cuthound

I've always found that just cancelling the direct debit works if all else has failed.

Yes, this is what I had to do. The original 2 pack was great and after 12 years I had another couple of coats applied. Two years later this began to come off because the original 2 is pack hadn't been abraded enough to for a consistently good key for the new 2 pack. It is all but impossible to remove the new coating completely without grit blasting. So in the end the only way I is was able to black the boat without risk of it failing early again was to get it grit blasted and start all over again.

And yet we still considered it to be a treat. 😂

True, but the OP has already said it more than ticks all of his boxes and has had an experienced person look it over and say it is generally fine, so that really only leaves the condition of the hull underwater. If he buys it without a survey he won't know what the hull condition is, although it would be a chance I might take if the rest of the boat was in good condition and had been regularly blacked.

£4,000 in the general scheme of owning a boat is pocket change, equivalent to less than a years maintenance, licensing and mooring costs.

When I bought my boat my surveyor gave me this sage piece of advice, BOAT Bring Out Another Thousand.

Soapy water made from hand soap is less corrosive, but must still be thoroughly washed off afterwards.

Before splitting the system. I would get a bottle of gas leak detection fluid from Screwfix, slather it over each joint and repair any that show a leak. https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-gas-leak-detector-spray-250ml/4520V?tc=VC2&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19822796606&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPwsiCgbYv68ZOcsDs09-zSH1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7cLOBhDmARIsAGsuA0lNAdfaROwEtKotdixoH5diohCIsEgoyrmm71-l1UT1LDBtrn7LQg8aArcBEALw_wcB

I wonder what the extinguishing medium is?

My local moorers at Glascote Basin and Alvecote seem to be happy with their choice. Those at Fazely Mills Marina less so since the sale to the Rothen Group. @ditchcrawler can probably give you chapter and verse about Alvecote as he moored there for a few years.

I see it has the popular colours of the time Reminds me of the 60's band "The 1910 Fruitgum Company" 🤣

As @Ray T and @BEngo monthly - shake the fire extinguishers, otherwise the powder can compact and they may not work when you need them. Annually or more often if you live aboard, sweep the stove flue.

Perhaps they a filming a remake of "The Prisoner"...