GreyLady
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You are going to be fine. Try to enjoy the excitement of your new boat and leave the worrying until you need to - which is unlikely to be until after you have owned the boat for a bit
Richard
I will try lol
Cheers
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Thanks for your reply's everyone,
Alan yep that's roughly our plan 7 days at one spot then do a few miles and then 7 days in another. (Basically not staying in the marina bored)
Richard i am a worry'er yes it comes from having ocd, hopefully the boat will sort my head out. Lol
Athy it won't be long now, we had to put things on hold last year due to a family passing away.
Anyway I will sharup going on now and give it a rest.
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We have a home mooring but wish to only sleep in it five or six nights a month, I was wondering if a cruising distance of 8-10 miles in different named towns would be a suffient distance not to classed as bridge hopping or staying over the 14 day limit in one area ?
Thanks
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All the best in your new role as forum modifyers.
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My own marina with all facilities including a clubhouse is about 1800 including vat for a 60 footer.
That is cheap, maybe typing in Yorkshire marinas into Google brings up the most expensive first.
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I must of been clicking on the wrong ones then because I looked at 3 or 4 on the run and they were double what we're paying.What the hell are you lot talking about? You must have found the dearest residential mooring in Yorkshire and made that the average price. I would guess that the average mooring is about 2 grand a year for a 57 foot narrowboat. I know of 2 places not far away where you can moor for £500 a year regardless of size.
Hardly any facilities though.
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I haven't done any research on the subject, but £4000 - £5000 marina fees in Yorkshire sounds very pricey
. Ordinary marina charges at Cropredy are £2202 for my size of boat (60ft) and at Braunston it would be £2475, I don't know if either of them have residential moorings though. i should point out that I don't use either of these marinas and am not promoting them it was just the prices that came up when I looked them up on the 'tinternet.Why do they pay so much for Yorkshire? there's nowt up there:rolleyes: (I'll get my coat;) )
Yer I don't know why Yorkshire so blumin expensive either maybe it's because they make decent Yorkshire puddings and have Tea Bags named after em.
We could not afford that sort of money for a marina I know that, come on you Yorkshire lasses N lads how cum your marinas are so expensive ?
Runs into the anderson shelter with me tin hat on!
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What we've been looking for in a Marina
Nice view/decent pontoons/wifi/basic services/no poncy shops/easy access. - we like Overwater Marina a lot but it's too far from family.
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Yer I see what your saying and its all relative to the area and finances and lifestyle.
From doing a little bit of research Yorkshire seems to be around 4-5k a year for a marina where as cheshire is 2.5k their abouts.
Were buying outright and my calculations are based on what it would cost me to keep all the boat Costs paid by myself.
In principle it came out a lot less money, (yet to be seen in practice)
Biggest benefit of all though is the change of lifestyle.
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When you are going the other way to that boat you do get to see the light at the end of the tunnel (in a literal sense) sooner and for longer than travelling towards the doors at the South portal. The North portal doesn't have doors on it that the tunnel keepers close when boats are in there.
I once heard a tale of a boat that almost ran into the doors going South because the keepers hadn't opened them as the boat approached, how true it is I don't know.
Travelling North (and in most tunnels that are straight) once you get the light to aim for you at least know the end is in sight.
In shorter (but still longish) tunnels like Foulridge on the Leeds and Liverpool you can see the pin prick of light at the other end virtually as soon as you enter.
Cheers Martin, yep we will be heading south into the tunnel, I said to dad once we've done it we can say we've done it and it might give us a bit of a confidence boost maybe.
That door closing does sound scary but at least we know what to expect now.
Reckon we might be looking quite hard for the light at the end of the tunnel.
By the end if April I hope you be onboard. :-)
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I have fettled this bracket from a piece of brass angle...
...to attach this to
Proper job that looks like it's been CNC'd.
Nice job.
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Hard hats, good idea but make sure you put a lose drawstring on them so that when they hit the roof they flip down onto your back and don't end up in the cut
Good advice John though me being a worrier thinks I might end up following the hard hat and a draw string into tha cut. Lol
They do float nicely if they land the right way up.
If you see a floating hard hat give it a knock it's prolly me.
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For a single person living alone I've worked it out to be cheaper than renting a £500 a month flat.
I've yet to put this to the test.
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Was interesting.
Very nice boat.
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Don't go through with centre doors open. Having gone through a tunnel spending the journey thinking what's that scraping noise I found out on exiting that each time I got close to the wall I shaved a bit off the wooden panelling on the open centre doors.
OMG nightmare
Thanks for telling me.
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I would rather hit my head than prang the boat LolMy first time through all I hit was my head!
My dad bought two hard hats from Wickes today.
£15 each but they made a boo boo at the till and we got them for £3.99 each.
Bargain.
Edited : arggghhhh autospell
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I did that on my way back from it being painted....bothered the guy who'd fitted my boat out more than me...for me there was a sort of relief moment..no more be sooooooo careful don't scratch paintwork scenarios. As for tunnel wear and tear..Braunston has some of my paintwork and Ive torn cratch and stern covers..if I had wanted her to stay shiny new would have kept her tucked up in marina and never taken control of tiller..you will be fine..
TBH watch out for tree branches they are worse cos their scratches are long.
I have touch up paint and use it.
Thankyou Patty.
I will probably end up using touch up paint too.
I guess my worrying about the tunnel is a bigger issue than actually steering the boat through. Hehe
When they used to tow boats through Standedge Tunnel they used to provide heavy rubber mats to "minimise" paintwork damage as your boat bounced off the tunnel sides.
If your worried about the front corners of the cabin being damaged, perhaps you could improvise with some rubber car mats?
That sounds a good idea cuthound.
You got me thinking now. (Even more) lol
We tie a gocart tyre to the front cabin roof corners, our cabin is taller than most so it's nearer the low tunnel arch in the Harecastle.
Just a precaution !
Awesome idea. Thankyou.
Grey Lady, I'm sure if you ask Mr Bizzard nicely he will be able to fit your boat out like this:
You will then be able to nip below for a cup of tea, a quick one if you get "caught short" or what ever else you may need to do. No worries about hitting the sides either.
Hehe
Sorry for the late reply, Mr Bizzard Hmmm looks up his phone number.
For anybody who hasn't seen this (or done Harecastle) previously. (it takes considerably longer in real time!)This boat is travelling South.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypnoGdsp8cA
That the best video I've seen, most are short and not very clear.
Cheers, it looks wider than I thought.
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You'll probably be thinking that half way through your first passage of the Harecastle
Recon you might be right John.
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Cheers just phoned mum N dad to watch it.
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Thanks for the replys all, I guess I post a lot of stuff about stuff at the moment.
Thanks for putting up with me.
I still like the idea of these strips on the roof though.
It's got to be better than pram wheels on the corners.
You know what in 3 years I might be reading my own posts and thinking what a plonker.....☺
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Quite right. Since when did a horse need a key to start it?
They need a nose bag and a kick up the rear to put em in gear.
Lol
wurs me coat
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We got our boat transported from Thorne to Grangemouth. It cost approximately £500 for the Crane at either end and about £1000 for transport, so about £2000 in total.
That sounds more like it.
We've been quoted £200 just for the marina owner to move the cars on the boat yard for the Crane to just get in.
We've decided to make a summer holiday out of bringing the boat to are spot.
Seems people take the pis because they know they can.
Jog on Josh fiddler. - A Pound !
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Thanks so much everyone for your help.
I looked a bimblesolar and I see what you mean Alan about customising in the checkout.
Frahkn much appreciated my post is more about advice at the moment as we've not got the boat just yet.
Phil those Panasonic ones look ideal, the guy on youtube (cruisingthecut) fitted what we're after.
Good stuff all Thankyou.
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A bit late but welcome to the forum.
(Ow and I am spartacus)☺
. Ordinary marina charges at Cropredy are £2202 for my size of boat (60ft) and at Braunston it would be £2475, I don't know if either of them have residential moorings though. i should point out that I don't use either of these marinas and am not promoting them it was just the prices that came up when I looked them up on the 'tinternet.
Cruising the cut what's what ?
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Thankyou Valrene ☺