DaraHerlihy

Thanks for the responses folks.

Quite right Alan, I was looking at a liveaboard

l’ve been following a few boats online with a view to making an offer. Lots seem to have been reduced recently. Just wondering what people’s view of the market is right now. I won’t wait once I’ve found the right boat and I hope both myself and the seller would be satisfied with the figure we agree, but is now a good time to make the move?

Now all I can think about is "what's in the safe?!?!" Yeah, that's not good. I'd like to do the K&A.........but not like that! ha

Thanks for the responses guys......... I'm looking forward to taking my rightful place amongst a community of dims The size of the boat (its a luxe motor) I lifted from a hull report so would vary with full tanks for sure (it has 2000 litre water, 1500 diesel yikes!) I think I'm getting the picture here. I'll need at least a few 100mm to play with. There's also a submarine I've seen on Apollo Duck........... I think it could work on the canals ............

Hello Canalworld!I'm looking at buying a Dutch Barge to use as a residence and cruise the London waterways. I've identified a ship that meets a lot of my desired criteria however some of its dimensions are very close to the listed max of the canals.How much tolerance do you think I'd require (given water levels fall in summer etc) below the listed max of the canal on the Canal & River trust website? The length and width I figure I'll be okay with. Its the airdraft and draft I'm most concerned about.Will I just be constantly running aground/getting stuck between bridges with the below dims or is there a certain amount of tolerance already accounted for here?Boat:length 21.03 x 3.49mAirdraft: 2.15mDraft : 1.17mCanal21.3 x 3.88mAirdraft: 2.2mDraft: 1mThanks for sharing your experienceD