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  1. Hope you have a wonderful time. After our boat goes next week 😭 I suspect we might be joining you by becoming vanners again (for the 5th time). Be interested to hear how you get on with overseas travels and dog. X
  2. We have an Amber boat and it has standard Caldwell's windows. I sent them photos to confirm when sourcing new rubbers etc.
  3. Hi Sarah. If you shortlist boats you are interested in and share them here you will get tons of good advice from very knowledgeable people. That might help you decide whether or not to proceed to the survey stage. Good luck.
  4. https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/17433314.men-appear-court-charged-throwing-faeces-train-wiltshire/
  5. Agree this chap has issues but if he is a moorer at Stone, as the OP mentioned might be the case, I really think this should be reported. CRT should be made aware so they can monitor the situation and take any necessary action. If nothing else, throwing human excrement at someone is going to cause potential health issues.
  6. That is horrific. Having just been through Stone in the last few weeks and had a pleasant stay there, I would certainly have been deeply upset if anything like that had happened to us. The local boaters presumably have a good idea who it was and the couple affected could hopefully identify him. This should absolutely be reported.
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  9. Congratulations on your quick sale. Not at all surprised as it's a great looking boat. Out of interest are your buyers having another survey or having yours transferred? Useful info for others thinking of selling.
  10. I think I could be friends with this bot 😂😂
  11. My dad used to have a merlin rocket international sailing dinghy when I was a nipper. We did several 24 hour races in it which were great fun. Took it on holiday to Wales (towed on a trailer) one year and he was discussing selling it one evening towards the end of our trip. As we were chatting there was a knock on the door - a chap asking if we knew who owned the dinghy because he had always wanted one. He bought it there and then. Easiest boat sale ever. Extremely easy to capsize as I recall but went like the wind.
  12. And its all so bloody short-termist.
  13. I agree that a bit more wouldn't really touch the sides. I think one of the issues many have with individual taxation levels is when we see fat cat bosses with tax havens, and big corporations paying bugger all. Get this sorted and individual increases might not seem so unpalatable.
  14. I normally agree with you but on this occasion I don't. I don't know anybody who wouldn't be happy to pay a bit more tax if it meant that our health and public services could be saved from the catastrophic decline they've faced in the last decade and longer.
  15. Ooooh I didn't know! Rather unimpressed by how the Brayford is run so I'll keep my eye on that.
  16. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/narrowboats-canalboats-/325677091813?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p4429486.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Tim Tyler 2000 tug deck. Electric drive conversion (DIY?). £45k.
  17. Have a read of the eBay listing. Boat has no engine and has been on the same mooring for 20 years so goodness knows what state the hull is in. Basically a floating London flat. Interesting option for deposits that I've not seen before - "10% deposit will hold the boat for 14 days, 20% deposit will hold the boat for 30 days, 30% deposit will hold the boat for 60 days". Doesn't say whether the deposit is refundable (see discussion in recent 'buyer beware' thread). "The mooring cost is £449 a month, this is untransferable. There is some other small costs such as gas, electricity and ruver license, but its all relatively cheap. You can obviously move the boat to a mooring of your choice, but its cheap living in London and the boat has been moored here for 20 years. The mooring is in no way part of the deal, the price is solely for the boat only. The moorings are rented and cannot be purchased. You are not obliged to take the mooring. Just giving an option as it works well here."
  18. Bit too warm for a deerstalker so will have to be just the big magnifying glass - taking great care not to set fire to any boats of course! Just off to oil my moustache 😄
  19. Just got home to Lincoln after our spring/summer travels. Might take a walk to investigate.
  20. Of course - OP please ignore my comment, must have had a tad too much sun 🫠
  21. I asked about this when CRT had an open day to show the renovations at Town Lock. It isn't hireable to the public sadly.
  22. You may remember Blue Knight from a few years ago. He was looking for a boat not long after we bought ours (2020). He found a boat he was really thrilled with but the survey threw up several expensive issues which caused him to have serious doubts about the boat - he wanted something that didn't need much doing and was probably rather naive when it comes to secondhand boats. After getting quotes for the work which exceeded 5% of the value he decided to pull out and asked for his deposit back. It seems that the issues the surveyor flagged were exaggerated and nothing like as bad as the report suggested - some were downright wrong apparently. The broker refused to refund and an unpleasant and expensive legal battle ensued. In the end he did get a refund, but had had to pay for legal support.. Knowledgeable individuals here are confident that the surveyor's report was deeply flawed and I'm sure they are right. However the buyer felt more inclined to trust his surveyor, who was protecting his interests, than the broker. It highlighted what a difficult area this is. There were no winners in this awkward situation - the broker had all the headache to deal with, the seller had time wasted and lost this particular sale and the buyer lost £1000+ and has been off buying a boat for life. Only the surveyor - who caused all the confusion and upset - cane out if it unscathed.
  23. This is so true. I've phoned CRT in the past with details of white vans I've watched pull up and dump sacks of rubbish in CRT bins. Just a few weeks ago OH saw this happen at the end of the Caldon too.
  24. I'm in the group and there isn't much info yet as people are understandably reluctant to speculate about an incident that had led to three people loosing their boats and homes. One theory is that an ornament in a boat window reflected the sun. It was on C pontoon and the fire spread from one boat to two others. It's a good (and sobering) point - I remember using a magnifying glass to light campfires as a kid so it is easy to see how this could have happened on a boat when the sun is as strong as it has been.
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