all of this and has just left me to get on with it sort it all out Husky, Bronzee and everyone else thanks for all your words, it's been a bit of a stressfull couple of weeks for me, now I just have to knuckle down and get the boat back to the condition it used to be in. Off to Turkey again in the next couple of days, hope to be home for the christmas holidays but who knows

The insurance is meant to put the boat back to the condition it was before it was stolen-but as we all know insurance companies don't like paying out so we will see what they end up paying for. Looks possible that due to the fact that they had trouble starting the centre engine so they had no bow thruster which runs off the centre engine, this could be why the engines have been worked so hard and have a few problems and the possible damage why manouvring the boat.

Hi guys, thanks for all your previous kind words. Well I flew back into France last night from Turkey and after 2 weeks in the Turkish legal system, the good news is we own our own yacht again. Here is an up date for anyone who is interested. The guys who stole the boat are very professional and had a lot of paperwork including new registry,company formation paperwork, power of attorney papers, credit card for the boat etc, 32 documents in total. The boat has some damage on it and some mechanical problems. The front of the boat has been hit into something and the front search light as been smashed off, front stainless steel hand rail as been bent and scuffed and needs replacing, the anchor has been bent, The blue paint job has quite a bit of damage on it and all the blue will need to be repainted. The bathing platform has quite a bit of damage and looks like it has been under a wall and needs repainting and the teak is damaged and needs repairing, also there is a lot of gel coat repairs needed around the boat as they went looking for identification numbers etc. The port and starboard engines have done 195 hours and the centre engine has only done 34 hours since the time it was stolen, so they could not start the centre engine and have been running the boat on just 2 engines which is not good. The starboard engine has a blown turbo, oil leak and the exhaust flexible metal coupling has been broken and filled the whole engine room up with nasty black soot which has stained everything including the inside of the boat also. The centre engine appears to be ok but will know more when we are able to do a sea trail. The port engine has a number of broken oil lines and the engine/gearbox coupling has sheared so the whole engine has to be raised and moved forward for the repair. All of the injectors have to be replaced due to fouling and damage etc. All engines need a complete service and inspection. Engine room needs a complete clean to remove all the oil and soot. The generator and all of the 12 volt electrical system no longer works and faults unknown at this time. All the cushions in the cockpit need to be replaced due to black soot damage. All of the lower saloon upholstery and cushions need to be cleaned due to soot damage. The tender is completely black and will have to be replaced due to soot damage. The front screens now leak and there is water damage to the interior wood lacquer in the lower saloon as a result of the leak. the front windowscreens have to be removed and resealed again. Numerous cables which are indicators for the propeller drive indicators have been broken/damaged or ripped off due to a rope being wrapped around the 3 propellers. The Bose sound system in the lower saloon no longer works. All the boats paperwork was destroyed due them having their own paperwork. Name and port was sanded off and they put a new name on the boat. Estimated repair bill between £400,00-£500,000. I will be back off to Turkey about Tuesday/Wednesday this week to get the repairs under way and then see about getting the boat piggy backed to France. Guess I am going to be a little bit busy for a few months.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE The Turkish Police arrested 5 people 3 Russians and 2 Italians, 1 ran away. They then had to let them go as they said they were the buyers of the boat. Also they have official paperwork with an official ship registry certificate from Moldova so at the moment they have paperwork saying they own the boat and we have nothing as all the my originals were on board as we have to carry originals and I am told they have been destroyed to keep their story correct. I am told when the boat left it’s berth they already had all their paperwork so this was very well planned. I have been given 8 days to claim the boat with all the correct original paperwork or after 8 days it will go to the Turkish legal system and could take up to 5 years to sort out. I have been told the boat will remain under arrest for now until I can present my documents. I have been told the following: The bathing platform is damaged and there are a number of scratches around the hull so they have been driving by touch. The inside of the boat has been turned upside down as they searched the boat for documents etc but appears not too much damage as far as they can tell amongst all the mess. The engine room is a real mess and they have been trying their best to fix the engine problems but in the end could not fix it so were forced to enter a marina and thus were caught. The boss is taken this quite well at the moment. The extent of the mechanical problems are not known at this time and I will have to access this situation when I finally arrive in Turkey and are able to claim back the legal ownership of the boat and than allowed onto my boat again. If the engine or engines are that badly damaged and have to be replaced then the only way this can be done is to grap a chainsaw and start cutting open the deck and top superstructure to be able to get the old out and the new in as when this was built the machinery was put into the hull(the bottom half) first and then the superstructure (top section) is then placed on top and bonded into place. I will have to make arrangements for a large ship with crane to come to outside the marina in Turkey and lift the boat out of the water and put it on the ships deck so it can be piggy backed back to here in France and then unloaded and into a yard here where I can get a full structure and mechanical survey done to access the situation. Flying to the Uk in a couple of hours to collect all the paperwork I will need then onto to Turkey. So who’s jealous of my job now then????

THIS IS NOT GOOD Today it has been confirmed that my boat has been found. The following is taken from e-mail’s I have been sent with names removed for obvious reasons. “Following our phone call this morning I'd like to confirm to you the information as the ******* has been found in Turkey in Marina Alacati in Cesm close to Izmir For the moment, all informations I have are in the mail herunder. It has been found bu the Insurer (Investigation company sent by ****** who made a quite good job) . ***** suggest you Capitain travel to Turkey with documents listed in the mail herunder. Once in Turikey, Capt ***** from ***** company could help your captain (I'm waiting the phone number of *****, I'll forward to you asap). You also need to prepare a Power of Attorney with all actions your capitain will do once he's in Turkey in order to take back the boat. Mr ***** can also contact *****from ***** in order to get more help (phone number in the mail heunrder). As ****** documents have been canceled by your Capitain, please alos prepare a copy of new documents which are going to be issued. Please also confirm to me the place the capitain ios going to go once he will leave turkey. I'm in a meeting at ****** but remain at your disposal if you need any furthermore help. I also call you this afternoon in order to be sure that everything is clear, I think we also can help in Monaco with our colleagues†“Search-Request was successful and the yacht was found! The Marina Alicati in Turkey had received the search-request and then took notice of a suspicious looking yacht. When they wanted to check the yacht more closely, the crew took off with the yacht and left the Marina. The marina staff immediately informed the coast guard, they followed the yacht and brought her back into the marina. Our close cooperation partner in Turkey was informed by ****** Turkey, they all assisted to enable the authorities to identify the yacht as the stolen one by matching the engine numbers. The thieves were arrested. The yacht ******* was taken ashore and is arrested and safe now. Please, call us as soon as possible to discuss further proceedings and best options for soonest release of the yacht.†I have now received a phone call saying the reason the boat was in the marina was because the boat has engine problems which I had suspected as they had sent a photo of her out of the water and in the marina yard. The photo was of the starboard side of the boat(right side) and lots of excessive smoke and soot was evident on the side of the hull, above the engine room air intakes and the bathing platform. It is quite obvious the engine problem is serious as they have had to stop and have lost the boat and must have lost around €50,000-€100,000 Euros in fuel costs that they would have laid out as I have been told the boat has been running a maximum speed since it left the Monaco area. I am booking flights to the UK so I can collect the documents I need (which have been destroyed we are told as they were on board) and as soon as I have all the necessary documents I can than fly to Turkey. I will try and post more info tomorrow as I will have more info before I fly to the UK and then I will go quiet for a few days as I sort this mess out and will post an update when I can. THIS IS MY WORST KNIGHTMARE

Her at peace on her berth

It could be that expensive because the owner could have specced it massively during the build process. It's the fit out and engines that make a boat seriously expensive, not really the size. And judging by the top speed then that boat must have 2 huge horsepower engines which probably cost half of the purchase price. Also the boat could be kitted out in marble and gold in the interior, or something equally expensive, hence big cost, those kind of boats can be made cheaper but this one more then likely has a 2 mill cost due to engine and interior finish. Yep this is right. To give you an example I replaced the centre engine propeller in July this year due to wear (she has 3 engines with 4,000 HP) it has to be specially made in Switzerland and took 9 weeks and it cost £38,000.

Thanks guys for all your kind words. No this is our orginal one not the one I went to look at that boat did not meet all the boss's requirements. I was called earlier by the Toulon Marine Police and went to the Police station to see them where they showed me CCTV footage of her leaving the port at 3.24am.

Drug running was mentioned by the insurance guy and the detective due to it's speed but the Marine Police from Toulon said unlikely due to the fact that the boat has to be "clean" not to rise any suspicion. They told me the last couple of boats that they have dealt with, 1 was stolen from Monaco and was found in North Africa, the 2 people were arrested and are now enjoying free board and meals but the ring leader was not caught. The other one, the owner was going backrupt and they found the boat under water, he is also staying in rather exculsive lodgings. The boat is worth over 2 million, but I bet the insurance wont see it that way. Will update as I find out more.

Yep, the Police told me in 99.9% of these situations it's either insurance fraud (it's not that) or the boat is for someone in the money laundering game who can't buy their toys legally.

They can Martin but I will guess they put the hammer down to get out of the area and make the search pattern very large. Could be out of the Med via Gib or gone down Italy and turned left. Big search area and lots of places to hide

Yes bronzee alot do, but one problem is when you fit the siren etc if you want it to be heard you have to fit the noisey bit outside and it can very easerly be disabled if you fit it inside the boat then it's tricky to hear it when it goes off.

Yep, fully fuelled 6,000 litres so she has a range at 36 knots of 350 nm (nautical miles for you non guys)