Any one on here owned a...

Or sti do own a boat?

I've had enough if caravanning (I have wife hasnt)

Anyway thinking of selling the van to buy a 6 berth boat of some kind.


If you do, what's your thoughts ?

 

mrx has a helicopter, pretty sure he'll have a boat too.

Just a shame he's banned

 

An sti? Not that I'm aware off

 

mad mark 62's your man

 

I have a boat, well I live on a boat to be truthful ! Also own a small narrowboat as well.
The boat we live on is 70ft long and 12 and half ft wide, the small one is 26ft long and 7ft wide.
What do you want to know?

Boating is a lot more expensive than Caravanning , fact !
The waterways licence for the big boat is £1000 a year, the small one is about £450 a year.plus insurance etc. plus fuel etc etc. Red Diesel though, so thats a bonus
A narrowboat costs a lot more than a caravan too , fibreglass cabin cruisers are a bit cheaper though.

 

This is a picture of our big boat when it was a trip boat in York.
It now has got no canopy on top, or steering cabin up front on the roof.
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This is the little one, before we painted it
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Is that a little dog I see. What breed is it Mark?

 

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These 2 have been everywhere on the boat with us. A Yorkie and a Lakeland

 

They're lovely dogs and they look like love it on board. I'm loving the fringe on the Yorkie.

 

We only have the Lakeland with us now, the Yorkie now lives with my Grandson, she only went for 3 days and would not leave him . She still likes to come through and go out on the boat though. Both of the dogs love being out on the boat travelling.

 

Let me guess.

You've won on bullseye?

 

I wished i did,

I just fancy something different for a couple of years, jsut a cabin cruiser would do me, nothing as big at the top photo from Mark (thanks for the photos pal)

 

To be honest I would love to hire a boat or something. I went on the Norfolk broads for the day when I went on holiday with my parents to Yarmouth about 10 years ago and loved every second of it. It just seems so relaxed, although in reality it probably isn't.

 

Good friend of mine does narrow boat cruising and tuition.

http://www.airedalecruising.info/


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