NomadicDilligaf

Thanks for all the advice guys! Much appreciated! Feeling more relaxed about the draught depth now. My initial concerns have pretty much been overcome, I was concerned about cruising and finding moorings with its draught. I've now booked a full survey to check the boat further. Once I've had the survey done I'll update the thread with the results in regards to why the draught is deeper than the boat builders claims, if indeed it is.

We are looking at buying a 57 ft narrow boat and the previous survey says the draught is approx 2ft 8'. From reading on the forum and asking around this seems pretty deep. Should this be a concern and enough to walk away? -We would like to cruise as much as possible, could finding moorings be a challenge to find with a draught this deep? -The boat builder spec claims its 26 inches and from the picture of the boat it does look like the bow sits higher out of the water leading me to believe the stern is over weighted from the engine, batteries, washing machine etc Would adding more ballast to the bow area help fix the overall draught as the brokerage claims its just the skeg creating the deep draught? Advice & help is much appreciated. Thanks