[Boat Size question]

HOWEVER to access (almost) all of the canal network you should not exceed 6ft 10ins wide or (officially)62feet long.

 

Newbie question, how much of the canal would be excluded with a 62ft narrowboat v. a 57ft narrowboat? And do people feel that 57ft boats attract a premium because of their go anywhere status?

 

Thoughts greatly appreciated.

[Beware Of Buying A Boat On Ebay]

Some interesting, if agressive, points of view.

 

Of course all of the information on the site isn't up to date. I agree completely that much of the marina listing is incomplete, but at least there is *some* information there. I have contacted many of the marinas by email asking for the latest information about their businesses. Few respond, which surprises me given that it's free advertising on a site that sees a fair few visitors each month. The ones who do respond, and I'm only just getting around to dealing with them, get an up to date listing and the potential for more business if subscribers who read the posts make favourable comments. Debdale Wharf is a case in point. Two positive comments were posted and as a result I spoke to the owner, visited her and took a few photo's. The result of that visit will go into the next newsletter in two weeks time which certainly won't do their business any harm.

 

And the reason that the site has a resonable amount of traffic is because of the SEO work I've done. I use software that costs me quite a bit each month. I also pay for a good service to deliver the newsletters. The reason for me seeking advertisers or sponsorship is so that I can continue to build the site. There are some of you posting to this thread who don't think much of this site. There appear to be some who think I've stolen content from here. As I said in my previous post, let me know *what* you think has been copied and *where* it is and I'll look at it. I don't want to get a reputation for copyright theft. You will find many articles written by me in article directories around the web. They are all written by me. I may possibly have drawn inspiration for one or two posts in the early days (and I know what ammunition that's going to give some of you now) but, as far as I can remember, nothing has been copied word for word.

 

As for the question, "Why would people give him their email addresses?", the truth is, most don't. About one in every forty actually. That's over 4,600 to date (4,300) when the dud email addresses are removed. Why do the 2.5% of visitors subscribe. I don't know but maybe they want their information in a slightly different format to this forum. Maybe it's because of the marina listing, or the articles. Or maybe they're just not suspicious of offering their email address in return for some information about a subject they're interested in.

 

Paul

 

As a newbie, and at the risk of getting abuse hurled at me, I would like to say that I found Paul's website some months ago and found it very useful. I had no issues with registering and have been happy with the 2 or 3 email received thus far. Have I started getting spam emails because Paul has sold my address on, well a) I very much doubt he is inclined to do that and I wouldn't have noticed anyway given the amount of crap I do get in my spam folder

 

Is some of the information out of date, of course, but as far as I can tell he is a one man band/enthusiast, so I for one applaud his efforts

 

And no, I am not Paul in disguise or being paid a fiver by him to write this email

 

And yes, I find this forum very useful too, but I am not going to treat it as an exclusive source of information any more that I will Paul's website

[not be economic for us to let the vacancy.]

I have just been looking at the BW auction site but cannot see what the definition is of a "Leisure" mooring v. "residential". The difference is obvious in principle, but I would like to understand the actual restrictions? Anyone know where I should look?

 

Cheers.

[The things that nobody thinks to tell you...]

Definitely a CWDF first - never seen that before!!

 

 

 

Bottom right of her first post - click on the green button with the plus sign on.

 

Martin, thanks. Have tried the greenie thing but seems I have no quota yet, guess because I am a newbie? On that note, I should say hello to everyone. I have been lurking in the shadows for the last few days trying to absorb as much info as possible, trying not to make any rash decisions, , and enjoying all the banter along the way...

[The things that nobody thinks to tell you...]

Very funny initial post and subsequent additions....it hasn't put me off buying a boat, but my wife is a bit concerned about all things toilet, oh and shower time...

 

If I knew how to give you a greenie Starcoaster, I would...