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| lord john |
Posted - 16 May 2011 : 20:04:54
gold fish is up for sale to any good offer.Mooring has been paid until April 2012(less than £400) the river licence is due in June but is only £6 for a year.there is free fishing as an owner,kids playground, shower's,toilets,and laundry with a pub also on the site.I would consider a motorcycle combination or trike for a strait swap.Goldfish is moored at Breighton near York.If you would like to view let me know but please dont go on your own as only owners are allowed on the pontoons and you will arouse suspicion looking closely at the boat.
the boat is just too small now and will be getting something bigger but it is a hard decision to make after all the work I have done.
if a hammer wont fix it,it must be electrical. |
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| tigtog |
Posted - 14 Aug 2011 : 21:18:14
i saw goldfish on ebay, what boat are you getting next? |
| lord john |
Posted - 14 Aug 2011 : 19:00:48
shes gone,a tear in my eye but gold fish has a lovely new owner who wants to raise money for charity roaming the waterways of the uk,so I dont suppose you have seen the last of her. 
if a hammer wont fix it,it must be electrical. |
| Knighty |
Posted - 18 May 2011 : 14:53:32
Quite a few folk we have met just use their boat as a static floating caravan. We treck about 4 miles downsream to the marina where we bought ours from for a pint and a bite to eat and noticed not many leave their moorings, just happy to get out of the city/towns they come down from and relax for the weekends.
One couple we chat to a lot have been down to their boat for years and never done a lock !! don't think the boat moved last season at all.
Their choice but can't beat cruising up and around, even as you say just for an afternoon down to the next pub |
| Ricky |
Posted - 18 May 2011 : 10:53:41
quote:
Originally posted by Boatmad
General rule is the larger the boat the less it gets taken out.
pagreenwell
I reckon thats coz...with a bigger boat, more cupboard space, better cooking facilities..theres more places to stash junk to distract yourself with another day, you can sit around more comfortably waiting on a brew or some din-dins. Have a place for a telly!
With a smaller craft, like a conquest where the headroom is bad as is the general 'cramped feeling with 2 or more onboard, the focus is more on being comfy in the cockpit, or getting down river to that pub for a better lunch than you worryingly try cook onboard a smaller craft, and maybe also, with a smaller craft its an easier venture to nip round a marina or through locks.
But its true, 2 of my boaty neighbors have moved to bigger boats, and they just lounge about on them without going anyplace!!
Praps the bigger the boat, the bigger the list of 'little jobs!
Cheers Rick |
| Knighty |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 22:56:24
Hope she finds a good new owner, a very retro looking boat.
This is our second year with our 20 and even though i have spent more than the boats worth on it i find myself looking at bigger boats and wondering if we would enjoy it as much and the extra costs involved.
Wife fell in love with a newish Viking 26 wide beam we met in a lock few weeks back which was going up for sale, her heart sank when he said he wanted £32000...gulp  |
| Deano |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 22:30:09
Strange, true, but why?
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
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| Boatmad |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 21:06:02
General rule is the larger the boat the less it gets taken out.
pagreenwell |
| df |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 17:14:38
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it just seems more of an effort with a bigger boat.
I thought that to start with but now use it just the same, it just wakes the neighbours up more when you fire up late at night, but hey sod them.
It takes me less than a minute to drop the canopy fully and a minute or two of warming up and I'm off, but then I'm not one for turning off seacocks/batteries/gas/fuel every time so thats probably the difference.
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| nigel-in-oxford |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 10:23:59
I have always had the new project before selling the old one, so it is never a wrench. I think I enjoy starting the new project more than finishing.
Seamaster 20 captain "Chronophage" (Time eater)
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| Deano |
Posted - 17 May 2011 : 09:29:36
I found it quite a wrench when I sold my first project boat. I did lots of major work and it had grown to be a part of me. It has taken 2 years to 'own' the new boat, but now I am happy and it was the right decision.
When we changed boats, or boating changed too, it's difficult to explain, but quite a bit of the spontaneity and last minute trips seem to have gone. Things have to be planned and more deliberate now. I'm not sure why, it just seems more of an effort with a bigger boat.
Good luck with the sale, Goldfish looks like a fun boat to own.
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 30 "Silver Gem"
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| ken cattell |
Posted - 16 May 2011 : 23:08:39
After all the hard work you done it seems a pity but perfectly logical. Still if your down south and you want to keep your hand in you can always work on mine! Its been a bit slow of late and I'm writing this from hospital having had my hip replaced. Still back to work on it next week i hope. Good luck with the sale someone is going to get a lot of fun from a very iconic boat I envy them.
Ken |
| cliveshep |
Posted - 16 May 2011 : 20:34:32
You are infected, non-boat owners keep well upwind and clear of him.
Boat owners will understand the urge to move ever onwards (and downwards, financially) resulting in bigger and better.
You are probably lucky, when that lovely girl married you her mother didn't warn her about boat-owning in the male of the species, most likely no boats on her side of the family.
Has she caught on yet?
The cost of boating is insignificant compared to costs of a young wife and two teenage kids! |
