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Horace42

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Stourbridge (was Polesworth)
  • Interests
    settling in to new house
  • Occupation
    Engineer retired
  • Boat Name
    Willpower (now sold)
  • Boat Location
    on canal somewhere

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  1. Thanks all, for the kind thoughts. We were 'continuous moorers', an antidote to 'continuous cruisers'. "Willpower" was moored at our house for 34 years, except when leaving for a couple of 3 day local breaks each year, plus an annual 3 or 4 week round trip. We never went very far it seems...but that was not the point...we bought the boat for the 'pace-of-life', a 'get-away-from-it' thing really......in that respect we did have a great time...and no complaints .... although disappointed we did not get any further north than Manchester.
  2. Thanks Athy for kicking off with your earlier comments to help sell my narrowboat 'Willpower' (see my Avatar)....and thanks to everybody else who contributed. It all went well in the end. We sold our home ... (an enormously stressful process...) ... and moved from Polesworth to Stourbridge. I soon sold my boat to Tracy D'Ath ... (no commercial details here to preserve privacy)... but a straightforward deal following an exchange of private emails, a boat inspection, an agreed price, and an instant payment of the full amount by bank transfer ... with the help of my Grandson using his mobile phone to confirm payment had been received into his account (.... which reminds me!)... Tracy D'Ath collected Willpower...and sailed off into the sunset.... All is well I understand....so a good deal all round... Thanks to all forum members who helped.
  3. I thought I did but can't find it. ...trying again..WILLPOWER no 66787 boat brochure.pdf
  4. Jess ... thanks. I will bear this in mind ... but first to find a buyer ...
  5. Thanks Alec. Well that makes sense....I will keep that in mind and use it if need be.
  6. I suppose my only worry should be the guarantee of getting paid in full if sold 'as seen' ... I am certainly not in a position to fulfill or honour any after-sales warranty's....other than answer technical questions by email..
  7. Surveyed in the dry-dock in 2018 when blacked....albeit the surveyor's report did a better 'blacking' job that the boatyard....
  8. Tim. Thanks for the tip. I am stuck with Alvecote Mariner at the moment... and talking to them about selling my boat.
  9. Hello to everybody who commented before. Events overtook me and I had to give priority to selling the house. Hopefully I can find time to sell my narrowboat....albeit I am talking to a broker who can do it for me....but a bit disappointed by the logic of their valuation. ...due to extensive rusting ... means £23k to have it replated ...and then only worth £15K when finished.....? So I won't have it replated.....and that opens up a whole argument about the merits of surveyors calling for replating....that I would like to avoid ... and hence more help here from members of this forum on values of a fully functional live-aboard...but rusty boat. I have produced a sales leaflet that I could post (..if I knew how to do it...)
  10. Thanks....if our retirement boating plans had gone well...our mooring would have been empty most of the time.....but it was not to be. ...but you are right about the extra value...that is what we had to pay 35 years ago when we bought it.
  11. Thanks Matty. I am fit and able - at least enough to handle viewings any time here at home. Finance matters, in terms of a fair price, but somewhat incidental within in the restriction of the framework I have with my wife's care programme and house move....an agent can be appointed to take my boat and sell it if we run out of time..
  12. Yes - The Avatar is Willpower...and me a few years ago. I appreciate the update in current thinking on prices and sales methods. I guess I need to get the details of Willpower listed on this forum, and go from there -
  13. Thanks enigmatic. I know of Alvecote marina. ... can contact them if my DIY sales efforts fail.
  14. Thanks dmr. The house sale is a separate issue from the boat sale. Although I have an EOG mooring, it is on CRT land only accessible from my garden (thus 50% discount on the fee). The CRT mooring is not mine to sell. I will have to vacate the mooring when I sell the house.
  15. Thanks Rob-M. That's useful to know...an hour cruise...and the boat is pointing the right way.
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