Dawnie
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Some brilliant photos there Tone, How are things now?
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...though not without incident.
He is 15 now (I think) and, as I took him to the vet's, on what I thought was a one way trip for him, last winter, the fact that he is still here and still happy was our best xmas present, this year.
I know that feeling well! Dogs never fail to surprise me
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If he spent the rest of his life with you, then it was (or is still) a happy one
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If you wish to use a boat every weekend, at short notice or do something with it that co-owners might object to, then a shared ownership boat is not for you.
I would rather go camping in my caravan or tent, than stay in a hotel, somebody else's holiday home or B&B. The same goes for my boating holidays.
If I wanted to return to canal holidaying then I would buy a small, 4 berth cruiser, which would cost less than a timeshare boat, to keep and run, yet fulfil all my needs, for family holidays, and also giving the added freedom of taking weekends away, whenever I felt like it, too.
We left sharing, which worked for us at the time but I could see the way the wind was blowing and got out and did exactly what Carl says he would do here
That sounds like the worst form of hell, for me.
I would never go on holiday with anyone, other than swmbo and the kids.
I don't even like spending the night at my parents' house, never mind share a boat with strangers.
Remembering the people we shared with I can only agree with this too!!!
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If you can only moor 14 nights in any one year, how would that apply to boat sharers? They would need to keep a log of where they moored up every day!
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Supermalc frequents the dawncraftowners forum now Angela
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That's how you got to over 2500 posts
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KK, You can always mention toilets (or lack of disposal in my case), continuous cruising/mooring, ecofans, Phylis vs Dave, grp vs sewertubes..... need I go on?
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Dave has worked for Ownerships for a few years now and is currently with others setting up the new company Ownashare (I think that's the name)
Not sure if Jeff is still there but I understand that Ownerships brought Fradley Marine Services and sold shares to members but actually it was brought by Joan Lindeman and not Allen Matthews who had no shares to sell, its all a bit complicated. Must admit, glad I got out when I did!
ETA This is information from other websites and not necessarily fact!
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quote While sharing a pint with FMS's proprietors, one of whom used to be a venerable member of this forum they quipped about how robust it is considering the beating it gets; since the waterline was welded up it's even more so unquote!
May not necessarily not be the current proprietors!
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I've spent the past 30 years sailing on the high seas.... owning my own 44ft yacht from 2006 until earlier this year, sailing it to Malta and back, during that period, and living on it for a large part of the 4 years.... so I'm familiar with boats in general but I'm now looking to switch to the slower pace of the canals. I live in Manchester, and dont plan to live on the NB, but would probably spend a few days a week on board.
I'm going to look at a 57ft Harbourough Marine NB tomorrow. It's moored at Baltimore Marina in Todmorden, and I understand the buyer can keep the mooring, which costs £120 per month, (i.e. £1500 p.a.). It's a linear mooring, has power and phone line, as well as a small shed, space for a table and chairs etc. - and it all looks quite nice. Also, the marina seems quite secure - the gate was padlocked when we got there today for a recce, so I could only look at the boat and marina from the towpath opposite.
The seller is asking £20,000, and it doesnt look too special from the outside, but the fact that it "comes with residential mooring", seems quite attractive.
The area seems quite nice, with Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, and such, so I'm sure I'd be happy with the location, and I can always move after a year or so if I find it doesnt suit.
I've heard of people buying boats, just to get the mooring, so I'm wondering how much value I might attach to the mooring.
I know the answer could be "How long is a piece of string?", but I'm just looking for a bit of guidance.
I dont think I'm going to buy the first boat I look at, but I dont want to miss what could be a good deal.
Worth checking with the marina that the mooring is in fact transferable, could be just a sales ploy
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Please bear in mind that dyneema is almost impossible to cut from a prop if it gets wound round it. I certainly would not use it on my boat for that reason. (I used to make dyneema racing rope). Same with Kevlar!
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Exactly, and full cassettes can always be biked or driven to the nearest elsan, even if it's miles away.
Problems with pump outs as well as the equipment doing the pump out happen all the time. The pump out on my old boat had problems even when it was empty.
Sounds like your river inspector needs reporting to the relevant waterway authority.
Hence why I am trying to obtain an answer from the guy who wrote the latest regs. Full cassettes in the recent heat and many miles rule out taking it home. Still new marina that has real facilities.
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Am I the only person who's marina (ex marina now) has closed the elsan and expects us to take it elsewhere and the river inspector apparently says it's alright to dump cassette and chemicals in the river?
Maybe Mayalld can help me get my head around the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010?
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We had had a rescue siberian husky (Kara) for 10 years and decided we could house another before Kara got too old to deal with a pup. We were told we were unsuitable by a jumped up to**er who ran a team of them! Pets and workers are completely different so because of this person who really had no idea how to look after pets we were unable to home another rescue one. We went and brought a puppy. What is it with these places that they deem someone unsuitable when they use people with no real in depth knowledge but like the power of saying no? It's the dogs that lose out!
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Are they painted in Roses & Castles style?
I thought it was a fairground stall similar to hooking the plastic duck for the fisherman to play!
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Feel a bit deja vu. Just watched Waterworld showing Shroppie Fly, Saturn thought I would look it up and found Carlt's first Post too!
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http://www.questtv.co.uk/TV_Listings/10/07/2010
They do have some interesting stuff on there, railways, boats, tunnels. Industrial revelations is good too.
Narrowboat afloat is on today and tomorrow at 9pm
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It was by Victoria Rail bridge last week, wondered where it had gone!
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We recently left tmobile as the dongle didn't work anywhere in the region of our boat even though supposed to be good coverage! When closing the account they offered it to us for £10 including vat so well worth telling them you are thinking of leaving
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What about if you already have a phone (courtesy of my son's upgrade)?
Some info here
http://recombu.com/news/o2-tariff-updates-...eal_M11486.html
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oops sorry, phone cost is £189 on that pay monthly plan!
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Yes it is but I think you have to top up £20 monthly although it is not really clear but the phone would cost about £500 too
pay monthly = 75 mins and 125 texts = £25 per month, 24 months contract, phone free
You Can't Beat The Smell Of .........
in Living Afloat
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We always baked bread in the nb. Only when the bopat was moving or just running the engine for the bake part as that is when the energy is mainly used. Beats trying to finde a bakers! We also kept a stock of part bakes too for when we couldn't use the breadmaker.