LadyG

I often travel advance first on long journeys, they often don't cost much more, you usually get few and watered [red wine or white] but of course most of my journeys only have a few hours first class. I always avoid standard class loos, if possible. They are for the proletariat. If I was buying a newish widebeam with a loo of any sort, I would try it out first. You can't expect public loos to be in the same condition as private loos, though there are exceptions. I always wear gloves when travelling on mass transport. I think I might add disposable gloves to my travel kit.

And she forgot to mention "Scotland", she may be unaware that we "assume" E&W type narrowboating, The average wage in the UK is £20K, therefore two of them should be able to earn £40K, which, realistically is the sort of income needed to build a sailaway in a reasonable time span. To raise a child on a glass fibre boat, well, I think it is madness. To buy a narrowboat at when you only have £10K cash, ditto. If they borrow another £10K for example, they will still have to repay it plus interest, plus the fettling and the annual running costs.

'cos they "have a dream", suggesting they are not aware of the challenges ahead If you want to work on a boat, having the engine out is a opportunity to remove rust and paint the engine hole. That;s like wire brushing, Vactan, three coats of primer, two of undercoat and then the bilge paint, or as per instructions on the tin of bilge paint.. At best this will cost about £120 in materials and and Personal Protection, plus three full days of labour and good weather. Just saying.

yep

If they are on disability, they should give up this idea before they throw away their £10K savings, If they already are working twelve hours a day they should already be earning approx £40K pa

I know. Just a bit of education.

And Colin Jaques. My thinking is that both of you get a part time evening job for six months, go out for a meal at a service station once a week and see how you feel after six months. You should have another £10K,

Why not, there could be several reasons. If you want to offer £30K, you might get it........ It's a lovely thing. Could it be £25K? Cash? I would not buy a sailaway, but if I did. This would be the one. I'd need another £25K to fit it out, but at least I could camp in it and tootle about

As far as I am concerned, it's the services where we stop the horsebox, after a full on day working , and have a burgher and chips, and a pee.

I don't particularly like driving, A nice boat can be a "home" . A van is a van. I am keen to sell this particular flat but I refuse to give it away, when one is retired one is straight jacketed, constrained. I may have to reduce the price again .......how would you feel if you had to tear up £30K? That is what has happened here. I don't like living here. I do not like it at all.

I'v only ever bought one Lottery Ticket, but you it's a metaphor. Not at all, I pay the minions to sort it out, I just issue the instructions

I would not buy a boat, I've had a boat. Before that, other toys and of course my horses, a few ponies, , and some animals, and some farm land. In the Cotswolds. A nice quad bike with on road facility. A proper little sailing [blue water] boat to do some proper sailing no "maintenance" I also like rowing, so a proper little skiff. I might have a team of huskies and go sledding in winter. A small car to pop in to town. A narrow boat is a compromise, it's a ways and means of travel in comfort, and a tiny bit of "adventure"

It's a means to an end, an end of life means, I am limited by money and by physical limitations, so its a compromise. It;s not a dream, it's what I can do.

I don't really understand this concept. To me, if I had a mega win on the Lottery, I would have plenty of things to do and to buy, a narrowboat would not figure, as far as I am concerned it's a compromise.

https://www.apolloduck.com/boat.phtml?id=315776 is a nice boat, and it starts off as a good boat. It is nowhere near complete, but it will always be a good boat. If you don't know what you are doing you may end up buying a skip which will never be anything other than a skip, no matter what you do. PS boats are expensive toys

These are organic carrots, one does not use the freshest carrots to make soup, but they are still "carrot red" It tastes nice, but not like carrot and coriander in a cafe.