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Thank you, that is of great help.

Thank you, we were looking at 10 metre lengths, would this be considered adequate?

Hi all Can I ask your opinions on which rope to get for a 57ft narrowboat, is 14mm sufficient? Or would 16mm be better? And is 10m long enough? Thank you in advance

As regards to mooring a 57 ft narrowboat, would you recommend 14mm or 16mm rope? TIA

Hi everyone, now this may not be everybody's cup of tea but as our boat build seems to be taking forever, I have come across this book to keep me amused and to give me the perfect excuse to go to the canalside.... It's the boaters equivalent to trainspotting.... it's a book that contains all the registration numbers of the Boats of UK Inland Waterways..... Now by no means am I a "trainspotter" but this book has brought so much fun so far, it's so interesting marking off the boats that I have seen although I doubt I will ever see all 36,000 plus of them! Just thought I would mention it, in case there are any of you out there that this may be of interest to? :-D ETA.. for those who may be interested, its produced by ST Publications and available through their website - stpublications.co.uk

Congratulations!! Happy Boating

Awww I'm so glad to hear you had a fab time and it all went well, I bet you can't wait to go out on her again. Look forward to seeing some pics when you get chance! Me too, but got a few more weeks than you . So frustrating but I'm sure it will be worth the wait

Congratulations,I bet you cant wait! Hope you have many a happy time on her.... Ours is mid-build, the shell is finished, we are just waiting for them to fit-out etc. Time seems to be dragging,it's so exciting and so frustrating at the same time IYKWIM. Ah well, I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end. Happy cruising and roll on Wednesday

oops.... I'll get my coat My sentiments exactly

Yep, we have the small bedroom full of boxes of stuff and it has now overspilled downstairs into the living room The leather recliner chairs have come in huge boxes so we didn't bother to attempt to find room upstairs, they just got "parked" in the living room, but the boxes are breeding I'm like you, the longer it has gone on, the more stuff I am buying... I now have double on quite a few things as I have seen nicer things since I bought the 1st lot... I know it won't all go on the boat but it has got to be sorted through just before the big day Anyway, good luck and look forward to seeing some pics of your boat once you're finally settled in

I can fully understand how you feel, we are in a similar postition at the moment... our newbuild shell is finished and waiting to be moved to be fitted out. It's been finished over 3 weeks now and we are still waiting. I know it's normal procedure in the boating world and things don't move fast but when you're sooooo excited and like you, want to do the girly thing and put all my nice new stuff in it, it's sooo frustrating . On the plus side, at least you are fotunate to be the proud owners of a boat and only now have to wait 3 weeks, which isn't too long when you think how long some other people are waiting Just try to keep yourself busy ( I know easier said than done) and hopefully the next few weeks will pass quite quickly for you

This makes interesting reading as I have started to look around for Insurance quotes ready for our boat's arrival in a couple of months. Nobody has mentioned Towergate yet? I obtained a very reasonable quote from them over the phone, which incidentally was far lower than their online quote . Does anybody have any good or bad experiences with them? TIA

Congratulations and enjoy

This is great reading and I hope to be able to add to this list when our boat arrives end July/ August

Lovely boat! Congratulations and enjoy!

Phew looking at that, glad we've chosen to go Saturday too!

Thanks for all of your replies, I think initially we will go with the Scaffold plank/board and go from there. Thanks again, your input has been invaluable

Looks very nice

Hi all We are on the search for a gang plank for our boat. What would your advice be on the best kind? and what sort of length would you advise please? Many thanks in advance......

Congratulations on your new boat! Enjoy

We are off to see our new build boat for the very 1st time tomorrow, it will only be the early stages of the shell but we want to follow the progress as much as possible..... exciting times ( well & nervous too )

A licence? Spare engine oil?

Thank you for your quick reply. We would be looking maybe to run say the washing m/c, or the laptop as an extra? Would it be something around the 3kw mark? Thanks again Thank you, this is extremely useful and will be passed on to HWMBO for bedtime reading

Hi all Another question that I hope some of you can help with please. We are looking into acquiring a generator and wondered what is the best size ie as in power output? As we may not always have a shoreline, this would be used to help provide additional power and to give the boat's batteries a boost save us running the engine up? What sort of output should we be looking at and what are your thoughts on diesel vs petrol.Any particular brands to avoid or go for? Many thanks in advance.

Firstly, thank you all for you replies. I hadn't realised I was opening a can of worms.......... We have took heed of many good points and will discuss further. We are certain that we do need a dinette as we need the spare double bed. We also will be using the table a lot as we do at home for dining, computing etc. We will be having 2 loose recliner chairs in the saloon so we are alright when there is just the 2 of us. Our opinion of an L-shape is that it would give a more open aspect to the saloon and also double up as spare saloon seating for guests. Our main concern was the comfort aspect versus a pullman? Listening to your experiences, it seems that if we ensure that the seating is sloping back then this will ensure a little extra comfort? Thank you all once again x