Raggy

Okay, thank you all for all your insights! You all have been of much help. No offence has been taken from any comment. I'm all for learning. It is one of the reasons I posted. I didn't want to make a mistake. And something was worrying me about the engine, so needed more knowledgeable expertise. I'm sorry, I'm at work and keep getting distracted before I can reply back and more people have commented. It blew up a lot more than I had expected. Thank you again for your feedback and I will sit down tonight and have a proper look through the comments.

My partner and I (have never been on a narrowboat) would like to rent our house and move aboard a narrowboat eventually. He is a long serving joiner who could fit the boat out, once I tell him how I'd like it 😀. We have seen a project boat for sale (on dry dock) that is not far from where we live. The cost of keeping it where it is is minimal, but there is a lot of work. I'm thinking a year to 18 months before we get it in the canal. The old Saab engine has been removed. There is a Lister petter 4 cylinder engine that would need to be fitted. We don't know enough about engines to be able to do this or know if it is possible to change one for the other. What would be the estimate cost to get a marine engineer to do this for us? Disclaimer: this is one of a few narrowboats we have been to see, but my OH got the tingle when he saw this one. And I'm sure I'll be asking a lot more questions in the future. Thank you in advance of any knowledge/help you can give.