JGads

For clarity, I'm a cash buyer. Just seeking clarity on risks of any future sale on such a boat!

Thanks all for the insight. A massively grey area in terms of enforcing the law then! I've read through both the RCD and RCR wording and some supporting documents around compliance and have a clear sense of the fundamentals. I guess what I'm asking here is for the unanswerable...five plus years down the line are we going to be treating compliance with a firmer attitude? Ultimately this is probably worth the risk for me, as this is a second boat that I envisage keeping for quite some time. The hull is in excellent condition as is the engine. A PCC is being heavily recommended by the surveyor, as a method of protecting myself in the future from sudden. He's got no affiliation with anyone offering to do such work, so I trust his view as a balanced one. Seems we're approaching a crossroads with how we treat RCD/RCR, so It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out. Especially, as pointed out elsewhere–with the ever growing fleet of sail away widebeams we have here in London and the South East!

Apologies if I'm duplicating threads! I've just had a survey on a 2007 narrowboat that only has a partial declaration of conformity to RCD as it was sold as a sail away. The surveyor has advised me that I might want to consider seeking a full deceleration of conformity, as there have been a number of occasions recently where buyers have been unable to secure finance against a boat without full RCD/RCR compliance. Has anyone had similar experiences?