starcry

Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for your responses and for all the information, it's really helpful. I'm not too bothered about my parents healthy, they quite literally run up and down mountains in South Africa 2, 3 sometimes 4 times a week and when they go on holiday the consider electricity an unwelcome luxury. Not just for their age but in general they are unbelievably fit, we're the type of people that relish challenges. In terms of why a boat the honest reason is because it seems like it could be a fun adventure that nobody in my family has ever tried before so why not? I have looked at a widebeam and it is something I'm still looking at but the type of boat I buy them and myself will largely be decided on the level of access we're able to get with the boat and of course my budget if/when I pull the trigger on buying for them.

I have no expectations on location at the moment, so long as the mooring has decent facilities then it'll be fine but you're point is taken as they will need to know that they like where they might end up living good to know, thank you, I'll make a note of that

good to know so we're looking at a September holiday then, thank you

We have all of September too, so I'm sure I'll be able to carve out a few days somewhere as I have a whole month and can get them pretty much anywhere in the UK or Ireland but thank you though, that's a good point, organise that early and I won't pay through the nose.

good point, I'll keep an eye on that and get everyone to make a decision fast, thank you

not yet no but I probably will in the next month or so

agreed and that's exactly what we plan on doing when they come visit in August

brilliant, thank you, I haven't settled on Sheffield yet, there's a boat festival in London this weekend so I'm going to go to that, talk with some people and see what I can organise, I'll probably make a final decision then as to where I'm going to moor my soon to buy boat , thank you though, I really do appreciate all the help I'm getting. This is a concern of mine to and exactly why I'll be making sure that wherever they end up we'll be together, so that if anything goes wrong or they need help with anything I'm right there. That's great of CaRT to be understanding about these things, it gives me some breathing room

Thank you, that's really helpful. For the moment I'm based in London but I'm fully remote and my parents are retired so location isn't really an issue, we can be pretty much anywhere in the UK and still be perfectly fine. I'm only based in London at the moment because pre-pandemic I had to be in an office. I will give the CaRT rules a careful read though and pass it on to my parents, you are correct though, I don't wanna put in all that hard work, only to have my boats taken off me so thank you

Nothing in life worth doing is easy, if it's possible I'll make it happen

Fantastic, thank you, I'll go find them and see if can meetup with anyone. Thank you so much

wow, Everyone has responded so fast I'll admit that I've not read all of the rules, I didn't know they had been extensively codified, I'll look those up so thank you Tony. Booke23, we haven't no but they are coming over for a holiday in August and the plan then is to take a holiday on a boat and see how we feel about it. Mrsmelly that's an excellent idea and I was really hoping for that, I would love to meet up with someone in the London area for a few hours one weekend and learn as much as I can. Is there anyone in the London area? I'd love to buy you a drink/tea/coffee and absorb as much as I can one Saturday or Sunday

Yes it is but it's mine none the less :). I'm not a worrier but I do like to know all of the details. Them sorting it out will be essentially impossible as they are currently living in South Africa so it's really up to me to sort out everything so that they can have a home when they move. To answer your question though, yes we do plan to live aboard our boats.

Hi Everyone, I'm looking to buy 2 boats, one for myself and later another for my parents. However I'm very new to all this and whilst it's totally okay for me to make a mistake my parents boat needs to go smoothly. It would be really helpful if I could find a mentor to guide me whilst I look at all the various options and try out different solutions. I'm doing a ton of my own research but there is no substitute for hearing and learning from some one who has been there already. I'm based in London but in all probability I will end up leaving London and quite possibly moving to Sheffield because it's got great rock climbing :). If anyone would like to be my mentor so that I can provide a great home for my parents please respond to this thread. Have a great day Aidan