MasterDabber

Took a ride over to Shepperton lock on the motorbike this afternoon. It's certainly moving at a fair old pace. There were few boats moored up immediately in the downstream lockcut but never saw "Tomorrow". Where are you moored? Near D'Oyle Carte Island?

David. In my view it was unpleasant. Sorry if you don't agree. There are too many posts on internet forums that have absolutely no value are just plain negative.

What a thoroughly useless and unpleasant comment. What value did that add to the thread?

The Halfords Professional range come with a lifetime guarantee and are pretty reasonable value. I've used mine extensively on trials motorcycles and they've performed pretty well. I had one small adaptor break (due to my heavy handiness in reality) and it was replaced with no quibble.

I wasn't referring specifically to a canal... I thought this might be a sensible thing to do moored on any moving water no matter how slight the flow... btw, as an example, I'm not sure it would be irrelevant on all parts of the K&A.

Slightly off topic but related to the casting adrift problem. Does anyone use their anchor on the opposite side to the bank to minimise the effect of being cast adrift? I'm particularly thinking of at night whilst asleep. If this is a dumb comment please ignore.

Firstly, I should say that I know absolutely nothing about the "Westwood Saga" but from what I have seen I gather that all has not gone well with this build? I've looked on Apollo Duck and seen the ad for this boat. On the surface it looks quite an attractive proposition... just a minor detail... I don't want to be paying £72950. However, the worrying thing is that to rank novice all might appear well but maybe all is not well??? To the points... would/should a survey pick up on any of the suggested issues?

Gary. That's a really nice professional touch.

Maverick. Thanks for asking the question I've been thinking about. Some useful replies. I'm looking at a secondhand nb purchase but looking at advertised details (even the pretty comprehensive ABNB ones I've received) there is not always information on tonnage and none that I have seen anywhere on prop specification. I guess these are questions to ask if interested in proceeding further.

Are you sure you haven't uploaded the thumbnail image instead of the actual image? The image you've posted is 160 x 120 Derek

As someone just trying to get a feel for the market (and thinking of buying second hand)..... If LBC are at the bottom/budget end of the market, what names are in the middle and high end. Also, from the hull perspective what tends to be the differentiator between low end and high end? Materials?, Build quality - alignment, welds, rivetting etc? Design and lines of the boat? Will a LBC type hull tend to last less well? corrode quicker etc? If I'm looking at second hand boats what are the good name hulls I should be looking out for (or who to avoid). Sorry for what are probably really obvious questions but as a complete newcomer there's no point trying to bluff my way arond that I know this stuff. Thanks Derek